, 1861-11-18
THE GuEANDOTTE mAssAGHE,

THE GUXArDOTrE MASSACRE.
Horrible Atrocities Of the Rebels..-
TIoops--Interestlng Details bJ an
ETeEitneas.
Rev. j. G. Wheeler, Acting Adjutsnt of the
Ninth Virginia Union) Regiment, .communt.
Gates the following account Of the massaersat
Guyandotte by the rebels and the subsequent
burning Of the town BY cur troops, to the
Wheeling EnteNigeneer:
The undersigned, acting IS Adjutant Of the
Ninth Virginia Regiment, would beg leave re-
spectful1y to repGrr, that, on Sunday evening,
the 10th inst, little after Z O'Clock, the said
regiment, consisting of only one hundred and
fftg men yet In camp, Vas completely sur
ptised by seven hundred cavalry, under con-
mand Of jenkins, the guerilla chief, and cut
to pieces and captured, with the loss also Of
abont thirty horses, small stock Of Govern
ment stores, and two hundred Enfield rifles.
could no: be clearly ascertained, but is sup
posed to be ten or twelve killed and twen.
ty or thirty wounded. The enemy captured
seventy prisoners, and their loss in killed
and wounded was equal to, It not greater
than, ours. They LETT one Of their Cap
Hubbell, or name similar in sound.
Three oiEer dead bodies Of the enemy we're
tbroY several from the guspenaion bridge into
the Guyandotte, killed by ourmen willis they
we're crossing the bridge; besides, wagon
load Vas haufed off in the night. Three Of
our dead were found-one Was known to be
ebot one mile above town, On the bank Of the
Ohio river, and four IN crossing the Gnyan-
dGtte river. Several Others are missing, and
her is Capt. G. ". Bailey, Of Portsmouth,
who commanded company IN the railroad
masked battery affair at Vienna, and also at
Bulls Run. Among those taken prisoners
are the Hon. z. 2. Whaley, Who was IN COM
mand Of the place 7. j. Hayshp, Clerk In
Payne of Ohio, who Was one of the first three
to plant the stars and stripes on the walls Of
Monterey, in Mexico; and Captain Ross, uf
| Ironton, an intelligent scotchman. Captain
Thomas Of Higginsport, Ohio, is supposed to
be taken, aud also Dr.. Morris Of Ironton, tie
| 1t Surgeon.
The Tebel5 also arrested and took with them
| the following Union citizens. after having
first taken and destroyed their goods: Wm.
Dowthit, merchant, and his son; Dr.. Rouse,
druggist, who Vas also Commissioner of the
| Feie7al Cont: Albert White. and perhaps
John ". Afford. candidate for tie Legisla-
| tnre. Mathew Thomnenn~ and Mi bia pnnds !.
old MI, Kyie and Morey, These prisoners
| were lashen topether and comnaIIad to rTa1E
Among their ofher crueities I viii mention
one ineident: lanes +. Wood. a citizen
of the n3ace for many vrsrs' hnf now in ria
armV. had his hand shot of Ha wa fhen
| rim over hv the cavalry. and his hins mt nnt
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