The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-11
xtIPORTAMT FRom WESTERN
v7rsr,is51'i VIRGINIA.
ehsrp R'uss Near cheat noan-
10 nwath rgvr aain, a fHF

c's The Ohio and Indiana volunteers
lave won new laurcls in Western
Virginia. On 1hhrsday morning,
at6 vtry carly hour, General Itey.
n6lds tct out With strong force
from he camp on the summit Of
Uhekt Mountain, to reconnoiter
tic arcbJl position on Grccnbricr
river. about Twelve miles distant,
under command 9f Gen. Anderson
and COlouels Toliye, Jackson aud
johnson. The following were the
troops Of which tho expedition was
,ompesed= The Ohio Twenty. fourth
tsJl A illlaon Of Ripley; The Twen-
ty.fah, Col. Jones of Nurwalk; The
af'hrty.sceond, Col. r, II. Ford of
Mansfield. Tho 1ndiAnians were
aeiecycdffom the B.vcnth Regiment
CI. Dnmont; Ninth, Col. Milroy;
Tlhrteenth, Col. Sullivan; Four.
teenth, Col. Kimball; Fifteenth,
f;ol.rvahner; and tho Seyeptpcutll
Col TlIaseal, There werO also Dc
iachments Of, Robinson's Ohio,
Braekens Indiana, and Grcenfclds
prhnsylvasie Cavalry and loves
n, ,S,, Loomis' Michigan and
Dapnis Vifginia, Artillery. The
p,iFF body numbered 5000 men,
70 prevent q flank movement
an the part Of the enemy, Fprdi
regiment was cent in advance. 4
Arriving in front OF the entrench
.iucpts aboht cigbt o'cJ 9ck, the pick
% were coon driven IN. Loomis
Battery gained a good position bS
the assistance Of The Fourtuvntl
and Sevcntecth, Indiana regiments
Shile the Ohio twCnth fourth III,
Syalbabie work as ekirnishors. =
.Tilc hrst discharge of the srtillcr,
was replied 20 by the enemy in aui
bNsh, Who were soon cleared ont
However, blythe Indiana Fourteenth
Seven ofthe rebels were killed, an,
anite a number wounded aud cap
inred, 1owcs battery, supportc,
ly tho Thirctilh Indiana, the
came pp, tEking . position stil
pcarcr the E,c, aud causiDg grca
havoc, Aier an hours hard light
ing, tie rebel bstterics were ncarl
oil 'Silenctd, Their guns were, 60
q, tl,e most part, ailned toohigh. 70
three hours alter an Irregular fgl
was kept up, while our men recor
RoitVTcd thoe,egpyle works. Dul
jng all this fine tho gallantry ,
niil,e Tw,Dty tinh Olipand Eiileent
u.lRdian4 was displsyed to good aC
-dTRntage in scouting ldi iu aIf1Is
"a just % rOur Reconnaissance w
lei"g COmplCted, rOyOry esssnti'
fact relative To the position Of Oh
ftha fVbels, t'eing discovered, z the
wore largely rc,vRloreed from The
Ganip near MOntceyJ this swellC
llleir numbers to 10000. The e.
OeditioR therefore Withdrew with
, lOsalSl lenlyl ten killed and relcyC
bywOaRdbd. li,fbe ennmy's loss vi
vsvery s0Nonc, nnn,ht1Ing scYer
b hundro& Theif killed and wouh
ed du0ulN 10 seen scattered oil abo
the oaoap, and their,tents were tol
lin pieces byithe balls, g The who
lrImnhcrof prisoners taken was th
iaccA, aud shlnO rattle and hoTs
Iwero also brought Of. Tho on
,isdifliou;V that Gem Reynolds m
o with INas in EesiTaining tho hnlGr
x,his trOeps. They uweFc eager
sdstoranitle rebel works, but M 4
-sposaesdi6n Of thO lhoint was OF
qrimpoFtNaSe, tho General refused
iugrRhtiheri Pouhissipw. They th
b b,cbdllzngcd tho enemy tO ooinO {
oeand fight them on the open iiO
bsbuttlle lattcr TEIidehtly declined
q hbcept the ina itation. AhO3ctl
% tl,eAaiiainwNsR great succCss, =
= demonstration Of llle yalor 9
svR6oddiSoiplmO Of 6nr Wcstern 1
s1alieTbghtq9isi u hoaivDa Ha5a
vIso 5oa ) FiERt % AOnASy. g7g