The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-11-08
Particulars Of the Cantare Of
ROmney:
Letter from LiSut B.F. Ogte.
RoANEY, Sunday Mornday.
Oct. 9th, 1861.

Oct. SIth, 1861.
EDIroRs TmRuSE
Romney, obi Romneyl II thou
hadst had one righteous man cum.
bcrihg thy walls, thou hadst not
fallen; but it is so. Yesterday af.
tcrnoon, after a brisk fight ofabout
two hours, We marched into Rom.
ney, pitched our tents IN the city,
the county scat Of Hampshire CO;
Va. saw, in one Of your issues Of
tho TRiuUEE, sometime since, 4
query as to where the sih Ohio
was. After leaving Fort Pendle.
ton, (Which was built principally
by the Sth Ohio sometime in Au-
gust, We were ordered to Hutton,
vile, to join Maj. Gen. Rosenerans'
division. When we arrived at Graf
ton, an inspection was had. Find.
ing so many Of us sick with the
Camp Fever, we were put on tho
Baltimore and Ohio Il. r., as
guards, until we %ore in proper
coiiditiOh for more active service
The ravages Of this most dctesta-
bic disease, took from our ranks
three of our most worthy men
Rather would 1 say, / saw lhtR
fall yesterday in The shower ofshell,
shot and ball, that poured in upon
us, from the guns oftbc enemy, ,than
be the fatal Victims Of that dis.
case. A. gloom has hung over 90,
A, since the loss of So valuable and
worthy members.
| On Tuesdpy, 18th Oct, tho sth
was ordered 10 New Creek, where
five companies had been stationed,
together with the 9Th Va. tho
IRingold Cavalry, and the Kelley
Lahcers tcavalry) On the oath,
Gen. Kelley and Staffcamo to New
Creek, with one Va I}eg,, com
inandrd by Col. Kelley, his son;
when m inspection was had, and
found all the forces, together with
the Sth, in excellent condition, in
Health and spirits also; for tho pay
master had just left, and the TWEEN
ty dollar gold pieces in the hands
ofthc boys, seemed TO be an ordi-
nary thing. On the 25th, orders
were given 10 company command
ers to have three days rations cook
cd, and to strike tents at s o'clock
in tho evening. No one knew
whittier we were going, except the
staff officers. At ~ o'clock tho
whole brigade moved In column mp
the Now Greek road toward Rom
ney. The 4th Ohio, from Ft. Pen
dleton, was to meet MS at Spring
Run cross roads, - miles above
The two Va. Regis from Cumber-
land, were, to attack Romney by
tho Petersburg Gap or Hanging
Rock. Both forces were to march
by tho watch so as to make one
Simultaneous attack upon the city.
, About o'clock on the 25th, wo
stopped, had some refreshments
and rest, s miles from the City
We then marched on at a brisk
step, most of the time on double
quick, the cavalry driving in their
pickets. About one mile from the
Mechanicsburg Gag they 5penol /
fire upon us with one seige gun
and one six FOUNDER. W6 answered
it With one twelve pound gun. AZ
, ter a lively exchange Of shots, and
throwing out our infantry rifle skir-
, mishihg companies, they took
flight. Our ranks were then ppcn-
ed, and the cavalry passed 70 the
front, dashing after them; the in.
iantry ppt on double quick, intend !
ling to keep them on flight, and
thereby secure our passage through
the gap at the point OF the bayonet.
Our pursuit was so close upon them,
that they could not post themselves
lin their Notifications in the gap
This was their evident deicat.-l
This gap is about 2 miles long and
very narrow. The rock on either
side is abont 150 feet high; about
midway Of this gap there were very.
strong entertainments, where a few
efficient guns could hold this gap
against ten thousand men. Il
seems as though II were an almost
Iimpassable barrier. On tihe nights
on the right hand side, as wo ad-
vanced, hanging over the eutrench-.
ments across tho road, there were
entrenchlnents thrown up com
manding the mouth OF tho
gap, and at the prope7 distance, to
do the most powerful execution
When the cavalry and the advance
guard had reached these tortitca-
ltions, ALMOST upon, the heel Of the
enemy, the whole brigade burst out
in one grand shout, for the Union,
the stripes and tho stars. AT tho
month Of the gap, tho road turns
very short, the mountains are very
Thigh, and thickly overspread with
wood, and a fine place for masked.
batteries. We moved on 70 near
lthe banks Of tho Potomac River,
whore they opaned on nYon ne with