Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-25

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Letter from one OF our 1st VireIn1a
Cavalry - z
- LuRAY, VA, June II, 1862.
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One Of the hardest fought battles Of This
Eebell lion 10 OK 'pl6ce near. Port Rep6blic on
Monday the 9th Instant II has been Con-
cededi by rebel officers which were taken
prisoners that more of their men wetegkilI-
ed In that engagement than5in any other
which has been fought in this part of sVir-
gginia. ~ 4. ..-T3.-ril 4 III ,g'
On Saturday, the 4th Brigade Under Gen.
Carroll consisting of the 7th, Indiana, Ist
virginia, S4th apd Tooth Pennsylvania reg
tments, wtthtWo Companies of the lst Vir-
Rtnta Cavalry, was ordered to Port Rspub-
lie. hen we arrived at Conrad's store,
which was 1s miles from our destination,
from that point, Gen, Carrot was escorted
by the Cavalry on in advance Of the IN
fantry. AtlO o'clock in the morning We
arrived st q .poiptysiS miles from Port Re.
cts. We canped for the night In order,
that the Infantry might overtake JUS bv
morning, which thbytdials eAf4fts o'clock
Sunday lmornipg, We advanced to the toWn
accompanied by four pieces OF artillery,
which immediately opened up brisk IRE
on the town and squads of, the enemyy
which could be seen. The CayalfS was or
Ito charge into the town, in a;moment
they had 'forded the river, aud was dRshine
through the streets, where. they, took quite
number Of prisoners, The firing of our
cannon served to, ,waken up the rebels, for
IN few minutes they appeared on the hill
with etghtor ten regiments of Infantry aud.
Cavalry, and Seventeen pieces Of, ARTILLERY,
which began to she'll our Infantry, which
had just that time, came up. Their In
iaptry "a Ist and one piece OF Artillery was sent
into the town TO drive our Cavalry out
and before they tthe Cavalry was aware OF
IT, they were completely fRnked by three
regiments, but it took hut q moment for
them to cut their way out, losing but two
men and sixteen horses The fire Of their
Artillery was now being directed to onr In
tantFy, we were obliged to fall back, leave
Cavalry. go
just tlatithis time, a large force iof enc
my's cavalry made a charge and took three
pieces of our. artillery. We succeeded in
getting but three pieces off the field. q Our
forces fell back two miles, when they en-
camped or.the day. In the afternoon we
were reinforced by the Sd Brigade, under
Gen. Tyler. All through the afternoon
We could see plainly that the rebel camp
was all-life. Their infantry covered acres,
while llOHg tcolGninsl of cavalry moved 10
and fro about camp. These facts, togeth-
er with that of being told, assured us TO
certainty that we had woke up the whole
of Jackson's force. s5aoii ~ 600 b
Night came, aud we slept on our arms.
At fiye O'clock in the morning our pfekets
were driven in. and thesbattle eicommeneed
Id eatnests We had now twelve pieces of
artillery, under command of Col. Daum.-
The enemy number was at least four
times greater than outs, Their line of
battle bad been formed in the. night, and
now,eall they had distoados apparently ,eWas
march onto easy victory. Our force didn't
exceed $500 men. Our batteries were put
In position from the centFe out on aSthe
right wing 10 the river, Witha6 none on our
left, foriwe thought not OF, danger th ere be-
cause of the mountain The infantry was
nov supporting tue different batteries, bht
soon The enemy had advanced ithip rifle |
range. Then for four long hours the bat /
tie ragged beyond description. N6shin
could be heard hut the continuous roar Of /
cannon and of mpsketrys and the shriekinR
and bursting OF shell. This with alwail |
of our uFiwounded and the sight OF the dead, |
the warm llfe blood eyerywhere at your
feet, formed scene of which you can
form no just concept iop. he faces of our |
men. were $50 blackepedi by, powder that It |
was hard to recognize q RSfri6nd. q Once The |
the tide turned il orr tay6r. This gave /