The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-12-21
Our Last Victory In wessern Virginia.


The indianapolis Journal Of Thursday
says:
Col. KimbalI, OF the 18th Indiana regiment,
arrived in this city on Tuesday night on his
way home from Western Virginia. He left
Phiiipps, the headquarters of Gen. Reynolds.
and OF bis own regiment. on Sunday, and
brings the FIRST iull and authentic account oil
the late battle between our troops under Mil
roy. and the rebels under johnson, that has
reached "a. lie was not present, but from
the omcial report Of Gen. Milroy. and the
ststsmsnts Of officers engaged ia the battle,
has learned enough 20 give Us a fair ides 0
10 plan and result. The enemy were posted
In an sntrenchcd position. near Ysger's farm.
about eleven miles directly east OF the camp
az Greenbriar. whore General Reynolds de
feated them last october. and where. By the
way. 40 our men have learned beyond ali
question. by the graves found in the camp.
and from the reporte Of prisoners, We killed
fully I've hundred. and inflicted a total loss
Of about one thousand. in spite of the re-
ports 10 the contrary. After the retreat OF
The enemy frvm that position, the main body
scattered. prob IDLY joining other divisions
leaving about two thousand men ct this I a
ger camp. 10 hold our forces In check
1stC tlCf uaa tubEci4llfH themselves Strong
ly, and undoubtedly expected TO stay all the
winter. These entrmpchmenis consisted OF
four lines OF earth works and bitches. placed
q; various distances behind each other, so a.
90 AFFORD four successive lines Of deiense.-
The attack was lett entirely In the hands OF
Gen. Nilroy, who commanded the brigade AZ
that poinf. and he selected for II the 9th and
18th Indiana regiments. aud portions Of one
Nh. - Al. OIL t.-...t. ..x.. II
column m,rchcd on the night OF the 18th. so
~ to reach the enemy aud begiu the hght At
6 o'clock on the morning Ut the 18th. A
b,ttslion Of the 9th regiment. under Colone
Moody. was ordered 10 m Ike a detour 10 the
ensmy's lett - a. 10 reach and attack them
In the d sbk St the same time that General
u Troy attacked item In iront. Owing 10
the darkness. and the wretched mountain
pAths. or no p sths through wh Oh this d Wis
ioa h I'd TO pas. 10 failed To arrive At the time.
sni " iroy. ex Getting u evsry n lmcnt and
eager tor a q ,nt. beg IN the attack without
IL. Tne b attic sas warm and d ubsful.-
Our Ioce was unprotected, the euemy were
sntrcneh~d. and AZ least two 20 our one
oace there we're signs Of wsvering. and por-
tioas VI soms Of TIE regiments fell into dis
order. In the nick Of time Major D,bbs. Of
the 18Th. came up with A portion Of that
regiment shlch bad been leit behind. and
yestSred the fgh..
A lutte after : O'Clock Col. Moody. with
his division. came up. ioiued ths attacking
column. and then our men began the work
OF cleaning out the entertainments In etrne<f
One sfter the othe tf the tour lines Of br sst
works and bitches we're carried. the snemy
rally N In the next one behind as fast as the
one ia front Vas stormed. 50 that our troops
hsd % mike ioui separate and hard tights OF
IL before thsy cleared the Geld. At Last. At
toar O'Clock Ia the afternoon. after a scat
sering bat bloody hattie lasting ali day. our
mcn drove the enemy from the last earth.
sork. ami we're masters Of the position. In
the last ditch young Joseph Gordon was XII
led, after having tought With extraordinary
2llan,ry all day. and killed i've OF the zoe
my. He vas Shot through the head. and
died instantly. A iittle earlier IN the frhf
Capt. Nsdden. Of The 9th. wss killed. bn,
hos We do not nov After driving the cue
nv from TIE entreaehmsnts uhsch protected
thrir sanr. cur troops retired, u being thea
dsrk. ard sicpf On the 1sld, TO renew the
sShr the next morning Bee the enemy had
bad enough OF IL.
Our scouts. a. soon ssn wss hgh.. sw thai
the ~redoubtsbie chivairy had burned every.
thing that couldat be csrried GO and would
barn. and bad reife4tsd nobody knew where
Colonel Kiuahskil i satisfied that the rebel
force i at,erls ai~crgsnired. aud thas ksc
hundred me1 csnnot &c loaul together any.
~b<re Ia Western Virginia We lo-t shsrty
mcn kJied, and rather mere than that nun
Der wounded OF the ensuy ewes 80 dead
bodies .srs foanI n the sntrencAnaenf. ~
oar msa bssess celenes kiGbal lea