Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-07-23

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The 12Ih VIrgInIa RegImentat win.
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BLOODY Run, BEDFORD Co., Pa. June %.
DEAR sIsTER;-We are still resting our.
selves here among the mountains, near the
village of Bloody Run, (befng about the
size of West Alexander) on the Broad Top
Railroad, branch Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad running to Bedford, 8 miles from
here, but completed only this far. The
most of Milroy's scattered forces are here.
| We have been in rather active service
since leaving Clnrksburg. At Winchester
we camped on the Strausbnrg road and
were employed in standing picket or scout
| ing most of the time, besides regular duty.
One half the companies were out all the
| time, and every once in while the regi-
ment was drawn up in line of battle at un-
reasonable hours. We had become so used
to this that we thought all alarms must
necessarily be false,
On the Friday the fight commenced; the
cavalry and the 97th Penn'a had skirm-
ish with the rebels and routed them com
pletely. Next morning, Saturday, we were
up by times and in line of battle with or
ders to pack knapsacks, strike tents and
prepare for fight. This was nothing unu-
sual; we had suctPprecautionary commands
before. Soon we were ordered to pitch
tents again. This scarcely being done and
we were ordered into line of battle again.
Strapped our knapsacks and off we started
for the battle ground, leaving some with
our extra baggage. AS we marched out
the Strausburg road the "6aH opened" on
our left. The s7th Pa. had again met them.
The musketry began to rattle, the artillery
to roar, and as the big guns of the fort be-
gan to throw shot and shell out in the Iii.
rection of the ttrsbs." il sounded very nice.
We were marched and countermarohed
around expecting to find them at every
turn. We could see the gray coats on the
knolls to our left, charging in solid colamn
upon our boys, the Ohio troops. There
they were, real bonafide rebels, the first
time we had seen themin arms against our
county. We had been hunting for them
SO long that we had almost began to think
they were a myth; and were they really
shooting at us2 We soon found out.
They first made their appearance on the
BerryvilIe and Front Royal road to the
east, had driven in our forces from Berry
Vile and kept working around on the south
toward the west. Tue 2lst was posted in
| al Ill. H.
their appearance upon our front in anoth-
er piece of woods. The. Col. rode up to
the brow of'the hill and told us that they
were coming. After marching around in the
woods for some time to get ourselves in
good position, the Cos. A, F, d aud /, were
thrown into rye field, the other cOmpa-
uies being in the woods, bushwhacked
them from behind trees, stumps, rocks, &C.
Our companies charged through the rye
over the brow of the hill, fred and fell
back. The first fire Emmet Buchanan fell
with his face to the foe just as he was rails
IIog his gunto fire, shot through the breast,
utteriug pierciug cry OF "Ohl boys, they
have me now" After asking the boys to
.lcarry him of, his request was for water =
! This was the first cry of the wounded after
the shock was over. He lived but short
time. The boys began to fall around and
in all directions-one began to feel little
aick, After making several charges the
right wing were ordered to clear the wood
"There are only 40 or so of them," say.
the Colonel, but the sequel proved O whole
, brigade But Capt. Brown commando
Company 1-''ile right, marchi" ThI
other companies followed aud com
ing to front set off with yell Il
clear the woods Coming to the brow o
the hill the fire was a little too keen. The
whistling minnfes seemed almost to blow
lus iowu. We fell fiat to the ground, load
ed and fired for some time, then were or
dered back; the rebs were thanking US. w
skirmished with them as we fell back
Here Lieut. Bradley of company was sho
4 dead and fell without a struggle. We let
7 some of our dead GHd wounded on the field
Samuel F, Cumming, Giffin Morrison, Geo
Higer aud Tourney Burke were wounde'
] lin the woods From the woods We fel
back through an open meadow TO mil
race where were two or three other regl
Il ments and battery on the hill above us
The rebels occupied the woods we left an
still kept throwing their little Whlstlni
death dealers at US as we lay on VI
bank unprotected by anything except
few straggling bushes growing on the edg
!. of the race. We lay there until after oar
! then quietly marched away, stopping NJ :"
3 edge of town. Il commenced rainlng-tn
= air seemed almost solid water. ne na
y nothing to protect us, having thrown
our knapsaeks in the first charge we ulau' =. !,
= to eouip ourselves as lightly as possible
and we did not get hold of them again, hay
ing to retrest isoonLafser. Dan Maxwe
and crawled into a hog pen, took the doc
down, threw it on the ground to keep
ont of the dirt, and wet through as
were, lay down on the boards keeping
i from being thoroughly soaked until tW
4 O'Clock in the mornipgi when the noise
the regiment getting into line awakene