Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-10-30

is IL reaiiy necessary, Tor all the omcerS and
men of the command acted bravely and
fought like veterans.
Major Pearce, who was prisoner, has
been parolled and will return at once aud
secure az the earliest possible moment an
exchange and return to the regiment. In
the meantime am left alone in command
Adiutant Kennon still being on the Brigade
staG.
Our division is now Commanded by Col.
Hail, of the l0jth Ohio. Our brigade,
which is without a Colonel, is commanded
by Col. Monroe. of the I23d Ill.
The loss of jackson and Webster has not
been, aud fear cannot be made good to the
Government or the division.
CAMP NEAR CRAB ORCHARD, Kv.,
Oct. 10Th, 1862 !
When Surgeon Gen. Weber and Secreta-
ry KennoD of Ohio came to Louisville with
Surgeons Ainbulances and Sanitary stores
to take care of the Ohio soldiers wounded
in The battle Of Chaplin Heights, they were
very cody informed by the Post wiseacres
who like ecches cling to the public treas.
ury, and Gil the synacure positions: in that
half Union half traitor city, that there had
been no battle fought, but there had been
slight skjrmish between the advance OF
our army and the pickets Of the enemy, and
that there were already on the ground two
doctors for every wounded man, and they
refused to permit the surgeons who had
kindly volunteered their aid, to pass through
the lines, except as servants ofo6icers who
were coming out | learn that the very
successful Gen. Don Carlos Buell. also call.
the iighta Reconnaissance, and says that
the enemy fell back next morning, withou,
giving him an opportunity to fight them.
These away-from.the.war o.
Louisville may be right in calling it skir
mish, where we had 1000 men engaged on
our side and the enemy had perhaps twice
that number, where the killed and wounded
on our side will be equal to onc-eighth of the
force engaged, and where number of Reg
imonts have lost in killed aud wounded
more than onethird oftheir entire force
and where the killed and wounded on botl
sides was nearly 1000 men. And they may
be also right in saying that there were two
Surgeons for every wounded man, when the
three Surgeons of the 9Sth Regiment had
l64 wounded men of their own Regiment to
attend to, whilst Surgeons of other Regi.
ments had AS great numbers to attend to;
! but we who were in the conflict are of the
opinion that if this is only a skirlnish, We
never want to get into fight.
There has been little of moment occurred
here since my last from near Perryvie =
We:marched from Ihatlplace to Ilarrodsburl
and from there to Danville, marching arounc
atriange to get there, when by taking tht
direct road to Danvile we would hav,
marched just half the distance. Danvill,
is evidently like Shelbyville, q Union city
We had tho pleasure of seeing Hon. John
j. Crittenden, who had been hid for some
time in this ncighborhood from the Rebels,
who had been hunting him. The "old
chieflain' looked hale and hearty, and ap
appeared to enjoy the sight of our long col.
umns as we, all day long continued oul
march through the town. His son, Major
General Crittenden, was also there with
his command, and the "old man. appeared
pleased to see his son in command of the
Union forces. We passed from Danville
to Stamford, the county scat of Lncor
County, and from here we marched through
Crab Orchard; whore we halted on Thurs
day evening, short distance South East Of
the town, and McCook's Division has re.
manned here since that time. We were or,
dcrcd this morning to hold ourselves in read
iness to move at moments notice, which
we interpreted to mean that thore was a
prospect Of a fight in front, aud we might
be needed. As the day passed away, how
ever, We began to sec companies Of Rebel
prisoners marched past our camp, and
learned that there had been something of a
fight at Wild Cat River, about 90 miles
South East of us, and that We had taken
several hundred prisoners.
1t is generally supposed here that thi.
army will be divided and one portion Of il
moved towards Nashville, or in that direc
tion-the other follow Bragg towards Cum.
berland Gap, where he is evidently aiming
for. Something must be done, as this army
is entirely too large to get up supplies for
on one route, especially such one as the
Cumberland Gap road, which was com
pletely worn out last winter and spring by
the supply trains for the army there. The
Rebels are evidently frightened at our ap,
proach, as they are burning bridges and OBJ
structing the road in their rear by falling
timber wherever there are ravines or ridge
where the distractions cannot DO passed
There are number ofpenny- liners In
Gen. Rousseaus Division who are evidently
encouraged, if not employed, to puff and
blow that brave but vain General into note
riety, and as long as they do no injustice to
others. their Misrepresentation and false
coloring Of the performances of the troops
ofhis command may be left pass with i'm
punity. but when they undertake. ike oost