Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-06-26
The Fall OF winohester.1 =

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OF sermons, 50 cents each. nouVII-'69
The FRIl OF Winohestor.
The New York Herald has correspond
ence giving details of Milroy's flight from
Winchester. The Herald writer says:
For several days priorlto Saturday, the
18th instant, General Milroy ,iw6o .wasih
command of the post, had been, expecting
a visit from the erebel General EwelI, whose
forces were reported to gbeuadvaucipR
down the valley from the direction Of Luz
ray, Uia StIasburg and Front Royal; and
as consequence he was not surprised by,
it he was unprepared for, their appear,
ance. Strong piekets were kept we'll ont
on both roads, aud upon those. leading to
Millwood aud Cedar Creek; and the 18th
Connecticut, s7th Pennsylvania, l2oth
Ohio, 18th Virginia Infantry aud I3th
Pennsylvania Cavalry, with Battery L, of
the 9th Regular Artillery, were posted on
the south of the town, to dispntejtheir ad-
vance. aT 1se 4.I5 sis d.as 49, a
There was a good deal of artillery firing
with little effect, on Saturday. And:
Some infantry diminishing took place in
the woods and meadows on either side of
Mill Run, west'Ot the Strasburg road, aud
extending around nearly to the road to
Romney; butit amounted to nothing more
than to develop the designs of the enemy,
which were to flank General Milroy on the
west. Large masses of rebel infantry, and
batteries of artillery were discovered NOV
ing around to the west Of the town all the
afternoon and night, and General Milroy
unanswered his forces to circumVent them
as much as possible. Itmust be remem-
bered that the Union forces numbered bot
little over seven Thousand men, with but
three batteries of 6eld artillery, aside from
the ak siege pieces in the fort, while the
enemy was known to be fully twenty thou
sand strong, and prudence would seem to
have dictated to General Milroy to have
his forces withdrawn early. on the night Of
Saturday, via the Martinsbure aud Berry :,
Eftie roads. betarsEthB snen e0di have.
time to out off, his retreat or harrass him IN
his march. But for some reason yet IN.
explained, he saw ft to hold on, and that
night he moved his torces to points suited
to repel attacks, which he tbought would
be made in the morning. IL.
On Sunday there was good deal of
fighting. The first decided SUCCESS of tue
rebels is thus described:
About Eve o'clock in the afternoon the
enemy appeared in strong force, with two
eight gun batteries, directly west of the
main fort, north of the Romney road, and
about fifteen hundred yards west of the
out-works held by the 10th Ohio Regt-
ment, and Company q, 5th Regiment Ar
| tillery. AS soon as the batteries could be
got into position, they opened FIRE upon
the out.work, and though our pieces re-
piled vigoI ously, the rebel general massed
his infantry, and charged across the open
6eld and through the woods up to the very
muzzles of our guns. With yell, the
rebels came across the ditch and over the
breastWorks, planted their colors upon the
embankment, drove the gnnners from their
pieces, and the 10th Ohio from the works,
at the point of the bayonet, add in less
time than have taken to write it, had
complete possession ofthe position. Such
as could madetheir way back to the main
fort, apd the remainder were captured OF
KILLED. gpst "
General Milroy, finding that the enemy
were already on three sides of him, and
burg road, ordered all the troops and ar
tillery frem the south and east of the town,
within the line of esrthworks encircllng
! The main works, where the fight between
our own and the rebel artillery was con-
tinued until nightfall. 90; $50 .es
/ At night the following was the position
of our forces: The First Brigade under
General Elliot, occupied the main fort; the
Second, under Col. ely, the town, and
space between there and the main fort
and the Ttird, under Col. McRenoIds, was
4 posted in the Star Fort. ESYtsS{
Shortly after dark the enemy came charg.
ing across the gully between their new Po
1 sitiou and the main work yelling like
6ends, but they we're met at the ditch by
volley after yolley from infantry, and, at.
ter a few moments fighting were rep1Ised
Matters now became quiet, aud our men
took advantage of the Iull to get q few mo-
i ments rest from their two days fghtinR.-
At one o'clock on Monday morning, Geu
Milroy called q couucil of war composed
Iofithe Brigade commanders, aud then il
was decided to abandon the works and re,
treat TO Harper's Ferry.
The disastrous results Of the reteea;
have already been detailed to the public
The HeralEs correspondent says: sa
/, Not soldier Of the command has
change of clothing, except he haa bought
it here, borrowed It Of a moro fortunate
comrRds in arms, or "preased" It; but hap
PLY the number who would be apt 70 OBJ
tain supplies by the last mentioned method
is small. Many. of the poor bearers 0
shoulder straps are going around With ex
ceedingly long faces, moaning, not lk,
Rache ell for her children, hut for their othe
selves, whom the exigencies 6f the occasion
prevented them from taking away. d Quit
large number of the officers had thei
wives with them, and thess unfortunate
ladies are still in Winchester they hay
not beeu sent 70 Richmondl. not knoWinl
, whether their husbands are dead OF Alive
{ prisoners OF safe among their companion
/ in camp a very large portion ofth
8 command are without tents or, blankets, e
the quartsrnasteFis department at thl
Potat was not oyet-stoeksd when the