Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-06
Letter from the Camp.
FRANKLIN, Va, May 22d, 1S6:

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FRANKLIN, Va, May 22d, 1862.
Mr. Editor: Dear Sir:-We have just
received a copy of your excellent paper
the Telegraph Of the 10th inst, and as
see no correspondence from this section
l thought, perhaps, to add something tc
its entertaining columns, by describing
some of our adventures in the noun
tains
Our Regiment, the 10Th 0. Y. l., con
tains good many boys from Meigs Co.
to whom the Telegraph is welcome Wis
itor. It comes as an old friend to break
the monotony of Camp.
We left Huttonville on the 9th OF
April and crossed Cheat Mountain, and
bivouacked ON the banks Of the beauti-
! +Iful-G -GEce;.lsiiat..- Next nin COM
menced the ascent of the renowned AL
| leghenies; reached the summit about 3
| F. NJ E, and took possession Of the com
Portable cabins, built by the rebels; and
a most timely shelter they gave, as a
| driving sleet and snow storm was raging
territlically. There were cabins enough
to accommodate about 5 900 men, The
summit is strongly fortified; it is calle d
Camp Baldwin The cold was intense
We stayed on the summit one night and
renewed our tedious, but not uninter-
esting march; arrived at Camp Crab Bot
tom, another deserted rebel encampment,
in the evening; storm still raging;
stayed there until the morning of the
18th, when we were ordered to Monte
rey, the county seat Of Highland Co;
started about a. NJ. without break fast:
arrived safely at NJ. and were preparing
something to eat when our Co., (D.) and
Co. G. of the 18th, were sert out to
skirmish with, and report the approach
of the rebels, who we learned were ap-
preaching in heavy force. We went out
about three miles from Camp; met the
enemy and opened fire on them, which
they returned. We then deployed in
the woods and fought them two hours
and a half, although they were more
than five to one Of u.s. We held them
in check until our Artillery came up,
and they retreated double-quick to their
Notifications on Shenandoah Mountain.
We stayed short time at Monterey
after this affair, then came to Mcdowell,
an aristocratic little place ten miles east
of Monterey. Nothing of Importance
transpired until the Sth of May. The
rebels, under Johnston and Jackson, of
Winchester notoriety, were reported ad-
vancing on US with large force Com
panies B. and D. OF the 18th Regiment
were ordered to go out and report their
advance; went about three miles out and
saw the secesh coming down Shenandoah
in droves-they were nearly four miles
off, but we soon found them to be ap-
preaching very near in heavy force and
endeavoring to SURROUND u.s. We fell
back. to within about a mile of Camp,
and the rebels took possession of a COM
manding hill in front of our camp and
attempted to plant battery, which was
prevented by the 10Th and 25th o. v,
who attacked them, and severe engage
ment ensued. Our brave boys were ad-
vancing ON the rebels with certainty,
when they were heavily reinforced by
fresh troops, who poured terrible volleys
into the rapidly decreasing ranks of the
IS aud 25th O. V. Gen. Milroy then
sent up the SD and 32d 0. V. l., and Sd
Va. V. |. The fight was then renewed
with vigor, and continued until nearly
p. NJ. when the enemy retired, leaving
US masters Of the field. Gen. Milroy
then learned that a large portion of Gen
jackson 5 Brigade, which had been held
as reserve, came up uSt after the firing
had ceased, thus increasing their force
to nearly 1900, and as We had but
about 5000 in possession of the hill,
Gen. Milroy concluded to fall back to
Franklin, which we did in good order.
The engagement resulted in loss of 80