, 1861-11-01

[Cor1esporderce Of the Cincinnati Commercial
CANT CEossAAE, NEW Creek, Va.
EIGHTH REGIMENT, o. T., Oct. 9Th, 1861. {
Your readers have no doub: learned through
your telegraphic column the news Of the bat
lie .of Romney. Bat ns such accounts must
ue1ous friends Of the OHIO IN and 6th among
your readers would be grasticd with q recital
Of the heroic manner with which the boys &C
Quilted themselves.
On the a4,h wcrd passed through the camp
thlt General Kelley was expected during the
tonc delay he arrived from Grafton, with
lis etah. Everything passed oil satisfactorily.
| The General proceeded to Cumberland, to
| perform e}milar Office there, and hurried
| hack TO New Creek An unusual hutter WAS
noticeable around headquarters indicative
| OF some movement Indeed all hands knew
| that some adventure was on the tapis, and
soon it WAS made manifest, as an order was
| isaued from the respective reglnental officers
| to pull up stakes and prepare for forward
| movement. It did not require much ingenuity
to guees the quarter shortly to be the scene OF
desperate fight. We all guessed Komney,
| and many threat was uttered that ere the
gun sgaip performed his diurnal journey,
| Ror,xtV should fall, if the coat shonld be the
| lifr's blood Of many brave heart that then
beat IN warm response to the cry Of Romney
or death!
|
The 4th Ohio had left their camp at Pendle
ton, distance thirtS-two miles, aud we're within
six mIles, waiting to join Us. About i've hun
dred of the 7th Va under c1mmand Of Lieut.
Colonel Kelley f9n Of the Gene1ars, e. cWap Wp
| tToope, we're With us, together with the Rim
eold Cavalry aud McGhee's Va Iancers. Th
, force numbering about twenty. five hundred
| with the wagon train, started soon alter Il T
N, The General overlook them next morning
$z]%1 NV hEY u
: Ia seven mi,es Of Komney, our advance guar
} vas attacked by the ambushed pickets. E'
a ery etep Of the way WIS hotly contested, tt
$ Rlnrold Cavalry, under Captain Keye:
:. p.rfo1mirg feais OF va1or, driving Il
enemy before them nudi1sS Three comps1l' NJ
:, support, rubbing on the double-quck in th
:, face of a hot fire f:om their heavy pieces
= cannon, Shot aud shell we're literally raini1
- aophd them. The enemy's frs nyaT'ao
to went over CUR heads. In the face OF hes
i: Z muEketry and cannoa, gauanAt T. dssh ~ n
T force ga1e way aud took to the woods, ma
y lrg Flora Temple time, leaving us possesso
r. OF al their camp equipsge, wagons, over
y y hundred horses, stores snd ammuntnon, N
ia value fully twenty thousand dollars ana tt
C. dsccmftuIe effected at loss % rs 2h o. O. y
-E occurred in the Virginia Tth- Our boys
49, full OF glee at their success, and mention
made Of several instances OF personal brave
L.. We now hold Romney, and purPoae oc
~ pying It. Time aud opportunity vi! eugg
t,tv The next step. Meantime, the glorious
~ c1ts attending our arms at Romney, WILL 8
# blow to the rebel cause in that portion
81 81 Virginia which will tend very much to br
a+e | up tie crude and diSordef1y oauQ "MC1 IL
D. leaders took pride in calling !" Or Army
z Ronznet" From their wounded prisoners
ith our hospital at Romney, we learn their te
was 1,7{O. One Of their Coloaels, Mr..
strong, formerly resident Of this place,
q st mtmne1 VI toe A1t1 "Aeel1n6 1oA'eAs
mic WaS taken prisoner.
Col The weather is getting very cold here, II
r7!r 1p- orr nen are yet unproVided with either 0
: IN costs or b!apkets. What commentary
1 aa11 the int+1est taken In the men ,lskipg
~ n lives Il rthe honor Of our conntry.