Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-20
LATE soUTHERN VIEWS.
The FiRhttn GFesabrisr AID Retreat
OF Gen. EehOls'

be similarly in0eOted gam u1S tSiA
"a With the cIeartSt aud most satisfactory
particulars Of the eight in GrsthbFIsF We
have yet Eesu:
ern Virginia ext pdsd fr0U POeshOntss
county 70 The Tennessee hoe Col. Hm- L.
Jackson. With 4 smAll force Of cavalry And
a section Of artillery. occupied the extreme
riRnt n or beyond Mil POinL - P0eabOa'
tss eounIy-S point about forty miles from
iI,.vi,buFR, Shere vas stationed the First
Brigade, commanded BY Brig Geo. Behols,
kad Chkpman's battery, With two reg
n@nts Of JAeksob's cavalry brigade apd
Two pieess Of JGekson's battsIy.
90 the night Of Ihe +th inst, Gen. Eeh'
ola received disPAIh from Col. J0bnSt0n'
Siating that the enemy Sas advancing 10
force. lIEAS determined 70 rEiutoree him
At once, Gnd the FIRST Brigade, With Chap
mans battery. With oae rsginsnt OF ee'al'
~ (ths l4th virginiAl and the two pieces
| Of JAeksou's battery started At once for
that purpose Ihe I6lh virEiniA cavalry
uas Jeff TO scout and guard the rOsds lead
ing from the EGsAUha Valley The con
mSud reached point about II miles from
LsEi.bnrR on the $40 inst There Il Vas
IA.feEd that Col. Jackson had rsHrej be-
fore the superior force Of the enemy, aud
beid position OF the top Of DrOOp Noun
tsin, IS miles from LeEis6urg.
| Early on the morning Of the 6ih the
march was resumed, aud Col JaekEoL
position reaehed about 10 a. \. The eos-
my were Masking preparations for the At:
TACK. The eoUaiTJ WAS 90 dsoseiy covered
/ GiLh forests that IL vas Impossible 70 AseeF-
tAin the force OF the enemy.
DOR position in many respects TaSG very
strong one, bat, - the enemy could easily
get in our rear Ly taking road on our
| right flank, it Vas neceSSAEy 70 detAsh the
10Th baiIallion to blockade it
The battle Was joined about IL o'clock
/ by cur artillery firing 1t the enemy's bat
tery as II came :nIO position. This vas
soon ended, IS he VGs dTiTeu away By our
veil directed EhotS The enemy nov mass
ed bis whole force on our left aud Genre,
consisting Of about 1000 eATH!Ey undeF
ATerili, and 5000 infantry under Kelley.
To oppose IhiS force Se bad LOO. OF which
$40 we're cavalry Poe four hOurs Ee con.
tended against these overwhelming odds.
| The enemy, moving his forces beyond orr
IefG, wheeled his men, and thus obtained
an er6IadinE Ere.
JusT az this time, our centre, which had
/ been much weakened TO reinforce The lett,
vas attacked by . largely superior force
aud pressed back. Geo. EehOls, seeing II
Vas useless 10 contend longer, gave orders
70 retreat The enemy, badly cut up, a ade
only feeble pursuit. Ourloss vas necsS-
sATily very heavy, especially 10 killed and
sounded. Major R. A. Bailey of tue 22d
Virginia Regiment vas Wsundsd reported
morally aad captured. OF ten ofieers il
three companies Of this same regiment thai
fought on our left, bat Eo escaped uuhurt
The asa BAttaliou suffered severely
bat a. Reports have not been handed in
no accurate Information eau yet be OBJ
LAintd.
The retreat bad continued bat short
time When Gen. EehOls received ipformS-
IiOn that the Yankees. several Ib0GSAod
strong, we're mGPehiHR ca LeHisbuEg. by
the HAnAWhA road, 70 cut him Of. Il ~
nov all important TO get our teams and
artillery by LeEisbnTg and across thG
could come up. This Vas done, and the
enemy batHed. with the loss Of one wagon
aud one piece OF artillery, which vas
AbAndoned because the carriage broke
down. Gen. RchOIs crossed The river ear
y on the morning Of the 18th inst, and aftsI
resting . few hours, eOhIinuei the march
toward Union. Monroe county.
The Yankees, no doubt, supposed We
would be easily caught, but alter march
log fourteen miles. and Sighting iOUr time,
hi. own number for several hours, he re-
treated, bringing OF his trains and AFtii-
lery.
Men aud horses are, of course. verJ
much exhausted, but 10 a feW days all y ID
be again ready to meet the enemy
No troops ever displayed more endur'
anes and courage. The long list Of killed
and wounded will attest how desperately
they fought, and the failure Of the enemy
to follow them closely, how TERRIBLY he
suffered.