Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-05-15

fme. ycn must do duty" and repeate,
j jemphatically the above order. r.
e Hc then drew his guns, and I hs,
7 no doubt but that the order would b,
. obeyed, BAT q toas mot II il had beer
{ obeyed. our men could have come in
In advance Of their jaded horses. ant
: given us at least half an hours notice
/, IN which time we could have saved
, ourselves, by retreating to the hill. snc
: firing on them unobserved, as they die
on rs; or we could have nearly. Il mol
all crossed the river; or We could have
collected our forces, posted them IL
: those three brick houses At the upper
end Of the bridge. which would have
given ms triangular p>-;.;s-s- fras,
which we could have raked the street,
and / am satisfied We could have held
the position against their entire force
J until morning. unless we had been
burned out.
/ was satisfied before daylight, that
The enemy bad gained dear victory,
and Notwithstanding we were prison.
ers. in the hands Of a cruel tyrsnt, !
felt degree Of pride and satisfaction
at the results accomplished by our
brave little Spartan band.
The result, according to my own
observation, and the best evidence I
can gather, is as follows: Federals
killed, eight or nine-among whom
was DR.. Bailey. Of Portsmouth,
Wounded l1-six OF whom were TAX
en- to Richmond, and Eve left; all those
taken with US got well, and returned
home; OF those that were left, l am in
formed three died; among those taken
-Windle, VIM. R. Mcclure,
and VIM. Allen, of Lawrsnce county,
Felix, of Wayne county. Va. do not
recollect the names of the other two,
but would say their wounds were
slight.
They captured sixty-six prisoners
belonging to the Regiment. and thirty
two citizens. making the whole number
Of prisoners ninety eight; they also got
about one hundred and twenty Enfield
rifles, one and half boxes OF cartrid-
ges. twenty-seven horses. and their
equipage, and about two hundred dol
lars worth Of other Government stores.
They robbed every Union mans store,
and took all the private property they
could carry away, that belonged either
TO the soldiers or Union citizens. max
ing sum total Of twelve to fifteen
hundred dollars worth.
| OF the rebels, there were seven or
eight killed, ten wounded, fifteen or
twenty horses killed and eight or ten
wounded. closed my last weeks
article by stating that before we could
have a bit OF breakfast sent TO US. we
were hurried away. Well, we were
marched of in the following manner:
tied two and two, about fourteen inch
es apart, and filed out into the street;
when we got out so as to form a
straight line, 4 inch rope was made
fast to the cord that bound the two FIRST
together, carried back to the next two.
wound around the cord BY which they
were fastened, and SO on through the
whole line. ...r r.-r
After we marched two or three hun
dred yards up Guyan, we were then
halted, as presume for the purpose Of
giving all so disposed, an opportunity
to taunt and insult us, in which their
cowardly propensity was freely in
dulged. Many OF them. particularly
the citizens of Guysndotte, were Voci-
ferrous in their abuse, crying loudly for
our blood. Some saying the ropes by
which we were tied could be put to
better use by hanging US. Not one Of
the cowardly villains wonld have dared
to open his mouth, had single man Of
US been free to meet insult; but we
were powerless in their hands, and gall
ling as it was, we were forced TO SUBJ
NIT. After their vocabulary Of abuse
had been exhausted, and they had
satiated their cowardly spirits, by NOV
ing up and down our line, and poring
upon us all manner of abuse, such as
I'D Yankees" "Come to steal
our negroes" Wont want to invade
our soil again, will you?" Thought
we'd give you h-ll this time"
"Wbat did you come here for? Hired
by Abe Lincoln. spose," Cant fight
with the South" "Whip you every
time, but it is useless to follow their
vocabulary further in this connection,
for l shall have occasion to make use Of
it hereafter. Suffice it to say, the order
was given to "forward march. double
quick" and of we started al a pretty
brisk run.
happened to be tied with worthy
Union citizen of Guyandolte, Mr.. Hay
slip. man about so years old. The
word forward march" was soon fol-
laSed by "close up, close up, You id
Yankee sons OF b-hes-double quick
there in 'front.'" and we were forced TO
keep up with the body of Cavalry,
whilst they were going at brisk trot.
We were placed about the centre oil
the column, which extended, for the
greater part OF the time. from one to two
and half miles. There was perfect
/ lam of men and horses all around US,
! until we got pretty well ont into Logan
! lcounty-so much so that we were mo-
mentarily in danger of being trod upon
We we're forced to follow the centre Of
the road, vading through mud and
water, with every few minutes the ur-
ging command Of wade through there.
Il son d-d YANKEES % ssnlanr,a ;rO