Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-25
70 [oorrespondsnce Ohio Statesman o .f.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Rnttle Of RaIdwIn,s Helghts.
2 Hur1nxsyitIE. VA, Dec. Is, 1st

/ HUTTONSYlLLEI fAJ Oec, 10 Aool'
EpIToR ONO STATESMAN Footsore, weary,
and somewhat crestiallenl l viii attempt to
chronicle another march and another repulse In
Western Virginia: would that it were otherwise,
that my pen could trace over this sheet to the
merry shout of victory and gladrejoicing, in
stead of to the murmuriDgs Of disappointment
and heart -achiDgs which surround me. But, as
man proposes and God dspOses, useless and ,un,
Iayailipg tepinings will not mend nor change
what has been, or wha. might have been. /,
On the morning ofthe 9th , Brlgadier General
Mllroy issued an order calling Tor fifty men from
eaclr company of the Twenty fifth ohiO, 70, be
ready for marching by noon Of that day. This
order being complied with, the battalion once
MOI took dp its line ofmarch for that never-to
| be!f6rgotten region, Cheat Mountain. BY the
| time we arrived on the Summit, the object Of
theexpeditiOn was generally understood among
the troops, and; though many dreaded rthe
weary and exhaustiug march before tbe1d, high
spirits and much hiIarity prevailed during our
retention there for the Thirty.secOnd Ohio and
Thirteenth Indiana, OF the prospect oflagain
having brush with the enemy. - -. : ..
About noon Of the l1th, the Thirty aecond
tOhfo and Thirteenth Indiana having arrived
from Beverlyj we started, with aadetachmeht
Of the Seco1d Virginia and the Ninth Indiana
in advance, and reached Green Briar Camp
about dark, where we blvouAced for some four
hours The Second Virginia and the Ninth In
diana defled pas. our fires on what is called the
Green Bank road, for the purpose Of getting in
rear Of the enemy's camp, taking along with
them artiilsrSmep, who were 10 man the cap
tured guns it Was their programme TO take at
break of day, TEo hours after the Twenty fifth
formed in line, and lead off, the Thirty-second
Ohio and the Thirteenth Indiana bringing up the
rear, on the Stanton turnpike, the most direct
road to the enemy's encampment.
II vas clear, frosty night, the road hard
frozen, aud the men, without fear or thought
of anything but success, labOred on, as calmly
and quietly as though they were not, in few
short hours; to face death on the field Of battle.
Far in advance the guard could be seen feeling
their way up the winding road, now and then
coming toa halt as they heard; or thought they
heard, the enemy's pickets. Nothing, howevs
er, transpired worthy Of note, until we arrived
to within tRo miles and half of their encamp-
'ment, when the sharp crack Of gun, quickly
followed BY second, brought us to halt, and
the fact that the enemy we're around and vigi.
liant, was soon made manifest BY the guard re-
turning with the bOdY. Of p6e Of tBeir number,
still in death; The poorsfellOW Latham, was
his name, belonging to Capt. JobnaOn's Com.
pany,) was shot through the body, and survived
but few momentsi al 10
At this point, Aftsr consultation with Col
Jones' spta number of officers, Capt. Charles.
Roiths COMPANY "A, deplOyed his company as
advance Sskirmishsrs, and ~ IL they went, up
the mountain, side and down into. the eorges
they spFangpae feaFlessly and as ninnbly as the
noble CANNES alter which hey are ,ehristsned,
the "Grcy Hounds, .sl0TIy ana cautiously the
troops moved Oh lin total dstkuess, ne moon
having disappeared, foFsr PeFhapss half mile.
Wien they were again fred into bya strong
picket force, our men returning the FIRE; and for