Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-22


WhaeEers-LIeuIenRn N. n. HOR.
n an iand Orderly SerGedneST. n b.
LSmley WOunded-nu5hy3h aOItersS
DtSPsrssd-ColoneI Obey aud the sth
Virginia Infantry, Sc, So, &c. Fl
80 BxvERLY. ". W, ApriIyle, 1868.
Editors InteLL,geneer
On Sunday m.rning, The 18th lust, the
9th Virginia, uuder Col. OBEY, left this
pace for Scout into Poraboptes srand
highland eouutits ! on Monday morning
tue Kelley Laucers followed under COM
@and Of Lieut n N. Hoffman, and came
up withilhe infantEysat Greenbrier RIVER
Alter throwing ourselves on thefoutSide Of
our coffee. crackers and fitch, and smoking
Uue Of MArsh's5 Wheeling rrgalias, vulgatly
C lied stogits. we laid ourselves out ut full
'enRth on terra 6rtnH, supposing that we
were to. have the privilege Of enjoying al
good nigh1's rest; but mol some busy body
mot having The love oEthe Lord uorthef
fear of the deViIIu bis scared iconscieuce4-i
reported TO CPL Obey shat there were a few
bushWhaCkers at Green Bank. The Lam
Gers were ordered out At l22 midnight, 10
ride ID l.iles over one of Lh6 roads merely.
"for the novelty of the thing,'ias Corporal
S''aeter used 70 aHy and when they arr
rived there, drew with the net-asWat
haul. Not reuel-In. RrmS--wass to- be
found. p, ~ gst!i y
We "marched mp the hill, i--5 uodsidiis1
Aud then mArche down sgSIu.n ,5s DIS b.
The Laucers started for FDrI Allegheny.
where they met the glorious 9th; then kept
ahead till they arrived At uIghtoWu just in
Tune to be too late-7fthe rebel cavalry; haV4
Jug lett in the morlilg. Colonel 0lFy.t then.
fell back some miles, and encamped--the
storm of SNOW, hail and rain penetrating
every nook and eorner-ll1at soldier could
lind, 80 you my Judge that We had a rough
light OF il. A storm On,lhe AlIegheniesi Il
not 10 be sueeZed AT without prime arli
Gle of Scotch snuE. &At6 "a. ~ on the
18th We made tracks for home, the rain
'od snow aud wind masking it anything
else but pleasant on the ridges. By hard
marching We made Greenbrier for dinner.
liter which the 81 Virginia in antry aud q
section OF BTing's battery started on,
leaving Lieut. H,,fmgn with fifteen rnen as
rear guard. Alter giving the infantry time
TO Cross the other branch of the Green
nrier river, the Lieutenant mounted and
started after. He had not dvanced more
han TOUR hundred yards when he was fred
"a by forty or fifty concealed murderers,
EhO were seCreted in Thick cluster of
pines, just on the opposite side of the river.
rot oEer % yards distant. IL seemed as
Though they aimed mainly at the 'Lteuten
ant and Orderly Sergeant; The former re.
ceived one ball in the left leg, which pass
Ell through just 6ack,of the aukie, and an
other in the hip, which was checked BIZ
cIotbtng so thatiitdid note more than
u quarter of an inch; be also had eighi
holes through ms opere0at Sergeant L m
i"y was struck IN the left side by a rlflt
ball, but it was s'oPPed by arb, and did
not lnJnre tmseriUusty; he also hal a hole
shot IN the cape of his overcoNt His horse
was hit in Eve diff rent piaees.a Oae.otEer
nan bad II hole shot ia, his coat, and @ e.
Conn and Charles Star bad their h"rs, s
-'nof. hu'neIther were killed, though uonl'e
torse.is about "Orthlrss, bring HIT on the
right knee. The fall of The horse ininred
be rider sumeWhaG, but he will besO K ia
. few days. If ri d -fl, s,,l j, !
The Lieutenant and Sergeant were not
hurt too bad Ia ride, so thy jlst kept 10
he line and came 90 home, nuping s0dh
to be athletic ,tpick q MT and try thtin
'gttp The Il .ncers" 6red about thirty
|hits In p the pines but did not know
Whether they did more than make them
sk'.daddle ornOt. The woods above Weft
ia of fleeing coWaCds Ia Nshott order.
when they brought Colts army pistols "a
otRr upon them. Tue WOO Ia were shsLksn
by the EwinR's battery, aod We ail moS e.
70 in good spIriis.
| ALLOW me = little space to. speak of Col
Obey and bis tsth1 Regiment / have seen
many trorPs, but a, more geutlemAnly Col.
onel, and more orderly set of officers and
Z nsn.!it has nevarebeen my fortune 10 be
's .Ociated with. No disorder-no foul
mouthrd profauity-nnd best of all, this is
90 pilfering s'rngglers, but all up to time.
Nay they remain with us 'sfor the war"
The 2pd Virginia Infantry is OUT on scout
10 another direction, and SO so6n as they
return. will give you what news I can
gather from them. You're,
| P. s. The snow in the pines te oa cb:s,},
Aountain!ts too feet deep. Good sleigh
'ng in the road . 4 . 4 nLatis2 -
We often hear it said that measures OF
compromise, aud especially the adoption
Il the Critrenden resolutions, would in the
winter of ls60-61 have been accepted by
The South, and would have prevented the
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