Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-24
PROM WINCHEsTER.
s OAMP SulELbB,
wisgHrsIrs, Va Aareh l7.}

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Here We ere At last. We have long eI.
pteted and hoped 10 be marched to via.
chester, and We are al lalt gralilied.
| W(b6gff dp ststbt dtFaw Paw 90 thV
m6Entng Of ffhS sih Inst, and embarked on
board ihs cars amidst much CEeltsmenl
and expectancy, tiO boys having got ths
notion into their heads that we were going
to Wheeling 70 guard prisoners. When
the tFaiu started, hoWefeT, We moved east
ward, stopping Al No. l2 WAtgrstatlou un'
III atleF dark FbeqiWe again steamed up
and ran all night stopping pfsalionsilJ
and about dayllghtR Ne halted at Hancock
the bsautlfBllitilo town that WaSBo strong,
II thltitened BY the rebel Gen. jackson 10
January last.
Al l9 O'clock We were aGain % our way
stopping AZ slsepy Creek Station until tiyC
o'clock r, N6 Wben We again moved Oh
slowly teae (. Black Greek bridge u II
O'Clock, where We dlIembArked ftom the
cars, aud were lo6p resting trom the f.
liEus ofA two days run on rough rail
road. The pe1t. morning, Monday, March
I6th. Va pitehed ear tehEo On the high
blnif bank Ot tbe Potomac, 70 aEat further
ordeFG The bridge aciOlI Black Greek
WaS'au drch bridge one hundred feet long,
and was totally Destroyed by drilling hole
| In the east 8ldsand pouring y aly pounds
Of poEdef, TbiI did tbe .Wprtl completely.
Just opposite our camp hert i1 Fort
Frederick, strong stone iortlheaIlon built
R,eSpluEYs since - tdeiSndthe frcnlieFl
agNinlt The Indlans; Our troops oeelpitd
this fort lat spring Whohl hgrshels we're
At MattllbhhfR aud liafpet Ferry. s..
Early on lTuesday morning We were sad.
dehIy AID Iiiltli n dhtxpt ledly ordered Into
line With al Our aceotSreme Including
knapiaekS, and IN a. few tihulOa We were
on The march, following tho Railroad % the
cant The citizens all along the line, of
march, hailediul With Joy The Railroad
for eight mjlt5 was torn up, and taken
away by ths rebels, iand the rack tor hte
E.miles aud. q half west o. haFtiusburg, IL
streFn Hlth The remains Of portion OF
The eAfs aud engines destroyed last spring,
When our btlsadt reached the outBklrts
Of The town 81 Msttihsbhtg, 4 RAs halted
formed into plaloohS, and marched through
de toWnin this position. The let Virginia
Regiment Ollcltsd many yrematkSofs fsurprss,
and the citiIOns seemed to take quite an
inIereSt.innss The surs and Slripeo were
displayed Inpall quarters Of Tie toWn- =
,Nuulstous eitlSkpl waved The old 4Red,
Whit6 6hd Blue, /" from their dwellings and
Il may be truly eald. that seeelh 10 ''gOue
upp 10 old BttEl6y. We halted at lpudoNn
al the Big Spring, Two rilles saht az town
On Wineho6ter pike. On Monday morn.
inE, at o'clock We received orders TO
march 10 iYepl lY.mlupleS, and 10 that ume
were Cd 1 fotesa march 70 WincheSter.--
W F6t Along .brayelY lhe road being
smOolh oldbieVel eXceptsGn oeaasional
rut, ploWed out by the engines, taken oul
here By Jackion forces. The eitizenl ius
formed dc that tide rebels took engines nut
tbg ptlyei Vim as many 4S sixty horses
| hllehsd 70 RSinglS locomotive. (, !;
The couhtFy or valley through which
We patlsd q NJ most beadalui ahd fertile
itp iRO State, and blari unmlStakable sgh1
/ uf Industry. Lfs, -E9
.liEiSS B & 3lss st6ts Iaffe aeid3 Of Wheatih.
dielte thdtth6 farmers have uel forgotten
lhe ldtatS grain eftfS 81 thlSisgib1g s1ei
Numerous contFAbauagi1Kily seek7Ouf
pFdtee(i5i, but areinOt hoheed further
/ thdut6 bfbyent thSit pdBthge through our
~ It1e = .h 11lff q f1iiis4 l. "
i 0n gar. matc6 httai VI ft51ea through
lihe villages o. CEltkSyills end Bunket
HiH;5 Atthe fogmst Plas6 the eitlEetnll
were glad 70 SEQ rs. Qne man waved hls
-lbGt ab6tebj had aud shouted aGo onAdd
DIE ,eh'h4lt They're not around pres.
ljnE llia5noEl6l oeiJgR ~
+ WhtiisW0 W0sFPaOh6d WiuehOSttF,| 0F'oGi
camping ground three miles troui t0&hi
I've RSts Informed that The robsls htd
made no stand, except thet AshlsI'9 eat;;
airy, !, 800 StFopg, ioFmed 2 llne behlnd i
tStbAo fsdee, and stood their ground udhl
kbdt artillery fred Eve SHELLS at thom, Wheu
(hoS lhon ti6ttbt e. bost ID Hlko iAddle,
l6nd did taiasa Ind 81 prpmlseaolS or
BullRul slIiO. iir4a - ,,s7s Ia
AqThc reports from beyond The city att
yaEieul. spns; Say IlbeiEl6flr otqY from
/ 1NanEllas has madO . fihalssl bllWeen
G66S6 Ran aud StrauShurg. 0thers biy
bIlIeleFtt from WiaSho ~ ~ Sdt6ulded
eight miles iromttoWn. l,eanpet tNlll how
Elt &, but iting q heard every dhJ d thI
direction Of tie reported rebel camp, ~
| a portion of thS "ShtivOr GtSyl' ksSt
bsea oahirfGt AA9 Olnt % ilh0Oli1giR Rhetg
ItAeyRIlpftobable meet Seme d thtiFielt
aiS6sidttS. lsqi
Hoping to have aGtahq 9vielekf tore
I port ID ion Nithina short time, ! eloseitol
lihe present. .srs SRs5E AAGo1E.i /,
4 RuhhiRG ne nioelEsds, iot
NAspri NsPs, @Infeh 2, 1881
,lleIho seh66h6tib ~ Rows & ipstillaslpg
ana drop you . line toihiorti you thA
ltli6 i &OF ma bll 9ass efti ffau
Per5sadlhs, hath broken lie bl6eklde
u 4 gTpl. hurry. CopstaFu4qoE
lpsryiasF re seglA5. aH eEe5y naa e3s
10y n q blAf arms q imPresee ~
.Eo6Al atuys ,ag
TkS NaisSP Ger Aiallt layl
3oHgIh6 sI1lmel EllAiWaIla 5GOs y,
\ 68 the bar q ten o.sloelg Satdt'
daTnifbt loftye bur hollh flo,l 9 ghAflo5i