Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1864-11-02
Letter From the 49th.
NiSCHESTER. Va.

WiScnEsTER. Va.
Oct 22nd, :S64
MEssERs Eu1roks,
Beiess this viii
have reached Jou, { have no doubt, yop
will have learned the news of apo;hcr great
victossy over TIE Rsbelsih the shabaddo-
all Valley. Sheridan has again won fresh
and lasting laursfs. On the 10th day Of
September, he encountered Gen. Early,
aud completely demoralissds his arIny;
Ea:ly was relieved and Gen, Longstreet
took command of the Rebel army, aud az
ftsrre organizing il on ths-fgtk ;dsy Of.
October, attacked oar Al my. Gen. Slar-
idan was IN Winchesterson his way from
Washington To the front, on the morning
of the battle, tui the heavy cannouading
told him that something was wrong IN
scene OF action, arriving there III time to
preycn, our army from being completely
(, routsd +, appears The Rebels took the
! sth corps by surprise, causing them to
scatter over ,he eoanuy in great cOntu-
/ sion loosiu4 Some ,Scniy pcic"sci Anil
lcry, when the 9th corps was 5rough. into
, action, rccapturius (the s:ih corps Artil-
. lery, aud in addition, about forty pieces Of
/ Rebel Artillery. between six and seven
thousand prisoners, and large number Of
wagons, anbulancesTssE
! The first news lh.f reached rs was,
that our army had been defeated and We
would ;lli be compelled to Aee frc,n the
4alley, and Indeed, the citizens Of Win
chester laughed "i,li JOY at the idea Of us
having to evacua,e this place, But when
the news came Us Tnion Victory, il
changed their :uncimmediateiy. eI
4 correspondent: writing 10 the Baiti-
more Americop would have tie people to
believe that the females of Winchester
are perfect Naomies and Rachels, visiting
the hospitals Of our sick and wounded
soldiers, and administering to their wants,
but think he is greatly mistaken, as they
only. visit the Rebel prisoAers and Rebel
hospitals as 'ininistering angels" There
are, however, some loyal families living
here, but they are like Angels visits-
. few and far between"
Our armyshas completely cleaned this
valley Of all kinds Of food for bclh man
ard beast and indeed it is mystery TO
me to know how the inhabitants are 10
live here this Winter for Winter is now
here and many of them are already out Of
food The stores keep nothing for sale
but tobacco, ana that is Of very interior
quality.
The Juniata boys Of old company l.
who did aot re-enlist, having served .llree
years, have been mustered out Of the ss.-
vice to-day,,an start for lsome tomorrow.
Many Of the brave boye who Started ont
with them sleep their last sleep beneath
tie sod of Old Virginia, and those vito
have been permitted to return home, de-
serve grea. credit for the manner in which
they fought in defence Of their country.
Yesterday evening / noticed eleven
hundred Rebc. prisoners who had just
came IN from the front. They look about
like sheir~so-eailed- --GoBisasracy-played
cut tfkEeqtr gFTtr1 rr~ter ---|
We had al election on the 11th inst.
and the vote stood Isl Republican to 81
Democrat We intend holding another
one, and the result will be found by read
ing the above figures backwards. Nearly
eyeryman here is for "Old ABE, and 1
trua, you. al home are the same.
Your Friend,
/ T. ". II. KRIEDER.
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