Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-07-10

q report from headquarters that d
!. vision of the rebels, the force Of Ston
y wall Jackson and Gen. Ewell. wei
= approaching and threatening to ope
e the way by the right flank for a raj
: on the White House. In the mesl
: time the trains on the railroad wei
! kept running night and day, carryin
nothing but ammunition and munitior
s of war, with siege and rocket trains an
field pieces.
The down train of cars, due at
O'Clock on Wednesday evening. ha
not arrived, which added to the e1
element among the suffers and cam
followers. At half past 10 o'clock i
the evening, however. the train al
rived, bringing down about niuet
wounded men, it having been delsye,
for their accommodation. They wer
nearly all of Gen. Hooker's division
and had participated in the gallan
advance on the left of the center OF
Wednesday morning. driving the enc
my from their rife pits, and reporting
that they had secured and held wha
is known as Tavern Hill, an importan
position, commanding the city o
Richmond. This is the "importan
point" alluded to in the dispatches o
Gen. Mcclellan detailing the affair
The entire loss on our side was report.
ed to be about two hundred and
twenty wounded and sixty killed
A large number of those wounded
were, however. very slightly. most Of
them being able to walk from the cars
to the hospital boat. Thus ended the
events Of Wednesday.
DoINes OF THURSDAY.
The fact that the gunbosts had ta-
ken position in front of the landing
with their guns out and shotted, and
the sweeping away of the trees, which
was still progressing, gave renewed
activity to the rush of the camp fol-
lowers for passes by the mail boat to
Fortress Monroe, and our population
commenced to be rapidly depleted.
The down train from the front report
ed all quiet, with the exception of GER
tain mysterious movements within our
lines that were not understandable to
civilians. The immense stock Of stores
and forage at Dispatch Station, eleven
miles from White House, were being
carried off with great rapidity, and SUBJ
sequently we learned that an immense
train of wagons had been running from
that point all day. with forage and
stores, and that the greatest activity in
their removal was being observed. In
the evening it was announced that not
bale Of hay, bushel of oats, barrel
Of beef or a box of crackers was left.
Throughout the day at White House,
the greatest vigilance was observed in
and around the headquarters Of Gen.
Casey, who had pitched his tents on the
beautiful lawn in front of the White
House, the building itself being occu-
pied as the private quarters Of the Sis
ters of Charity-and here let me add
that it is quite small building, having
not more than six small rooms in it, the
outbuildings and servants quarters be-
ing separate from the residence. Gen.
Washington himself could not complain
of the use of it by these ninistering
angels of the sick aud wounded soldier.
An immense train of wagons was also
moving forward from the subsistence
and commissary departments through
out the day. and the immense stocks on
shore were being rapidly diminished
The trains on the railroad were still
steadily moving forward with smmuni-
ton, and continued throughout the
night. Cavalry scouts had also been
sent out in various directions during the
day, and preparations were made for
obstructing the roads.
At dusk a new panic was occssioned
by the discovery that bales of hay had
been piled over and about all the large
masses Of subsistence stores on the
landings. indicating the probability
that it might become necessary, during
the night. to apply the torch to them.
to prevent their falling into the hands of
the enemy.
Whilst all these preparations were
going on, indicating the probable inten-
tion Of evacuating the landing on shore,
the numerous steamers and tugs, prob
ably fifty in number, had been busy
towing down the river to West Point, a
distance of tifty miles. through its tortu-
Gus windings, long lines OF brigs and
barks laden with stores. The vessels
that were scattered about in the vicin-
ity were also collected togther in sepa-
rate groups. and anchored in the
stream, where they could be easily and
rapidly taken in tow by the steamers
when the time for their removal arrived.
And in order that the reader may
imagine the scene here presented, it
may be proper for him to understand
that not less than seven hundred sail Of
vessels were, two days previous, at an
chor at the White House and landing
and stream along, for eight or ten miles
down the river.
In the meantime the work on the con-
struction of the railroad bridge over the
Psmunkey. just above the landing, was
steadily progressing, a large force Of
workmen being constantly at work
This fact. in conjunction with the evil
dent movements toward speedy evacu-
alton. bewildered the speculations Of
the uninitiated, but Col. Ingalls,, under
-ho.a d;rortione tha .v,.: