Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-24

dbl effect. Besh the Colonel and Lieut.. Colonel !
deserve To be especially remembered.
A. have already stated, the first troops which
let Beeliugton ON Friday. tor the enemy camp.
were the 9th and 9TH Indiana. Word vas sent
back in the evening for more men, and the l1arch
of the 9Th Indiana (Col. Critteadeh) on TIE morn
ing of the battle is almost without parallel.
Col. Crittendens troops arrived in time To gee un-
der fire during the battle
Among those who distinguished themselves in
the late march, / can not fOrbelr mentioning
Capt. Blair, OF the 7th. and Capt. Blake of the
9th. who performed service not only within. bat
without their ordinary spheres, bringing large
number OF prisoners, from whom a vast amount
of valuable information obtained
The Cleveland ARTILLERY (Col. Barnett) rem
dered great service in the engagement.
Nearly all the baggage OF the enemy fell into
our hands. Several new and costly wagons be
longing to the Virginans were upset and aban-
doned in crossing the mountain, aud we found
upon the battle ground from thirty to forty
wagons. Of the largest size. worth from Sl25 to
1925 each. and heavily laden with army goods Of
every description.
The battle OF Hackers Ford was fought in the
river, on beth sides Of the river. and under
shower from the heavens worthy tie pameSt
daysOf the great navigator Noah, 50 YOU may be
assured our water privileges were of the most ex-
tensive character.
Col. Dumont's command after the fight, ad
vanced two miles and half from the last ford of
the stream. and camped for the night. Our
quarters in honor of the gallant Colonel of the
7th. We christened Camp Dumont" Captain
Lord, with his company, took possession of
house short distance this side of the river where
he was invested with the charge of the prisoners.
wounded and dead. DR.. q. e. New, surgeon of
the It'll, furnishes me with the following list of
the enemy's casualties which came under his i'm
mediate eye:
KilIed-Henry Venablea Corporal shot through
the face and heid; j. F. Meeks, private, shot
through eve and head; One-letters on belt IT.
B. W."-shOt through the body; One-letters on
belt, j. G. G."-shot through the body; one
not recognized-shot through the thigh. All the
foregoing were of the ODD Virginia regiment
One-letters on belt y. F."-belonged to Vir-
ginia or Georgia; One-not recOgnized-shot
through the chest home unknown; Gen. Robert
A. Garnett shot through the right lung; Cain
Mahoney. Odd Virginia. shot through the stomach
and liver: G. W Lockett 23d Virginia shot
through the intestines The latter two died the
morning after the battles Total killed, IL.
Wounded--Joseph G. Sanford. John Wake
(Sandford shot in the right side, and Wake
had his tongue shot of; both will probably die
VIM. B. Moody, Sergeant, shot through the left
arm, which was amputated by DR.. New; John W.
Caves, shot through the left shoulder. Total
wounded, 4.
You will readily imagine, from the fact that the
list of the dead is three times large that of
the wounded, a great number of the wounded
men were taken away.
The day after the battle Sunday about Q p.
M, We marched eight miles to St. George, the
pleasant little village which forms the county
seat of Tucker county. At this point re-
manned until Monday morning, when nearly the
whole column moved toward this place. All
along the route. the ladies came forward and
cheered the troops, assuring Us. meantime, that
the secess;onsts had demanded and obtained. tn
their retreat all the provisions that the farmer
houses could furnish. We learned too that a
large number of soldiers had died after the bat
tie, and were buried along the road.
The 18th Ohio was the only regiment that lost
any men at Hackers Ford. Two killed and four
wounded
Last night our soldiers reached Beelington,
worn down by march of twenty five miles. We
have just received word that Captain Jones of the
9th Indiana, who was left with body of men to
guard thirteen baggage wagons abandoned by the
enemy eight miles this side of the battle ground
was attacked this morning by some of the rebels
He severely wounded and some of his men
were killed; few of the wagons, presume, have
been re captured by the enemy.
The loss of the secessiOnists on Saturday last
is irreparable At least $50 900 worth Of baggage
was taken, but the moral effect of the engage
liable armed force of the enemy in Western Vir
ginia is absolutely demoralzed, and the Proyis
ional Government, lately organized at Wheeling
will be able hereafter to get along without ex
traneous aid.
have not complete list of the prisoners Is
ken, and can only say that twenty were taken b,
the 7th Indiana.
A costly and beautiful secession cap, L
Zouare, captured by Adjutant Gavin, and intend
ed by the captor for the State Library at Indian
apolis, was purloined last night ON the march Il
Beelington- While speaking of Gavin, / ma,
remark that more faithful and energetic Office
csn not be found in the army.
/ should not do justice to history we're Il
neglect to express the opinion that, in some yer
important respects this war has commenced ex
actly as the great majority of wars have been in
augurated since the memorable day when Xerxe
crossed the HellespOnt from Asia into Europe
Military talent is commodity which does no
confine itself to the accidental leaders of armies
1t is the primitive granite, which in the order o
Providence. underlies the tertiary and secondar
formations, and is the last to trespass upon pub
lie observation. The men who are to fight tn
great battles between the friends and the eneme
of the Union, are not now in the most prouinen
walks of the army. Up to this time, we hav
been treated to more ornament than substance
more promises than performances; and, so far a
Western Virginia is concerned, it is not too niue
to saw there is an awful void in the upper walk
of military life, which, soon or late must be SUI
piled from the ranks of colonies, majors, caI
tains, heutenants and privates.
GEORGE P. BULL.