Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-05-11

E.s oMOlN DA Il . M(ORNI.E
rebels, and then flung it at them, seized
quickly smother which he served the same,
it having the effect to unhorse one of the
rebels, when he jumped through the win
dow, monnted the fallen rebels horse.
dashed through their midst, and Joined the
Fifth New York in their charge.
saiA. J.l Heaton, Regimental oommissary
Sergeant Of the First Virginia and private
Henry Law, Company L, First Virginia,
have not been heard of since the engage.
ment, and are supposed to bePrisoners.
- -. I. THE wouSDED CARED. FoR. =
Cars were Immediately despatched from
Fairfax Station to bring up. thesWouuded.
and oWinglto the untiring! energy and able
management of DR.. Capehart, the Medical
Inspector of this division, no time was lost,
and the wounded saved much shffering.-
When they arrived at the station General
Stahel was present to receive. them, and
went into the car where our wounded lay
Faud personally waited on them and admin
istered food and stimulantsia He was
much affected, even to the shedding of
tears, when he spoke to private Bowman,
since deceased. a7 - lfsz.sa-G
iOqEowu wounded were sent tosthe hos
pitaI of the First Virginia, Wilere they
were received by DR.. Gardner, of thatregi=
meht. Too much cannot be said in DR..
GRrdner's praise for his skillful attendance
and unwearied Watchfulness, at the sacri-
fee of bis bodily comfort. .9
Gen Stahel has just returned from the
field, to which he was accompanied by Col.
Figgehpssy, his chief of staff, and Major
TapPaFE. his lnRnectOF General .t.F'
ia. First Lieut.. T. N! lGrigsby, company /,
18th Virginia cavalry, has just come in
prisoner, having been captured some eight
miles beyond the Junction, after the fight,
by one of our pursuing parties. He vol
unteered with Mosby on this occasion.
sls bio MAJOR STEELE IMPROVING.
Before closing must not omit to men
tion that Major Steele has much improved
since my last. All accounts agree in ac-
cording this officer unbounded praise for
the gallant and able manner ia which he
his men in this trying and un-
expected emergency, and still more for the
personal heroism. he displayed When he
found il impossible to mount his men in
time to meet the charging foe, he himself
gut loose the horses to prevent their falling
as spoils into the rebels hands. Captain
Krom, of the 9th New York! also was con-
spicuous for his gallantry on the occasion,
and although not mortally, is seriously
the ball having entered through
the cheek, below the right eye, lodging on
the opposite side of his neck, under the jaw :;
he has also flesh wound in his knee. Had
it not been that the horses of Col. De For
rest, were completely worn out with pro-
tracted travel, he having patroled the
country in that vicinity for the preyions
three days, and but just returned from the
Reconnaissance under General Stahel, and
scarcity of forageiu the country traversed-
SO great that the horses wers half starved,
the facts of the case will sustain me when
state that not one of -Mosby,s men wonld
have been at large to tell the tale.
2 q = Moshr '.p1axED' ouT..51. !
AS it is, the prestige of continued sue
cess is gore from Mosby's forces, and by.
the capture of Dick Moran he loses the
leading spirit in the planning and fnesse of
of all his enterprises; and lastly but not
least, by the death of Templeton he is de-
prived of the services of probably the
boldest, shrewdest and most successful spy
that has ever figured in this rebellion. Is
it not fair to suppose that such being the
case, together with the knowledge that we
have in our possession full thirty of his
h0u AuOHu W uhN6
been killed, as is testified to by the citizens
of that vicinity, and secretly buried, aud
patrolling parties still engaged in bringing
in hisRounded, secreted in the farm houses
along the route, and Mosby himself dam
gerously wounded-is it saying too much
that the formidable Mosby, the ubiquitous
Mosby, the successful Mosby, the captor of
brigadier generals and the the prince of
.guerrillas, iisino longer to be feared his
organization annihilated, his adherents dis
heartened and fugitives, scattered to the
four winds, and that General Stahel is en-
titled to much credit for his unceasing
efforts and active vigilance No more will
the youth Of Rebeldom be induced to en-
bark their fortunes with the unfortunate
Mosby; no longer will the certainty of
tspoils, prisons and glory, being acquired
withontpersoual risk on picnic excursions,
act as charms.
This successful cavalry achievement il.
Illustrates most forcibly the pressing neces-
sity, not to mention the criminal neglect,
in not providing good, sound horses for
this division. As it is many of the men
are obliged to remain inactivefrom lack of
horses, and many of those who have hor-
ses are no better off, because they are un-
lit for service. With good horses Stahels
cavalry division will take care of all the
rebels who venture this aide of the Rap
.pahannock. ,i4s0ta .,1
+ GEN. sTAHRL's COMPLEMENTARY ORDER.
4f s.rH Special Orders-No. 80.
: HEADQUARTERS, STAHEL's CAvALRY
DIVISION,
FAIRFAx CouRT HOUSE, Mays. 1868.
When soldiers perform brave deeds a
proper ackuowledgeme OF their services
is justly their due. The Commanding
General, therefore, desiresoto express his
qualification at the conduct of the officers
and men of Colonel De Forrest 8 command, !.
who were engaged in the fight at War
Feptcn Junction on Sunday, May, 3, 1868.
BY your promptness and gallantry the
gang of gnerillas who have so long infested
broken 'l!s, up The heavy loss Of the enemy