Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-07-27

in one body, and six pieces otcaunoh' ~
that time the eleventh corps came up A1I
the cavalry fell back. This was about II
O'Clock in the morning. They fought al uuy
without gaining any ground, but we toUA
an immense amount of prisoners. rue or
DERBY and a corporal of company a "Sre
captured. The next day we stayed on tne
hattIe. field until about three o'clock. when
our division was ordered TO Westminster,
and arrived there on Friday and cempeu
near the depot. Gen Meade sent 4OOO prs
oners through in one squad and 9OOo III
another. We left Westminster on 9slu[-
| day and marched to UniouVille, auo gu
! Sunday we marched to Frederick clty- O
Monday morning we went to M1lnamsPOlS
and attacked the rebel infantry Dut In 4;
| had to large a force and We had 70 lal
back to Boonsboro'. On Wednesday Tue
| 9Th our pickets were attacked at ~ oCIooA
| in the morning. They fought us WIN !u-
fsnery. We had nothing but our DIVISION
Commanded by General Butord'( anu
! General Kilpatrick's Division; we tougn'
until six in the evening, when we comPen-
| ed the enemy to fall back we then tnre"
out pickets three miles further than tney
we're in the morning, and camped there LOT
! the night One of company A was "o1 nv :
| ed by a she'll and died this morning rue
1 piece of shell uttered his back below tue
/ right shoulder and lodged against Tug
breast bone it would have went throuRn
him but it struck his carbine first. ne
WAS a resident of Wheeling. The shell eG-
! ploded lust over Lieut.. J. E. Hoffman
head, but fortunately did not injure nun
/ On Thursday, the 9th, we drove.the reDe's
out the Hagerstown road SIX miles A"u
eamped: There was considerable skifm l.
the 10th left camp at 8 A. n, anu 1.-.a
the rebels into Funkstown. We skirmished
until six in the evening, when we were re.
Iieved by the 9th army corps we marcheo
back miles and camped for the night. Va
llth we left camp at 10 in the morning ano
marched through Boonsboro and Keesville
and camped at Rakersville, FIVE miles from
WilliamspOrt and one mile from the Poto-
mac; 18th and 18th, laid in camp to recruit
our horses; l4th, left camp at six in the
morning aud drove a. P. Hills rebel force
across the river at Falling Water. Oui
Division alone captured 525 prisoners, anc
; Kilpatrick's Division took more than vi
did, besides one piece Of artillery and three
flags. We fought nearly altogether on foot
1t is no use for me to attempt to describe
, those fights on paper; it was the grandes
thing was ever in. The rebels would ge
behind fences aud we would charge OF
, them aud make them skedaddle like fun
8 They were all infantry. More than on
, half OF the prisoners we took were bare
e footed, and they said they had had nothing
: to eat for two days except some fresh bee
: broiled without salt. They were rough
e locking set. They lost great many wa
; CONS, cannon and men in crossing the river
: In the evening we went back and camPe'
: at Bakersville Two OF company A wer
: slightly wounded in this fight The l5tl
} left camp a ndmarched through SharpsbuEl
and passed down on the opposite side o
] the river from Harper's Ferry, and camPe'
at Berlin, which is five miles below thu
, Ferry, and then moved our camp out here
W. S.
Cop,Dsnv n 2rd Va Cavalry.