The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-09-27
The Army of Kanawha.

Is with great sa,is'nct'on we luy ce,ore gu,
readers, reliable lniormrtion from that
region. :, 49,,
General WISE dispatched inc NE laval
ry companies, spoken o, py Coi' DAVIS .
under commands Oh we Ia''er uhu oc'lng
Lieut.. Coi. d. NJ O,arhsoii, oh INC o.h
September from ms own camp near
Hawks Nest win Instructions 10 pehe,
trate the hnnawn" sa'iey AZ my uio u,i
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most Vieor Wn WIZ, VI "'o VIII. Yer my
couio 90 SO WIZ n! eneo.i .,e"rueiy iluu .hey
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III, n,,a 80 taroo f,o,, to,. III Gu,
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I;n,saif IT, thrao,anod by foron ho,;avod ,o
ho s,,ner;or 70 lie own on tbo main tnrn.
iii q ba,,,oo,, Ne oon,n ot JJo,rL,s Me-,
I'D r; ou,ov P,;Iao tha s,ro,aho,d ~ Gon
Cov and Tho ,afe Of The Kana,vho VolIov
10 leon tb;s foa in check wos obsolu,eiv
essential n The safety of both commands.
consequently Gen. Wise moved to the re.
lief of Gen, flovd with sucb cautious CIR.
cumspeotion os his own security and the
nrotect;on of tho rear of tho former do
handed
ITnon the evening of the 10Th Mt Eve
minutes past fonr. the enemy, led by
General Rosoncrontz in person. descend.
inc from his commend opposite Valley
Mountain. attacked Gen. Fioyd Mt Camp
Gnulev. The battle RACED until seven.
whom The enemy aayc M the contest. with.
ms is believed. the expectation of renew.
inc il next morning. About midnight
Gen. Flovd quietly. but hurricoly, with.
drew and crossed the river with his whole
force and the most of his baggage: some
of The latter comp eouinare. tents. etc,
and a number of fat cattle were unnyoida.
Div abandoned. So Quietly was the with.
| d,owoI conductod fiat the enemy. IL is
ronorted fred with Great yiror unon the
| deserted breostworks of Camp Galley nj
daylight in the morning. The enemy are
conceded to have acted with great spirit
| in their attempts to force General Floyd's
position, but they were met by q foe more
| than worthy of their steel, and suffered, i,
is thought, more severely than they ac
knowledge. Gen. Rosencrantz puts his
loss in his official report at twenty killed
and one hundred wounded. General
Floyd's loss was from eight to sixteen
wounded-none killed. Gen. +. himsel
received slight flesh wound in the right
arm between the wrist and elbow.
Gen. Wise, upon learning that Genera
FLOYD, instead of crossing the river a
Carnilax, as he had hoped, had determin
eo 10 MAINTAIN ms poSltion upon the sum
mer'll'e she, ana hao Deen attacked bl
the enemy IN numbers doubling his force
marched rapldly to ms reiei, ana had, OF
me morning OF the llth' nearly reached
! we u. RIVER "hen " messenger from "enera
rIoya inet nm ana informed MN oil tn'
movement OF me iatter upon the man
.u,tH. ms . ~ een. "iee ~ uiler
I".i'o DoV ~ ":'i,', ioioee ~ poS"oo'
- y. .oo''' e'e'ooi'"S poAn' oh LA
'"Iip.o n,
ell IN H. oG"ooN 'i'r uilt1u iorcss nav
49, ~. 60 Co.," W i'oio o,sioie Pcs'tioh "P
vi n's 1r,"ei' WHERE they await the ao
/ ,"'iee Vi 'he enemy uhaeruehl s. CoX an.
Rosencrantz whose uniteu !orce Is warn
ousiy estimated Ut from eleven to hiteei
| thousand:
1t VIII be seen that the same untowart
circumstances which caused the relin
! quishment OF the Kanawha Valley in Jul,
last, has occasioned the retreat OF Genera
| Floyd from CarnilaN upon Big Sewell-
and that is. the unloosing OF vast hord'
like an avalanche from the department o
| the North-W West proper, by way Of sutton
Bulitown and Summersyllle, and obligin;
| the removal Of the basis OF operations fur
| Their East for the protection OF Lcwisburg
and keeping open communication will
the Capital. II possible, reinforcement
should be forwarded TO the hanawha tie
partment to meet this new addition to thu
enemy.
| 7. S.-Subsequently to the movemen
above described, our forces have ialleI
back or changed position from Big Sewel