The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-01-16

CAxr Ksys RunSEr Va
lauuarx eth. 1851.

rnrrors Exrux~:-Well. We have had =
ore fun soldering In Virginia. Ihe rebels
ave been csmped for sOme time IN a strong
,ald ON the W nrhester road. about sixteen i,
o;,s. from R,mney. called Blues Gap OF
Camp Hanging Rock" aud have thought
secure aud able 10 check any /,
sorce that We could bring against them
Thss had undoubtedly a very strong position
naturally. and they had strong aud Z
;,v Qualifications, but they were simply too
eowardly Ia even show the shadow OF de
.ermined resistance against our approach
From report IL was supposed that there VAS
. much stronger force there than there prov
al % be-probabiy not more than eighteen
hundred besides their rtiliery and cavalry
consequently our force w-s much larger uiNn
necessary TO do the work required. thsissh
e,u.d have doss all the work and all The
dsh,ing ,h.. was done In getting possession
OF the rebel camp
We reached the rebel camp about seven
o'clock on the morning Of the seventh. aud
iuuediately commenced preparations for the
.,sack. The 5th aud 4th Ohio regiments
constituted the advance. The 5sh deployed
an the Hill to attack the enemy on their right
a.nk. aud the 4th deployed up the hill on the
Jeff a INK Of the enemy. assisting the ON IN
their charge on the enemiss oresstsofks-
Daum's bs~uery-you have heard OF him be
-for.-mosed boldly up and planted their
cannon within i've hundred wards Of the open
ing OF the Cup. fully commanding IT, .
i4th IrdiAns double quieked IL. alter the ar
ing commenced. to within 4 tsw ysrds OF TIE
Gap. nled right and proceeded 70 scale a lofty
nil ON the top OF which e'siin OF heavy
!. ~bress~orks we're situ tied. Atter hart CT mi
IN we u de the top-the br~sr,soFks we're
evidently .here. We we're ready 10 IN Ike Tho
rhuse. bat - our ere Il surprise nary ~eeesh
1 beh. al them-we had beat them climbing
and euchre I t.sm out VI their protection =
E Alb ut IN ; time We 4 SON ered the casp M,
!, IA a , axe oi 6se aud Key Cav Try gallant
: liy chargus through the Gap alter the re
8 treating enemy. The 5.h b I'd totally routeS
III, o. on their right fink, and a genera
sssmDete s4s the re-uit. The l4sh hat
r nothing more 10 10 but mount the deserte'
Il p~reasworks. oisn a ps>stze through then
: tor Lieut.. Col. u n N. comm rndins u. an
;. other IN intel uf6 .ers. and descend into ia
: busains and deserted camp II was a coml
e cal sceas to witness the ltth m,rchfng. a
:, i.rAthsr sliding. down the steep hAI side.
Al The descent gas very steep an very sip er,
cd Had i not been tor an occ tsiond tree q
sapling blessing the essent. car moreue'
in that direction would have been incre sss
to rather a dangerous aud alarming veloeit
he MANY a fall. many the bruises. N NY Il
20 scrstchss we re ,eived. The following I'm
We are applicable in that connections:
al ID hill vhen ~ vcul tn,
al dowa bill when we sufsr."
ed The enemy exhibited the most shanei
cowsrdice. Their batteries drei but o
qua. and we did not have 10 IRE but one Il
oe from a little mountain howiszer which Dau
A"' csptssss GsoA the eaemy not losg age
l's can hardly call it a fxbt--s mere coward
ins Abandonment Of a stronghold ON the part
the enemy. Most of the soldiers there We
Virginia militia. and probably fighting agair
rs their will. The 5th and 9Th Ohio were q
= rortiDg around their camp In thirty minur
er after the action commenced. We were
he onr road back 70 Romuey before 10 c'elo
= the same morning, taking with us two c.
,ured cannon and the horses belonging.
en- them. one smooth boIe 8 FOUNDER aud u ]
~ pound rlhed Cannon.
Ten OF the eueny were killed and a. Ia
taken pris .ners. Not one Of our force "
re- hart.
the Good Gsneralship characterized he aita'
although ] am az a loss 10 see what mater
GO, significance there was in driving the enel
out OF a place xe did not want TO hold
Z" Nevertheless everybody had their own
!. out Of it-nOne OF Us hurt. tut all OF
ned rather sore aud tired--tiift : nothing. no
his ever. after a good fght-but the boys co
not bear their lamencss with hssf IS nv
grace wnen they had marched thsTty-i
the mles 70 ouly scsrc set OF o~5Sapiiy sece
our An important move - near at naEd.
which I will write in due lime.
Yours truly.
'"' "A T. I