Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-29

lion at last burst upon the country, cal
ling to arms the noble heroes who were
prepared to shed exultiugly their last drop
Of blood in the effort to maintain The
Government and preserEefheE Constitn-
ton.
When Gen, Mcclellan was appointed, he
at once selected Gen. Rosecrads as his aid
and acting Chief Engineer, with the rank
of Major. The Legislators of Ohio then
purposely created the Office of Chief Engi-
neer of the State, which was intended for
Gen. ,Rosecrans and accepted by him. On
the l0thiof June, S1s6l he; was appointed
by Gov; Dennison Colonel of the 23d Fegi-
ment Ohio volunteers, and was sent upon
mission to Washington City to arrange for
themaintenAnGe7 and payment of the Ohio
contingent forces. ON the goth Of June
he was nominated by the President aBrig-
adler-Geueral in the regular army, pros
motion universally acknowledged to be as
rapid asst was deserved; and attended with
the spontaneous appreciation of all classes
and creeds of cilizeas, who knew his
worth and estimated his merita
When the advance into Western Virginia
was made G en-. Roseeraps was entrusted
with n brigade composed of the following
regiments; the 18th aud 10th Indiana, 18th
and 10Th Ohio, and placed in command AT
Parkersburg Here, from an eye witness,
we end this testimony Of his energy:
t'Our General is an lncessant WORKER
He is in his saddle almost constantly. He
has not had a full nights sleep since he
has been in Virginia, and he as often takes
his meals on horseback as ut table! His
geniality and affAbility endeArs him to all
who come in contact with him. His SOL
diers recognize in him competent COM
lnander"7 2i! nd Et"-7 20 EAd fa4'T
He afterwards proceeded to OlarksburE,
thence to Buckhanon, and on the 18th Of
Jolly fought the now memorable battle of
Rich Mountain, succeeding by his own
plans in achieving disastrous defeat for
the rebels. In this battle he Cnt q pass
age nine miles through the wood, and
! coming upon the. enemy's rear, after II dcs-
perate fight of an hour and half, COM
pletely routed them, capturing sail they
bad, and taking many officers, as we'll rs
privates, prisoners. The rebels numbered
about two thousand, under Gen. Pegram,
who was soon after obliged to surrender
himself a prisoner of war. Subsequently
Gen. Rosecrans drove the rebel Generals
Wise and Floyd out of Western Virginia
and captured their effects 'a y
! Socially, the General is a refined gem
tleman, yetfrank, free spoken and oif-hand,
/
be is little above medium height, rather
thin, and very erect, with "a conspicuous
broad forehead and clear gray eyes
McGlellah being called to the head oil
our army of the Potomac, the 22d July,
Gen. Rosecraus immediateiytook his place
in command of the army Of Western Vir.
giniA, being appointed gath of July. On
the lst of August Gen. Rosecraus tele-
graphed to the War Department at Wash.
iugton that the valley of the Kanawha
was freed from rebels, and his forces had
captured one thousand muskets, quaint.
ty of ammunition. &c. On the 10th Of
September he wounded and routed Floyd
who had sixteen pieces of artillery and
Eve or six Thousand men at Carnifax Ferry
and again rid his department of rebels.
General Rosecrans' headquarters are nj
Wheeling, where be has been actively pre-
pairing for the spring campaign. His force
are in such Ia condition as to strike terror t,
the qunking miscreants who have mad
their hitherto happy land one vast seen,
of treason and bloodsbed. ~ -.