Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-17

u Ilealn IRON reliable SoaeOS that d,
uumbsF u Infantry SoglEed Ou out cid
RAS 3,20O. u Additiua % these were the
RpekipghAm aad AugaSIS batteries, ant
lptObAbly some others, making % akGFeeatl
force Of about $500. The force Of The ea'
Smy WpS about IL, 600.
For macy bOuFs our little baAd Of hSTOei
mAintAi1ed IhalF StaAd RgainSt the over
Rhelming hosts Of the ensmy, aAd Aaally
lWllhdfOR 10 good order, When tbe ineEeas'
Ipg pumhtru Of the foe threAtOaea % sur.
round them.
The hFst EumOE was that Jackson had
been eanghI IN q trap, aud drtadluily
R0rStsd. Bat this L altogethOTG mistake.
Jackson WaS daily aPpriDOd Of the mOvS-
mGn1 Of the enemy, aHd acted With bis
eyes wide open 10 the whole aaaiI. HE
object Rao 70 give the enemy tOFetAste Of
what they bad 70 expect in The valley, aud
Il they were satisfied with the result, am
sure hOld stoueWall'' Is. iioial
Ileatn through guntlomaA who In
Winchester oh TbuFsdAy that Nc. Phillip
Williams aud other Gentlemeu applied %
the Federal commander for PeFmitSiOa 10
bury our dead. This was gtbatsd, and lbt
bLo6j dhty vas performed Ia . suitable
mGuhet, The number Ol our dead Was So,
which has been increased By Sub6equent
deathst6 abSlt 90, Our whole loss 10
killed, wounded aud pFiIontEs vas 49,
OF these about TWO hundred we're wound.
Cd. most of the wounded have been
brought % StAuhsen, where they are com.
i0FtAbly quRrt6tsd and ate cared toF IL the
hospital, which has been establiIhed IL the
spacious and c6mmOdlouS buildIngg Of the
Eastitutl0h for the deaf, dumb aud blind. ~
4 IN glad 10 ny thGt muG6 the larger pro. /
portion Of the wounds are Slight, Involving
40 permanent tiiJabtllty, The wounded
are cheerful aud anxious 70 be speedily
restored 70 their respective commaudt.
Reliable RdVieeS from Winchester repre-
sent the loss Of the enemy iu' killed At near
1890, ana the wounded AZ 4 much larger
Iigute. Il is said that about 500 dead
bodies were brought 10 WincheSter toF
transportation NorthRard. These aR We
bapbone, were The elilC, whose friehdB were
able 10 Incur the cost Of removal, The
mass, 0l course, were buried intbe neigh.
borhOod Of the battlefield. 29,
Upon iuquiting 10 70 the cause Of the
disparity o. the Casualties Ia th0 two AZ.
miles, learn from some Of our nea that
the eaemy were 50 thick that It was in.
possible for our men 70 miss. Every shot
took Gffeet-lt missing the column -
which Il was aimed,, Il was sure 70 hlt 10 |
the tedr. S2h
The most deadly strife occurred near
the boundary Of two fields which were
separated ~ q stohe wall. One Of our
reglmeutS WeFeiu one Geld aud Olx Yankee
reIments ia the other. AZ dfst they hred
across tie wall, ont attef q While each
party advanced ID fld, TO get Tie benefit 1
Of toe etheltef Of the wall our meh reached
It Arst, aud the Yankees were thea about
forty yards distane 0urmtn Immediately
dropped On their E6eet, and, taking de-
liberate aim; 3tOd deadly y6lleyg Into the
Advancing lines Of the SaeHiy. The efect
was terrific, ana Ills said that m Ohio
aud PennSyIydhia regiment, which were 10 |
advance, were almost abllhilSted. II d
said that utter this dee uot more than 90 |
med 6f one 6f these Regiments were len |
standing. 'H9a e x
J / learn that the regiments engaged "a
this terrible contest. were B1rke's and
FulksFSOI'B, which greatly diStlnEulShed
Col. Echols q said 70 have
aetsa With signal courage, coolleSl and
ability, aud lam happy 70 add that Col.
Allen had IN opportunity Of putting the
stamp 6f falSehood On the slAqdetS that
were circulated igaintt him % l6nhSBsS
w iaFoEmaht remarked, ''hs had covered
himself al over with gloty.r lnreterrihg
10 GheS6 gehtlemeu, ! do not wish % be re-
garded d, BY lmputAtiou, dlgpaFaglnR
others. Every 16n did his duty h6Bly
and | learn that Gen. JaekJoD exPfeIled
the opinion that they Wers baud 6f b:
The 9Th VI. Regiment was held ID re-
serve, and did not participate ID the early
part 6f the 8ght, B1t was called 10 % pei.
form ,the peEil6uS task Of covering the
retreat, This dhty Il performed nobly,
losing macy Of Il gallant mehbeEe, but
dealing death aud destruction upon The
e1sby5 who Wets kept u bay.
3 We lost two guns 10 The .battle-one
from the RockbFidge and one from the
Augusta Battery. The RoekbFidge gup
was struck by o cannon ball and disabled.
The iosS Of the other was caused BY the
killing Of one ofthe horSeS, which fright.
Sned tie 6thttS1 and caused them 70 tntp
suddenly aud eapSi1e the cattiags. The
enemy were eloJ5 upon u, aud left 40
time % tebldesiit. O1v nSd, however, cut
6od SscuFeaa the horses but one, and
be was cut souI By The taetny, and escaped
from them, And eame gall6plug 10 our
camp. Z It would seem d u tYbntho horses
were Infected with tho spirit Of rebellion.
and hatred TO the YRhEeeS. s
Colonel Rehol. l!G arm Vas, broken BY
3 rias OF muIkel hall. about tolr inches
below Tie shoulder. He vas quite e0mi
ftftiblS when ! visited him, and I hope
viii save his arm,
THE repork here q that thu lensmy lost
eight oE nine ColoaelS, and q laEgsnumbef
oflo&cars q inferior grade. 81 Y pi9i
y a larsoPVoportion of tie Augusta mi.
lttia went . ioiH JaGisoh thB day week,
and thOFeSiduS, who Teqditsd q teW days
u 5maks their ptspsfatioht 10 tapidly
& embli1g " leave, Etis ttternpon.s As
ID write, the Spffit-stiEffiIg drum and ear.
bi6Ioing Ate are cRllipE. them 70 their
Fehde1VouBa Theys lAgDa a. noble Get Of
Iaan and will give q good account uf' them
SelVes When they Tosahslthe destinH.
ttfgn Agista, viii have IN tho laeld thToo
ifekimGnls beside Imbodon'SAn WaltsF'1
Batteries. and Patrick 3 and StefESttI