Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-20
OUR VICTORY AT ALLEsHANY SUMMIT.

The SAuntoR Spectator Of the 18th r.ys:
For ssvsrsI days before the yh parties Of ous es
ksA been sctvsly so0uas she road Soun to 9rssnbls
River. The hra party under ospAia Watkins OF ~
enough 70 ascertain that thsy made most enossnt Tina
chen turned toward their own camp on CAsat Tbs
next party under Captain DAbnsy also OF the cd Rss
n.nt, ovsrhsusd party Of the enemy and routed them
killing one vouuding one aud taking too prisoners
The next rty under Hr Moss, also Of the SD Beg.
neu. fell 10 with . number Of the enemy and killed
some fifteen or tsenty Of hsn. Ia I'll thes. Affairs nons
Of our were hurt
On YddAy nospiug chs susoy having colscbsd fal
Chsst mountain and bsyssa some iouf or h'e thoess
men attempted to surprise and capture the position on
The Allegheny mountain Astby some hfieen huadred q
our men under command Of Dol Edward johnson Of he
i9,h 6soxsia Regiment. In this attempt, they found
that thsy had eBphstcaly leaked up the wrong pAs.
sneer They drove in our pictee shout -four o'clock W
the morning, and made attack upon both aarks ofeur
position.
Hlvn. cone % far for 6gh IL l. but jest 70 ssy that
the, fought well and obstRatsy; bat After sharp ard
severe CO, ct Of shout seven hours they ssss driven
back and completely routed.
We have not - vet been abs TO gsthss the details
OF the battle bat enough 10 knesn 70 sAfy thai the
fzht Gas gallant oDe end ve sustained, and that the
victory vn complete.
No accurate Rss Of tbs casualties attending this vic.
.ory has bsen seesvsd = YET Our loss in killed and
sounded IL reported Of about eighty, Of whom near
have 70 mourn some gallant oacers-osptaios Andss-
,on and naldrsugh, sad Lisussssns Thompson end
Moore.
We have many rumors Of iess of individual sAlAairy
and daring which &c would perhaps Be premature to pub
.h bus ss ssnsst be ns.aksn In saying thss 9TH zoe
accosd Il h agreed that Colonel Johnson bore himself
throashost siih Distinguished GslAnry-lesdns his
30 10 the thick Of ths CHS 9th disregard Of person
al dagger which earned the bssrn and nsrysd the sxns
Of oil his men.
The following letter, from an ehssf Of The Lee Bate
~, 70 his father, appears in city contemporary:
Car ALLtoaAIy, Dec. IL, 1891.
Yesterday ss vers STACKED BY about Eve thousand
Yankees sho surrounded Us all sides. desperate
hattie ensued which lasted from o'clock In the
iue until II O'clock vhsn the Yankees withdrew from
the hei The balls dss thick ard fast1 really believe
that one thousand passed around me, playing oil sorts
| of music We suffered greatly Our Captain ~, shot
at the rs. Of the engagement and MORALLY wounded, be
| died Ia about twenty mnuteh Captain Dshier Con
edsrss States Army Of the best arlerists 10 the
service v.s also she, s the commencement this great
|, d,hesstened me, but stuck to my post, end the
men oomplinsn ted Ia the highest terms. All the
comm ssiousd officers Of the Lee Battery being ab.
ssut, vas this morning pIc'd in command OF the com
pny, By Colonel T. johnson, commanding the brigade.
viii assure you that feel highly eonpnentsi by the
honor Of CON usndug full battery, and shall endsssor
| 20 susAin my responsible position At oil tsa9ds.
We expect another sssct, and % gill do ny best
We lost In tia thirty-o killed enc about
,it, wounded The Yankee los 10 snknosn, bot sup
posed to DO much greater; in fic' they left moro Ne
apon he Aeid them lost 70 ssy nothing The snount
of dead and wounded carried ca in au,bulances. which
,.y nd moving quits freely up the road sunbes o.
Yankee caps we're found perforated With balls, and
covered 9th blood, and mMis could be traced shsre
thew had dragged their from the spos. u Vas Q
dreadful 6zht Sons Of our usn fought In the open
aeld on the TOP o. the Allegheny mountains This Il
the place where most Of our Io-s vs. suss'Sed. The
Yankees you'd stand Gre COLL but shen our boys chsrs
ed notwithstanding they outnumbersd u three or four
10 one they took 70 the woods Or the len hnk Of ous
che Yankees got In the fallen timber
the ouatsn shich had bsn cut 70 give play 20 our
tssy, ard fred upoa " for Aeosi three mourn. This
gave Them great sdvsutse,, laying behind logs and
branches Of tre.s out Of sight Our farce nunfed
about 500 elective nen aud the Ysnkees sbout 900
Az nigh, Col Seo,t's Regiment up 70 reinforce
| from Crab Bottou-a distance Of twelve miles. We
sep, upon our last night, In the open cir near our
dichss thniing probably .bs YANKEES soud renew the
attack ., night o, this morning, bat they have not yet
cons. Bsg the psss tso seeks the sesthsr has been
| ,s, mid, 90, sf abe dsys RESEMBLING Nay D.y.
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