Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-05-16

Mcdowell, Higblapd Co, Va, April30, ca.
Mn. Krr1rp :-Our Regiment marched April
pth fot Ball . Bluf on the Allcghmi Inpuntsins.
Found tho roads very bada We reached Cheat.
mountalh The nat dhy, and eneamped on the
I'd sshinpihe giotBsd, which lDokgd very natn-
rsl 10 us, Counted tbirty-six union graves,
on the morning II the l0sh We again took up
ilie lifie Of lharcl oVerfhill and dale thrDugh'
beautiful pine groves, which abound with the
best of spring water Onward we marched,
having good roads aa FAR ne Green. Brian haIied
ntnoon in beautiful valley adjoining The fort
The fort II a vefystrong position naturally, and
completed with strong batteries six in number
Is,..d S si''S fD2 ''"p " 81 S1T S'''s
We arrived at AIleghauy Summit a. o'rlock
and encarnped Cor the night in the hate seeeahl
quarters, which we're large enough to Rccemno-
date several regiments. Found the. works far
superior to Green Brar, With six ofeight strong
battery positions. We couhted siNteeB hundred
IandithiFiy-iwo seeesh graves Of which were a
humber of officers. Many were Georgians
marked died December 18th, beng the day our
men attacked and Killed many ofthetb. Found
a number Of our men here dnbuiied,g some Of
whom were tornto pieces by hogs. afs sed
| The next morning we marched for Monterey,
where we found the remainder Ofour Company
which bad been on a nite days scout through
the Circleviilc inountains, under Mfjor Webster
They captured several prisoners, secesh mail
aud lot Of Southern script. On the tenth,
General Johnston came With twelve hundred
picked Geofgians witha los Of artillery also 81
lot of secesh militia aud attacked our small
force which put the rebels 10 flight AZ q few
rounds, assisted by tive cannon OF our artillery
But few men we're killed on our side. JuhustOnl
made double quick then fif the Shenandoah
mountains fort We lay by two days, then
headed by Capt. Crowell, together With other
Companies, ad yanced to Mcdowell village; took
quiet possession, where we now remain.
A. J. Hale has been promoted to Post Cons
missary, Lieutenant McrriInan being ncting Reg
iment Commissary. NJ M gt
| About the 9th, there were twenty six four
horse teams went eight or ten miles for forage,
and were attacked by force Of gurrilla scouts,
| (Which infest the mountains,) and resulted IN
total loss of wagons, horses and forage. Three
/ of our men We're killed, two wounded and the
remainder taken prisoners. To retaliute, our
men were then ordered 10 drive in four hundred
| head of beef cattle, fifty-two head of horses,
and take an equal number of wagons, gproyis-
| ions, DE. Also, on the 2Sth of this month, at
Franklin, our Brigade teams were attacked by
A party Of similar desperadoes. A fight occur
red, but the result Is not yet made known here.
Lieut.. Horton, of Company x, 25th regiment,
with good crowd and three days ratiohs, was
ordered to advance with the object OF cutting
off their retreat back to Johnston's army, which
is now near Staunton. Itis thirty -four miles
from here to Stauuton, aud from here back to
Beverly ninety-four miles.
On the 25th Of this mouth, there We're, as re
ported by seeesh deserters, five hundred rebel
at Camp Shenendoah deserted Gen. Johnson
army, part of them belonging to a Georgi
, regiment and the balance Virginia Militia, thei
time being ont. They would not stay longe
in the rebel service, finding that they bad beer
lied to and deceived by their leaders. saw
many who reported themselves to Gen. Milroy
land took the oath. talked in our camp witt
d number, who all report that the men generally
are much discouraged, and say that they wer'
pressed into the service. They report Genera
Johnston as being rude, oyerbearing, tyranni
cal and miserable renegade.
We are in secesh region here. The house,
are principally all deserted in the villages, ant
often through the country. Many places from
three to eight women occupy the same house
heads of families being in the rebel army.
Capt Crowell, and Lieutenants Bowlus ant
Randall are good officers, and are we'll liked bS
the men. The boys are all in fine spirits ant
generally we'll Weare ready at minutes no
lice, with our Union rifles and sword bayonets
; to do our duty in defending the Stars ant
Stripes, Nouls,aa eaotf N. GsS,