Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-05-15
aves, who had been surrounded and cap
tured by the enemy previous to our advance


tured by the enemy previous to our advance
This will give your readers an idea of the
part taken by the 9TH Virginia, while at the
same4time the remainder of the. brigade
the 4th Ohio and, 14th Indiana-were on
,our right doing their full share of the work.
During the engagement our brigade cap.
tured two, stands of rebel, coiors. The
scene was awful b0tts1cli lis war. Instead
of standing aloof and shooting at each
other, we took them as 1 am satisfied is the
only true principle of success With the
least loss Of life, and that is to walk right
into them. They will not stand the charge
of our men. They were fully tested in this
engagement. asss Hll tes-flg saSlf
The lossesin Flshch's division, as ascer-
taiped, is Go killed, 497 wounded and lie
missing, Il behave this list Is aSfnear as
can be ascertained of the killed, wounded
aud missing OF the 7th Virginia, nv
heart weeps at the loss ofany one of our.
men. In thiswe have lost Capt. F! NJ. Rob.
erts, one ofour most efficient officers, one
who. was much loved and esteemed by eve
~ member of the regiment, as well as all
who knew him, and We all deeply sympa-
thize with his wife, in her great loss, who
is left with, two little daughters and one
son. Capt. Roberts was a resident of
Wood county, Va. How many Of his rebel
neighbors would it take to repay the loss
to his little family2 What excuse will they
make to their God2 What way are they to
restore TO the widow Roberts and her three
little children their loss? 73a-
The safety of men in battle is to stand
shoulder to shoulder, each man stand by
his naighbor. But what excuse will the
neighbors of Mrs. Roberts have, what ex-,
cuse will these men have who stand aloof
with their hands folded and say they have
no part nor lot in the contest? 1t is viz
tually saying they have no part in this
glorious Government. l say to all such,
they are not deserving a place amongst
human beings, and ought to be turned out
with the wild beasts. The man that claims
to be rebel aud shoulders his musket in
defense of the rights he bases his rebeldom
on lit they have any basis) is deserving of
credit, compared with those lurking in
our rear, appearing very innocent and harm
less and allowed to walk round the streets
as though they had no interest at heart
for the Government, no. homes to protect. I
have wondered how many of them shoul.
dered their muskets when the rebels were
making for Wheeling, that was kind of
getting towards home, and if there was not
enough men naQ tue SpunR TO shoulder
their musket 1 would have called on the
soldiers and would not have allowed one
of them to leave but stand their ground,
live or die. a -ss
Capt. F. II. Roberts killed, Lieut.. John
F. Evans wounded, Sergt. Christopher @.
Lee wounded, Corporal j D. Martin do,
Jefferson Cup do, Sergt Thomas Fletcher
killed, Sergt. Alb. Fry wounded, George
Woods do, Sergt. Nathan Doak do, Sergt.
Aaron O. Jenkins killed, Charles a. Gala
han wounded, Vim. h. Culison do, Eliza
Stafford missing in action, Corporal VIM,
E. Carothets missing in action; Nathan
Star6ey wounded severely, DR.. Gould
wounded, Abner Six do, Capt. VIM. Gid
ley do, Geo. Neihart wounded severely,
Benz. Brothers wounded, Arthur Boen do,
Amos Mofall do, VIM, sapping missing in
action, Jesse. .Mumbert missing in action.
Our officers and men behaved with cool
ness and great bravery, and deserve well
of their country. al
Ct Western Virginia and Monroe county
papers will please copy. s,s4.s5...7
have the honor to be
Your obedient servant,
j. H., LOCKWOOD, 1t Col.
Comd'g 7th Union Va. Vol. Inry.