The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-12-31
THE WAR FOR THE UNION !
from Western Virginia.

ESSAY. PocAGoNTAs COUNTY, NA.1
Dec. 81, via BEVERLY, ~.
General Hdliecl
| htye the honor to report that cut
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. at
Salem, on the 10th, and have arrived
safely at this place, with NV command.
At Salem three dcpots wee destroyed,
containing 1900 barrels urnrur, 10000
bushels of wheat, 100000 bushels of
shcllcd corn, 10000 bushels Of Unls, 2,-
coo barrels OF meat. several cords Of
leather, 900 sacks Of salt, 81 boxes Of
clothing, 20 bales of cotton, large
amour; Of harness, shoes and saddles,
equipments, oil aud tar and various 9th.
trstorcs,snd 100 wagons. The telegraph
" ire was cut and burned for half mile.
The water station, lurn.table, and
thret cars were burned, and the track
trn up aud the rails hontcd aud destroy
I'd Ms much ns possible in six hours.-
Five bridges and several culycris were
destroyed over en- extcnt Of fifteen miles,
large quantity ofbridgc timber, repair
ing material, &c. My march Vns re-
tardcd occasionally by the tempest in the
mountains, ard the icy roads. ! WINS
obliged 10 swim my command, drawing
my artillery with ropes across the frozen
crapgs aud crcch seven times in twenty
f,ur hours. On my return found six
scpcrntc commands under Generals
Early, Jones, Fiiz Lcc, lmbudcn, Jack.
son, Echols, and McCoustin, wcrc ar.
ranged in line extending from Sinun.
ton TO Newport, uron all the available
roads 10 prcventny return.
captured dispatch from General
Jones to Gcu,ral Early, giving uc his
position and that OF Jackson, at Clifton
Forge. marched from the front Of
Jones to that OF Jackson nj night. His
,utposis were pr' sscd in at gnllop by
the S,h Virginia Mounted Infantry. Two
bridges across Jackson River were saved.
although faggots had been piled ready 10
ignite. My column, about four miles
long, hpstcncd across regardless Of the
enemy, INT il all but my umbulanccs aud
few wagons and one regiment had
passed, when u strong effort was made
10 take the first bridge, in which they did
not succeed. The ombulnncce aud some
SEX men are los;, mud by the darkness
and difficult ies, the last regiment was de-
,uincd upon the opposite side until morn
ing, when Il was asccrinincd that the
enemy seemed determined TO mainlain
his position up the cliffs, which overlook.
ed the bridges. caused the bridges,
which we're long aud high, to hc destroy.
ed, and TIC enemy Immediately changed
position to the flank aud rear of the de-
tachmcni, which was cut on,
sent orders to the detachment To dc.
stroy our wagons, aud come To mo across
the river or ov,r the mountain. Thcy
swan the river with the loss or four men
who were dro Sncd, and joined me-,
In the meantime, the forces of the en-.
cmy were concentrating upon me at Cal
lnghcry, over tycry available road but
one, which was deemed impractcnblr
but by which crossed over the tops of
the Allcghcnics with my command, with
the exception of four caissons, which
were slruycd, in order To increase the
teams OF the pieces. My loss is six men
killed, one ,iliccr ard four men wounded
aud four officers aud ninety men miss.
ing.
We captured about 200 prisoners, bu,
retained but four officers aud eighty mon
ON account OF inability TO walk. w,
took, also, about $50 horses and lived en-
tirely upon very roor country, and III,
,iliccrs and men have suffered cold, hun
ger and fatigue, with remarkable furti
tude. Tho command has marched
climbed, slid and swan, 1853 miles sine
the 9th lust
lSigncdl
w. w. ANERlLl., Brig. Gen.
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