The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-07
THE SEAT OF WAR IN WESTERN VIRGINIA
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THE SITUATION OF THE COMBATANTS.
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The Reported Battle Between Lee
and ROSecranS.
The Improbability of the Truth
of the Report.
The Positions of the UaiOn
and Rebel Forces.
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OUR MAP OF the VICINITY.
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The Victory Over the Rebel
General Chapman.
The Troops Engaged at Cheat
Mountain,
Sc. &c., sc.
The Positions of the UniOn
and Rebel Forces.
OUR MAP OF the VICINITY.
The Victory Over the Rebel
General Chapman.


We present readers this day with map Of tho
region known Kanawha Western yirgnia-thc seat
of Of the Army Of Occupation under Geacra Rose
The map has been especially drawn and engraved
for tho HERsLp and fuller and contains the Of
larger number of important points connected with this
strife than any map diagram heretofore issued II en-
braces extending from the borders Of Kentucky
on the southwest aud Ohio the northwest TO the Ale
ghanios the east and Pennsy lvana and Maryland on
the north. 1t shows also, the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road in the hands Of the Union troops, and running
from the east through Cumberland to Grafton Parkers
bnrg and Wheeling, with its connections in Ohio via
Marietta the West and those held by the rebels viz Tho
Virginia Central Railroad, running from White sulphur
Springs, near Lewsburg-thc recently reported position
of Foyd-through Covngton, stamton, &c, to Rich
mond and connecting by branches with Manassas Gap
and othcr equally important military lines; aud Ihe
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, by viii h a rogu-
lar line communication be kept open be-
tween Memphis, Nashville, &c, through i.ynchburg,
Petersburg, &c, with the rebel capital and other military
locations The map also embraces such points q interest
| as Cumberland, Romney (latey taken by the Union
troops) Iynchburg covngton, rewiburg, Cumberland
Mountain. KY the Kanawha and Gaucy rivers, Charles
ton Parkcrsburg, Grafton Rich and Laurel Mountains,
Clarksbug, Cheat Mountain pass and rycr, Monterrey
Summcrsvc Carnex Ferry and other places Of at pre-
\ sent, less importance.
| THE SITUATION IN WESTERN HiRGINA
The important localities at present before our notice
are those OF Cheat Mountain and the kanawha Valley
Cheat Mountain is The right of the of the map,
and OF this we will first take notice II will be per
ceiveI that short distance south Of the mountain is tho
Elk Fork the location Cf Camp Ekwater, willie 70 the
north the Tygarts valley through which runs
| the Tyeart river. In these localities General
| REYNOLDS forces in position, and ut few
miles to the east is situated Monterey which has been
r. t,nf l.un nj Zoe
The Gresnbror river hos IT. near the neiShbor
hood Of Elk Fork and southerly til il cmpcs itself
into the New river distance west o White sulphur
Springs. II this river, doubtless, near Cheat
Mountain that the recent battle tool. place between Cen
REYNOLDS aud ais and Gen. Anderson, with rebel
troops Coouels Johnson Jackson Oliver and others
This battle tool, place the 81 inst; bit in tho report
published do lnd the name of Gen Lee mentioned
lie may may not have removed TO some other point
Of attack and the contest brought by Gen. Anderson
been merely fent to cover some movements Of tho
principal commander of the rebel forces in that ncghor
hood.
The Kanawha Valley may be said to extend from Gal
Ipos and Point Pleasant at which point tie river Of the
game name emptics itself into tic Ohio to where tho
New river of its branches the virginia and
Tennessee Railroad at the extreme south OF the map and
also where the Greenbfer, Gauey ana other branches
begin their descent from the mountains and join the pa
rent The Gaulcy has been Tor time before
public notice, from the fact that Gen. Coxs forces
held Gauey Bridge and that the battle of Carncx Ferry
between Iosecrans and Floyd took place this river
How is the position of affairs here from recent avices9 ?
From Washington, Oct 5, the following announcement
= has been recciyed;-
The Richmond Enquirer of Oct g. received here today
publishes a Il ning Of n splendid victory of Gen
an oor con pneecraus IN Western yirguin lhc renort
is Observation-Disclosures Glorious yicory--Geu. Rosecrans
and His Whole Force Dolcated-fhe Federal Army Re-
treating of yirginia-Gen. Rosccrans Mortay Wound
nI pIcupa I'd head tie Jpr lprip
Unfortunately the Of the above state
mont, find that the Richmond Enquirer Dispatch and
Exana Of Oct 3, had boca received in Baltimore but
not OF the said goTous victory by Lee appears
in the papers of that city Further than this where Lee
was last reported be- Gen kosecrans lad not far
known recently visited. 1t Is however, probable that
Lee may have changed his tactics and taken up position
where Wise had recently commanded FOR il is reported in
the Richmond papers that the runaway General had
V | rived in that city, on the sick list
The above recorded victory must have taken place
about the day Of September TO have reached Rich
mond in time for publication in the paper of the 3D. and
which printed the evening Of the 3D. Our adj
vices from the region Of the Kanawha date about the
. same time and put different complexion the Of
affairs. The following correspondence shows the Union
l. forces have been victorious Gen Chapman, and
i that Gen Cox was Big Sewall Mountain pursuit Of
"a the runaway rebels
CAMP ESYARr, Sept 80, 1901.
), last able report you the result Of the oxpe
)f don referred to in my last, as having started from
10 Camp Enyart look for body Of GcAcfai Chapman
yugni, rebel militia, in the Coarv9r region Tie expe
dition consisted Of strong detachment Of the Thirty
At fourth Ohio under Colonel A. Saunders Pat, and por
lg on OF the First Kentucky, under Lieutenant Coone
~ Enyart They found that Colonel }. Inccn Davis, d
Grecnbrier county (of which Iewsbnrg Floyds present
headquarters, is the county soat), had actually
vcntured up to Chapmansyile with for CO of three o.
four hundred After sharp little fight the robes
were utterly routed. Their loss il stated at from
CD thirty forty, though there Is tho usual uncer
cs tanty about the extent to which they have suffered
b The telegraph should il ret hold Of the story VIII
NC doubtless at least double their loss. Col Davis himself
on said 10 mortay woan led regret 70 state hat the
c success cost the lives Of -four of noble soldiers
,i Joseph Harvey Of Cincinnati is the only one the killed
- whose ra,ne can now give.
US Thc Ihhty-rourth regiment highly grathed will
tho result OF their first expedition, as Wen hey my be.
:. The Iroops have not all returned vet. detarimen
- r. ain ont about eight miles from camp the ohe
" (souh side Of the Kanawha All VIII be y tais evening
Of Or Ia the morning.
supposed ,hat the Patt Iouaves VIII speedily join Cox
advance column at Big Sewai Mountain, on the Lewisbur
pike
n 7ogers Virginia regiment has twice defeated the rebe
ok sympaihzcrs
From adycos Of tile goth ut it appears that at tha
- date General Rosecrans had joined General Schenek n
M taken up position the angle formed by tho junction
the Gaucy and New riyers-General Cox being fourteen
IN miles ahead doubtless on the mountain Allowing that
H. lee should have joined Floyd and advanced from Lewis
burg upon Rosecrans forces he necessarily pass Big
oya Mountain as he could well cross the Gaaley q
nc come upon the rear Of the Union troops as Acting General
a. Nccock holds the ferry &C. and Tho eianootal storms
u have swollen the streams much 70 allow Of fordmg
Thine from more causes thaa one the rebel ncws appears
~ aHooryrha one thing is certain, that tho battle re
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