Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-26
Another Account of the wIncheSter
Bottle-A Sorry tale OF DIsnster.

Another Account of tho WInche6ter
B3ttAe-A Sorry Tale OF DlsnSter'
A correspondent of the Philsdslphia.
EHquirsr says the late battle st Winchester
was disaster our arms, but the story may
be exaggerated. We quote: '1,- =,
General Milroy had about seven thou.
sand men under his command, and out of
this number only fifteen or sixteen hun
dred have reached Maryland Heights, and
probably three or four hundred escaped to
Hancock and Cumberland. Upwards of
IIone.half of his command was killed
wounded, or rtakep,prisoners- The Eighty
seventh Pennsylvsnia Infantry regiment
behayed nobly in tho fight and lost heavily,
as did also the Twelfth and Thirteenth
| Pennsylyania cavalry. ,-sr.g ~ ~
ls.It" Colonel Ely, of the Eighteenth Con-
fscticpt, Was taken prisoner, along with
llmadS q thet gallant ofteers, N m
~ ave lost three fall ettertes of field ar
I dllety@AlekSnder's Baltimore battery,
GArlin's Virginia battery, and RandoIphls
battery, Fifth United States gAEtillery; all
the siege guns in the Star fort aud the main
tort, the Qnarternaster's and Commissary
stores. and ammunition, besides six thou
sand muskets and two hundred wagons
With horses and mules, aud all tie private
baggage and camp equipsge ofthe officers
and men. ..t4. I,-,-.s, ~ si5t ar
i'Tho fngi.tyes came into Maryland
Heights, struggling in small parties, with
nothing but what they carried on their
backs, besides being hungry and, tired out
with three days fighting aud harching.-
Many Of the officers had their WtIes with
them in Winchester, and were compelled
to leave them to sbe tender mercies of the
rebels. Igt9TrE !.
1 HThe officers and men arc loud in, con-
demnation of General Milroy, whose man
lagement they charge as being mainly the
cause Of the disaster.r s.r[3,,.,,.qs s9I
/ Omeets ana men concur in awarding to
the brigade and regimental commanders
the highest dsgree of praise for their bra
very and e9uEage nader thetryiuR cirCum-
stances. ..l-4 80. .s,..g Gs
i h., The dead and wounded were left on
the field and along the roadside as they
tellTthe latter without surgical attention
either By the rebel surgeons or our own.-
The whole scene fs described as one ofthC
most humiliating aud hesrt-sickeuinr
that has been witnessed during the war
fruitful as 1t has been in horrible Incl
dents. t...,-, 4,st,5y 45y !.
:. ga full Investigation will doubtless b,
made of the circumstances attending th,
/ battle, when the responsibility will bl
fPiaced where 1t properly belongs. There
lfore refrain from any comments, content
tng myself with merely giving the facts al
l'tEey we're represented to me. y rafss.
j Major General Milroy had rendered
bimsef very obnoxious 70 the rebels, il
, cppseqpence Of the rigorous policy he pur
Egaed towards them, pnnishtpg the citizea
with great severity and liberating tbei
inegroes. Their hatred u. bin was SO bit
3 ter that q reward Of Aeu JhouBGnd dollar
/ vas offered f1r shis bead, and il is though
that the desire to save himself from. cap
! thre induced him TO neglect; the precaa
tons necessary to secure the safety of hi
: i"GeneFaI Aiiroy is from Indiana, but th
force under him was composed mainly o
. YirgthiG aud Maryland troops. Il is sal
: he was suspended from eommand by Gen
Schenek, and ordered 70 report at Mary
land Heights for duty under Brigade
! General Tyler, and was on his way ther,
on Wednesday, night When he WAS prevent
J, ed from reaching that point by the, rebel
; being at Poiat Of Rocks.ns ri aoq 7se