New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-03
BENsE's CAPTURE.
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Correspondence Of Tho Ci1cinnsti Press.
CAqr Az ELEwArEE. Sept. II, 1861.
"Two days rations in the hayenacls, aud %
march At 1 O'Clock in the morning was the senten-
tious order Of the Adutgut the Lieutenant in com
mani on the evening of the l2h inst. Tho 9Th Ohio
bad been in tire trenches all day, and our company
g, together with L. had been sent forward TO
connoiter the enemy, who WAS then advancing on
NJ, aud within TWO miles OF position. a tam in
the road, whore the Llkwater joins Tygarts Valley
River, brought us in ful view Of the adyance-guari
OF the Rebels. whose bayonets We're gistenmg IN
the sun a. long Mimic range. 10 was deemed pru-
dent not 20 make any demonstration with the small
force sent out srd we therefore retIeatcd in order,
crossing tho valley diagonniIy, and taking position
on tue extreme lott Of the inJrorchments, apTO" ing
q fec'ion OF IDomiss lttIry. H. may therefore 0e
supposed that no one in the Two companies alluCcd
10 was an any danger OK Accommodating hesl from
lack OF ex arcise when tie order above referred ~
was promulgated.
At D O'Clock in the morning Companies =, h, and
c. together with five companies from the Ono lulI d.
the whole under command OF Col. Marrow, OF tue
! Third proceeded On their way 20 Chea. Mountain
| Summit, where il was rumored strUug detachment
! O, the rebels nun eTiug 5000, had made a Sudden
appearance in the OF himballs camp, cutting The
wires and preventing communication with the Ilk-
water camp. Our ernd was said 10 10 cat through
their lines, replace tie wires, and restore Comnnui.
cation Here then was "A " sure enough light in
prospective, and the spirits OF the boys Were cs.re
spOndugly onoyant. We took = narrow path up the
montana impossible 10 lorcs, and OF 80 steep a
grids ~ 20 maze il iatiguug IN the extreme 10 men.
| Gou can iorm no idea OF these mountain passes. 1
slippery PATH winding arOunt Il hill side, o5stfnted
by huge bow dcIs and fallen trees, and steep thai
you can hardly stand erect It, rendered na,c-ssl-
be TO the Gun by the immense 81 estnut Cak, Ilne,
and ash trees that overshadow IL, and fringed by a
thick underground of laurel, elder, sassaras, and
hazel bushes. Six or seven mles o. this II enOnsh
60 dampen most any ones military ardori but, Ike
the man who carried the calf until il grew 10 be
OK, we have got accustomed TO II.
I Reaching the summit of the mountain, we discov-'
cred that the Rebels were at their old game; the
/ bushes covered with blankets, and, in short,
every imaginable species OF military toggery, Of the
very inferior materials with which the Secessionsts
are equipped. There is hardly doubt that they
mad accidentally stumbled upon a spot on the hill
summit from which our camp-tres were dscerni6le,
and aboring under the impression that their force
was not strong enough 10 Withstand an engagement
had suddenly decampcd. The path, though DE- yious
was easy enough to follow after that, for il lit
| orally covered with clothing a rapid "trot down
hill brought us into pleasant little valley
the center of which stood lonely log house, now
deserted by its former tenants. Standing in groups
around it was the Second Virginia Regiment, Col
Mass which had preceded us on the journey having
left Beverly the night previous without blanket for
cover or even sheetiron cracker" for sustenance
The former want they had supplied from the plumber
left by the Rebels and the latter was literally met
by our boys from their baversacks.
| A short rest, which the boys improved by attack
ing row of bee-hiyes, bringing ont the bees, and
scattering the " forlorn hope" that had made the
sally, and again started through the forest. An
hours climbing brought us TO the base of clearing
where sklrnish had taken place tho day previous,
and where 1t was supposed the enemy was in po-
siton to receive us. The approach was made with
great caution-our three companies, which were in
the advance, being deployed as skrmishers, with
| the Sd Ohioans as reserve. Stealthly the men
crept up the abrupt decyites TO the right and left
( of us, while another company made the advance IN
| front. The summit reached, nothing unusual was
TO be seen; a log house, an orchard, and the sur
roundngs Of Virginia mountaineers home, were
nothing much TO be astonished at. Not gray coat
was visible, much to the chagrin Of the men, who
were sure that this was the tide, &c. Approaching
the house, we were met by q 18th Indiana man,
who came limpng along, overioyed at finding out
that friends were at hand, and that he would be re-
leased from the custody of the Rebels, who had left
him there. lie had been shot through the thigh
with squirrelrife ball, and taken prisoner by the
Rsbels in the skirmish of the previous day, and
with tears In hiseyes he Informed US that the rear
guard Of the enemy had left there but an hour be-
fore, and We're retreatipg by the Stuarts Run road
| that they had been informed Of our approach, ana
that they dared not risk an engagement that tnsir
men were almost starved, and were so much IN,
tued that their officers could not control them and
were forced 10 follow the men, wbe bed deciosa W