Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-26

An Interesting Letter frola One 81
Oar Whsel8ag Boys VFho Waa IN
1hs Ba1dIe oTBulIGOSEn.
We hare bad the pleasure Of reading
vay mportaut private Letter frO7 JoasE
n.n Of this city. Lest JEoss yen to
his fishers faaily. dstsd AZ BaIItOrn.
Br.1.oa eOuay, Or Istb, gfvisE A. ae-.
eoaat Of tie sight n hat place on the 18Th
betveeo our forces ssdsr Captain Nat.
tssIy aa5 he rsbeis under Bill Jseksoe.
Ne take Tie ab.rt, of ostisg the follow
I0zErg extracts frsz he letter
Oa the 1oEniEg Of The 18th
inst a. baif p4sJ tear o'eleek ne were AZ
tseked BY Col Wa Jackson With 500 Dec
AID ose piece o. a-tiEIefF sad some eAEai-
n. Their fr1g o. Is Bas tie frst 1sties
that re had Of heir being 70 The 1eiss-
b0rbO9d- We g0t out Of bed II bury
4 vent cut gTt5 one shoe on SD fond
that they Eese charging On the gGsrteTs
Oeeapied By tie 1Igh Va Their line iook-
I'd 20 have been sboct so EAr5s long aud
four deep Tie Il;h TetEeated TO he
quarters oeeEpied by gz, the Tebels fol-
iouizE and yeIliug Ike se3ds. Oar force
Vas z1S men Fifty seTea Of then we're
o. picket aad t9eaty eve broke for
the woods a. s0oa as iksy sGE the re5eis.
leaving sE feZce Of 0aE hsadred Sad
foEIy-fOur, that being the GDOa1t Of the
9Th s1d I1Lh Va. and TIE whole GuuSeE
sazaEed II tee sghI- Capt HAEsinklg
aad nyssH EsEe the oziy oEeeES Gagged
in the dEhI, Capt HAnsQl as1 s. Ds1 Of
or eoup2sy AID Il Of eo8FasF G hesnE
IL Wessos rePafTug t5e teleZrAPh mrs
The llIh Va had tEo large seostsRs par
ties out We DeTer kaj p s18H ; force
here siaee re esDe as re kad Al the tine
Of the kght
Well tie Febels esue yelling sai eEGFg-
ing undI EIiain abo1t TEeoty-fFe yar3s
Of car works. uben re gave the order %
FIRE. tell yO1 re poured II into them strO1g
TIE IILh esnme8csd a sOob a. they heard
a. frirg aDd gave he rebels its The
rebs broke in every direction, leaving
nine dead and tE0 E0usded OslE . fen
yards from rs One Of Ibe boTs called 70
ne and told re fhEt GAPtaia NaitiDgly
Eas Eoa1ded. We eoaIinaed Sighting un-
nj o'clock Tbeo the rebs rent il . flag
Of Truce ordering a 10 aurTeodsr- Capt.
II sent ne 70 meet 1he Gag OF trace,
which did Ne net on the other side
Lieutenant accompanied By Lieat Col Bill
Thompson aud Morgan Kesier of the Teb-
q army Bill Thomson knew me a. soon
0E ~ e 80ook oAls4S anu
introduced me TO NsjSr kesieE. carried
the order to surrender to Capt. Mattiugiy,
Eho Was laying on his back With his leg
broken near the body. He called all the
officers together aud asked what We would
do about the order to surrender. We told
him We would Eight. So Capt. u. told
Jackson 70 come and take Ms, If he thought
he couId do it The order to Surrender
was a. follows:
HD-QRs sITzIx IoUR IHTEEscHNEETs, I
October 10, 1868, 8. a. n. !
To tie CommaHd1g Officer Of tie PsGeraE
Forces at BnlEtopa Station
CAPTA1S Ny forces have now entirely
surrounded yOu. In order to prevent a
useless effusiou of blood, order an IN
conditional surrender of your force and
the munitions of war under your coatroI-
II you do not surre0der Uneondiiionly,
shall charge your entLenchment, and upon
you must rest the consequence, whatever
they may be. Ny force is very largely
superior TO yours, aud II Is useless for you
to contend. / have this moment learned
that Captain Nattingly Is in command. and
this note is therefore addressed TO him.
Respectfully, your obd't serv't,
Nm L. JACKSON.
Col. Commanding g. 5. Forces.
P. S.-If you surrender you and your
men will be treated as honorable prisoners
of war. W. S. JACKSON,
Col Commanding.
To Captain W. d. Mattiugly, Commanding
Federal forces.
During the flag of truce the rebels moved
their cannon and placed it on the same hill
with US. We then commenced the ball
again. They could hardly IRE their can
non of, for we killed nearly every enc that
fired the cannon. Icounted six who were
killed in leading it. Sometimes they could
not Ere the cannon for over an bour.
Well. after fighting tor over three hours
Capt. Mattingly sent for me and told me
that he vas suffering greatly with his broken
thigh and, as we had no surgeon, 70 send
ont flag of truce and try and get one to
come in and attend to him and a rebel
Lieutenant and private, who were lying in
our head quarters badly wounded. They
agreed to our request if we would let them
bury their dead. So We carried their dead
to them. They had three Surgeons with
them and the one who came into our omar
ter said that they had been busy ever since
the charge in extracting balls and ampn
tating limbs. The rebels borrowed picks
aud shoVels from US to dig graves for their
dead. The flag of truce lasted for about
two hours, during which time the rebels
and ourselves mingled together very freely,
laughing aud talking Just as IT we were the
best OF friends. Bill Thompson told me to
write to his father, the Judge, which l
promised 70 do. Some Of Company G Of
our regiment had brothers and fathers in
the fight. They shook hands and talked of
old times. The boys of the 18th Virginia
knew nearly all Of the rebels. A great
many had friends and relations amongthem,
aud It was good for curious reflection 70
see them meet and talk As soon as this
aag of truce had expired they would be
shooting ~ each other again.
The fighting continued Till half past four
O'Clock in the evening, when the rebels re.