Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-23
Southern News Rebel Accounts OF
tho Fights in Western Virginia.
We find the following in the Southern papers

ER SltE RIcHMoND, July l6.
"Intelligent passengers by this evenings train
state the following companies were in Gen.
Pegram's command at the battle Of Rich Noun.
tain: Upshur Greys, Captain Higginbotham-
all the commissioned officers in this company
we're killed except the captain; Lee Guards,
Captain Irwin, six or eight killed; Rockbridge
Rifles, Captain Curry, five or six killed; small
portion Of Captain De Lanier's Petersburg Ar
tillery were engaged, all were killed or wound
ed; De Lanier was bayoneted at his cannon, and
two of the Upshur Greys shot his slayers in.
stantly dead. Another company, probably from
Hardy or some other eastern county, were en-
gagged.
"It is impossible to obtain satisfactory details
to satisfy the anxious and painful hearts Of
thousands of rslstives and friends.
"All the companies engaged were from Vir.
ginia.
"Beverly was taken possession Of by the Fed.
| erals on Friday afternoon. The Confederate
stores were nearly all saved from the vandas.
"Garnett's death 10 confirmed, but little is
otherwise known in regard 10 his command or
the battle. The reporter has labored diligently
to obtain some particulars in regard to the fight
at Laurel Hill, but fnds it impossible to obtain
any reliable accounts"
The N. o. Pieayune Of the 10th publishes q
dispatch announcing the death of General Gar.
nett, and says:
TNorE.-We are required by the manager Of
| the line to suppress the above dispatch, but no
definite reason is given.l t',Is..l
The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle Of the 18th has
the following:
FROM LAUREL HILL-LETTER FROM THE AUGUSTA
Il voLuNTEERs.
II We are kindly permitted to give our reader
! the following extract from private letter from
Lieut. Allen, Of the Oglethorpe Infantry, whicl
will be found to embrace some particulars o
Interests; ~ r..
July 10th, A. M.
Wehad orders last night to get up at tw
o'clock, which we did, and took 20 the trenches
and we have just come back to camp. Gen
Gsrnett says we can hold our position agains
; four times our number. At six o'clock W
shift our tents out Of view Of their batteries
moving around the base OF the hill. Nothin
has been heard from our Northern foes sine
, yesterday afternoon in the way of firing. Thei
shsrpshooters have stopped entirely, and every
|, thing is as quiet this morning as though nothin
had happened.
The bombardment yesterday was very inter
esting and exciting, and sat down in the wood
and watched the effect of the sbots fred at tn
camp. The noise Of the shells going throug
the air became really musical. So far, sine
the "fussp began Sunday morning, we have los
one man killed "a Virginian), two Virginian
wounded (not mortality, and one Georgia
wounded-Allen, of the Walker L. I,-who
doing well. Joseph Doughty shot one of th
Yankee scoundrels on Sunday morning. Th
o. l. have behaved very coolly, and are an1
, ious to come within gun shot of the foe, and 20
may be assured all will do their duty.
II was amusing yesterday to hear the Fedora
troops balloing at US, they being some 700 yard
of, with guns (Minie muskets) that could reac
US, and ours not being able to do execution owe
200 yards. They would shout, "hurrsh for In
diana" and curse us as id rebels. Brav
! fellows they-they took good care not to com
near US, and Sunday morning they ran lik
sheep down the hillside. We are expecting re
inforcements to-day Or tomorrow; one AL
. ALBANIA, one Georgia, and one Virginia Req
/ ment. n 1-Mv "
:, We have just received orders to go of on th
y Beverly road, the way we came here, to bloch
: ade it and make It secure. There are no Fedei
, al troops on the Beverly road, but our move
for precaution. s9re.1 als uf7f d