Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-01
WHEELING. VA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY l. 1862 TT

les were ordered to discontinue firing and
the balance of our gallant boys now charg-
ed on the front with a spirit that no donbi
astonished the rebels. Our lst Virginia
Regiment exhibited wonders of bravery
and Col. Thoburnaud the Mai, certainly de.
serve the admiration of their countrymen
they fought like men, as also Capt. E.
Bolts, Aid to- Lieut.. Col. Daum, should
fight for county like ours.
Thelenemy with advantage of position
on the heighth and behind stone fence
fought with almost desperation, creditable
If for better cause yet it aVailed nothing;
both IN front and rear our noble defenders
pushed onward and forward, dealing out
the reward for secession as they went, fear
fully .decimating the rebel lines, striking
death right and left. Their firing would
have been highly creditable to the coolest,
most collected sharpshooters, evidences of
which were very numerous behind the
stone fence in the shape of disnrranged
brains, faces with additional openings, etc.
Near this fence 1t. Col. Daum' 8 grey charg-
er was shot, scarcely on his feet again and
the Colonel mounted, when wounded again.
the noble horse dashed at furious rate
towards our lines. After desperate re-
sistance we captured their battery, and
with the approach Of night the enemy re-
treated. The rebel loss in killed and
wounded, is considering the foHces engaged
very large. A dear price for Winchester
quarters possessed and we dcplore
the loss ofmany gallant soldiers. One con-
ISOLATION is left US aud that is, that we all
deem no price, no sacrifice too high, to
maintain our government and perpetuate
its blessings. tta
Night now closed over scene, of which
only too many must appear before the
American people during the existence Of
this unhappy rebellion. The stoutest heart
is awe stricken at the appalling spectacle
on battle field at night, the former unin-
,terrupted stiffness Of sleeping nature, where
only the pleasant rumbling of the rivulet
over its rocky bed, min2les its melodtous
sounds withIthO'gentl murmur of a breeze
playing among tue foliage ofuncient trees,
is now changed to the theatre where un-
fortunate beings, mangled, crippled are
stretched on the ground, dampeued by their
life blood, with wounds wide open, grOan-
ing, waiting, helpless, evoking kind Gre
atOr to terminate their existence. Athought
of their former happy home ugaiu rekiudIes
their anguish TO part so from all so dear to
them and then all is over.
Turning with a feeling of grief stealing
over me to our lines, found the indefati-
gable Col. Daum had already placed an
Ohio battery on the hill, where the enemy's
was captured. The lack of cavalry was
felt in the morning to pursue the fleeing
rebels. We advanced, with Daum's bat
terry at the head, the forces commanded
by Gen. BaDks-to within four miles east,
of Strasburg, and then gave up the pursuit
of the enemy, whose retreat was mastery
covered by!cavalty and artillery.
1t is very strange, that when all admit
the courage and bravery of the gallant
Daum, an officer who had already made a
mark upon the page of the history of the
war, and so prominently distinguished
himself on the memorable day-the battle
of Winchester-should have been entirely
omitted in the order or report of General
Banks. This country-Americans cannot
be so ungrateful as to ignore the merits of
soldier, for not being a Know Nothing
or West Pointer. That country he de-
fends-that country owes him
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