Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-23

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(which got sWRmpsd. The 81 Brigade came
Ipp in the evening. and We biyouacked ID
lstght. Of the enemy. .55E
Next morning was foggy, but so soon as
1t became clear enough for sight, the ene-
my could be seen advancing on our posi-
HonluP the road and along the bottom
Il We fell iu and formed ON the road, and
two of our cannon on the left, placed on
the. edge of road, commenced shelling
tue approaches to our position. We NOV
ed up into the woods to support this bat
terry, which kept firing away with great ef,
Iect. The rebels replied TO this fire, bring
4 ing into action squtte number of guns
Directly the forces down in the bottom, on
our right became engaged, infantry and
/ stnilery. From our place we coeld see
distinctly how the fight was going on.-
Our men drove the secesh back with heavy
loss, and with sufficient force conld have
whipped them to deaah, but the rebels
were too many for US, as their reinforce
pents could be seen plainly coming mp in
large numbers, To ,couuteract this, our,
regiment were ordered down into the open
fields.
| = We soon engaged the enemy at fair rifle
range. They could not stand this increased
fire, and ,diyiniug the defenceless state of
our left, fell back from the bottom into the
woods, our.mepl closely chasing them, the
lst Virginia in the lead. In less than five
minutes they made their appearance on our
left, in strong force, under cover of the
woods, pouring heavy fire into our men,
and charged and took our left battery of
two pieces. To check this flank move,
ment, which, had it been successful, would
have cut us all Otf, the Tth Indiana and 7th
Ohio marched up to meet this storm Of
hail, and right gallantly they stood up. to-
the work. The battery WAS retaken, but the
rebels reinforced again aud we all formed
under a heavy fire to fall back. This we
did, starting in good order, but the enemy
threw the shell into US SO heavy that no /
line could be kept in order. The cavaIry
made four or five charges on our rear, kill
ling and capturing several. The order of
retreat was for the 29th Ohio to cover the
rear. This regiment was nearly all cap
tured and killed, or the rest scattered. This
threw tho lst Virginia into the rear. saw
every charge they made. They had one
piece of artillery with them and we had
several, but they had not single round of
ammunition. We fell back rapidly twelve
miles, when We met reinforccmeuts, and
the secesh halted, Fremont having attack
ed them in the rear.
b The forces engaged on our side were the
3d and 4th Brigades, the first consisting of
the Sd, 5th, goth aud Goth Ohio, about 1000
strong; the second of the 1st Virginia, 7th
Indiana, s4th aud yll0th. Pennsylyania,
ebont 800 strong. We were pitted against
Jackson's swholearmy about. 35, 900 strong,
and how we made thestand VIC did, is more
than can tell, Onr regiment went into
Sundays fight 205 strong, aud when we
Hcoqpted5 off ip, the evening we numbered
llSl Since then We have picked up a good
many. and I am enabled to give you a fair
estimate of the loss of Companies G and
B. .13will give you the loss of the regi-
ment in. another letter. Co. hos ,GeoFge
I'rAther, wounded and a prisoner, George
Taylor, Lagrange, james ,Cpball (from up
Buhalol, Thos. Merryman and Joseph No
land missing, Go. G has Sam'l Callen-
dine, Jno. Adams, Wellsburg, and John
Edic and Daniel Kerr, Hancock county,
missing. ,,4fa..:5 -.
[ | wasiu the fight all through, both days
work. The only mark have is a scratch
from u piece of shell thrown into my face,
which burst just at my left. The dirt and
dust blinded me sothat / could not see for
some time, A piece of the. shell struck a
sergeant just in front of me, .shiyertn9 his
gun to pieces and making an ugly place. in
his side. He was so close that / could
have put my band ON him.
p Major Duyal is wounded in the leg, and
starts for. home to morrow.
marched twenty miles of the retreat in
my bare feet, my shoes having given ont
But must close. Write soon. Direct to-
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