The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-10-11
OCTOBER IL, i86i.
sharp Fight Near Cheat Mountain.

The Ohio and Indiana troops have won
new laurels III Western Virginia. Oh
Thursday morning, al tety early hour;
Gen. Reynolds set out with stf6Hg f6rEs
from his camp on the summit Of Cheat
Mountain, to reconnoiter the Rebel po-
silion on Greenbriar river, about twelve
miles distant, under commsnd OF Gen.
Anderson and Coils. Tolive, Jackson and
Johnson. The following were the troops
Of which the expedition was composed
The Ohio Twenty Fourth, Col. Ammon,
Of Ripley the Twenty-Fifth. Col. Jones
Of Wooster the Thirty Second, Col. 7.
H. Ford, OF Mansfield. Tne Indianians
were selected from the Seventh Regiment,
Col. Dumont Ninth, Col. Milroy 'Thir-
teenth, Col. Sullivan Fourteenth, COL
Kimball Fifteenth, Col Wagner; and
the Seventh, Col, Hascall. There were
also detachments OF Robihson's Ohio,
Bracken's Indiana, and Greenfeld's Penn
syivania Cavalry, and Howe's U, s.,
LOOMS Michigan and Baum's Virginia
Artillery. The entire body numbered
5000 men. To prevent flank move
ment on the part Of the rebels, Ford's
regiment was sem IN AuVHDCes
Arriving in front Of the intrenchments
about o'clock. the pickets were soon
driven in. Loomis' Battery gained
good position by the assistance Of the
Fourteenth and Seventeenth Indiana reg
iments, while the Ohio Twenty Fourth
did valuable work as skirmishers. The
first discharge Of the artillery was re-
piled TO in ambush, who were soon cleared
out by the Indiana Fourteenth. Seven
OF The rebels were killed, and quite
number wounded and captured. Iows's
battery. supported by the Thirteenth In
diana, then came up, taking position still
nearer the foe, and causing great havoc.
After an hours hard fighting, the rebel
batteries were nearly all silenced Their
guns were for the most part aimed too
high. For three hours after an irregular
fire was kept up, while our men recon-
noitered the enemy's works. During all
this time the galantry of the 25.h Ohio
and 18th Indiana was displayed 10 good
advantage in scouting.
Just as our reconnaissance was being
completed, every essential fact relative 10
the position OF the rebels being discovered, I,
they were largely reinforced from their
camp near Monterey. This swelled their
numbers to $4,000. The expedition
therefore withdrew with a loss of only ten
killed and eleven wounded. The enemy's
loss was very severe, numbering several
hundred. Their killed and wounded could
be seen scattered all about the cnmp, snd
their tents were torn in pieces by the balls.
The whole number Of prisoners taken was
thirteen, and some cattle and horses were
also brought off. The only difficulty that
Gen. Reynolds met with was in restrain
ing the ardor Of his troops. They were
eager TO storm the rebel works, but as tho
possession Of the point WAS of no import
snce. the General refused 10 gran: them
permission. They then challenged the
enemy to come out and fight them on the
open field, but the latter prudently de-
clined to accept the invitation. Alto
gether, the affair was great success, and
demonstration Of the vslor and good
discipline of our Western Soldiers.-Cia-
cinnati Gazette.