Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-11
,,,u .aTplE AT SALTVILLE.

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mays RATTLE AT SALTVILLE.
The Abingdon "Virsinian" OF FRIDAY 00n
tain, the following particulars OF the oa''lS ~
Sai;viils: r.D.
1,la5 h,tn prat.y wall known III teis De,
..n.ant several iays before, that dtheIai
pp 1870. Was approaching from henteeky
"n% :" .btusand, and every preparationseea
bssp nude by Gen. Eohois 70 deieau .ao Es.d
r-th ths snu!l fierce at hand. Inns CONSISTS
w. Iit, ~. oon,Tosuds If Gspsfals Williams ana
aa,.nr'. brioades, with the reserves and de-
,.;,,S mon. and few small batteries OF ar
LIE. Gi~ Tha enemy reached the vicinity OF the
81, Works on Sunday morning, between
o snn Ia n'alocI, wbAp tls,6ght commenced
49, 49, N, resideuce & Mr.. Aeunders. commonly
hr;oryn as Governor Saunders. Prisoners cap
tusad concur In the statement snat puID.,us so
had th.es full brigsdea, including one se tn
regiment, in oil about ,0oO nen, aoors L'ooo
cooad IN our side did not. probably exceed
5 200. As has been the Yankee custom, the
nerross wero put in front, and were hello 70
thar nIaaes as long Ga 1t was posssp!e
to 40 40 by tho bayoness OF tneif
hrathrsn with whittier ekins, but blaeker
Saarts The reaerye aud detail batsalions
700 nader the command of Colonies Robert
Preston of Notgsmery, Smith OF IazeWeii'
ord JAS. r. Preston of Washington. The whole
undsr tbs oommand of Con. A. Z. Jackson-
Cen. djItnsr's men had disputed burbridgoS
advance for several days, and added new isu-
-els to an already enyiable reputation. Eieh
never fought with more bravery and oe'e FL !,
nation. az did also the command Oh Zen. WI
l;ams. tho laster having come in after tse ngnt
hid commenced, bat before it had grown hi
and furious. But all concur, both officers anu
men in the need Of praise to the Reserves
and detailed men, who had bsen hastily drawn
to1ether for the occasion. All the Generals esy
thew fought with all the ooolncsa, seif-poSses
eion and bravery Of rsgulars, and 1t was manly
TO their cal,antry and GOODNESS that the VICTORY
vas 90 complete. This shows that the Ditou
of Kings Mounssin still ao~s 10 the veins Of
The yeo1napry of Southwestern Virginia
General Breckenridge reached the heic
about the close Of the fight, and 1ensra
Vaughan, with bis own, w. we'll as dehera,
Dukes and General Cosby's brigaoes, reached
lima, in time TO hear the shout Gf victory hno
70 engage in the pursuit of the tying an
kees. General Vaughan had been has5liy Or
| dered from Tennessee, where be had been
lighting and driving back the energy under
(!ane1a! Ghlom for several Gays, aud only
Succeeded, after forced march, in reaching
the scene of action after the battle had been
cnnpht. Had he remained in Tennessee, Oil
lsm3s forces would have been gobbled up be-
fora this time, and as his fnce is again In thai
direction, We will be disappointed if be does
not do 30 before many days.
Our loss ia the engagement is Ysri0usly es
timatsi, but the nearest We can get Ut tht
truth is, about twenty killed and about sixty
wounded. The loss Of the enemy Is estimated
&c from four to six hundred in killed an1
wounded. and some 10 or 50 prisoners. Ont
marty OF our msn detailed to bury the enemy!
dead buried 90 negroes and As whites
amongst them ous colonel. two majors ant
three captains Another marty buried htt.
whites, making q total ct FOB. Large nun
her Of the killed and wounded is reported &
have been removed by the enemy and thTo~i
i. IN 4iEsF and Ml ~ blsy aeaaEss or
General Roger Hanson, Of the ConIederat
sar7iea.
Burlridse E;as greI.y deceived. Us hs OK
peeted to take the Works without much dill
GUILTY. tie didn't expect to encounter any bu
force Of some four or five hundred reserves
and also expected tia cooperation Of Gillen
from Tennessee, but Vaughan had "sootohe'
the snake" After no found himself whipped
be asked Mr.. Saunders what troops those wer
; who fought 30 desperately, and, on being tolt
thot they were the reserves and detailed men
he swore be didn't believe it, We also Under
stand that Col. Hanson is somewhat skeptcs
on the subject.
Tho subioined dstails are given in tn
Lynehburg "Virginian' of Friday:
CASUALTIES.
Col, Robt. H. Smiths Battalion, oompose
of Reserves from Smyth, Russell, Tssswel
| Washington and Scott counties:
! Killed, Is
| Wounded, 81
Missing (prisonors) 81
| Col. Robert 4. PreSton's Battalion, iron
| Montgomery, Pulaski, etc:
| Killed, Q
Wounded, S
/ Col. KoDt's command Of Reserves and de
tails, from Wythe, Carroll, etc;
Killed,
| Wounded, Is
OF t,e 10Th kentucky, 5th Georgia and stl
Tennessee cavalry, the number of wounded o
the hospital at Saltville were 80.
The Reserves and details from Roanoke
Bedford, Botetourt and Craig were not in thu
engagement, being sent to guard passes in TIT
mountains.
All tho wounded were sent to Emory and
Henry College, excepting those allowed to &c
to their homes.
A good many men, slightly wounded, were
sent home from the field and are not included
in the above. Smiths battalion of reserves
being in an exposed position, suffered moot.
The men fought like veterans, and were
highly oomplimented by the general com.
handing The odium hitherto attached to
reserves and detail forces is removed now,
since oil have acted 30 calamity, and % one Of
the Yankee wounded remarked in the hospi-
tai, "if your militia fight 80 well and stand 80
staunahly, do not want to meet your regu-
lars.D This ia compliment enough for our
brave men who acted 10 nobly.
The enemy advanced through Thompson's
Gap, and sstreatsd by tho same route.
FARKxls KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Tho Yankees; in their retreat, left their
desdl and swoundsdon the field
KILLED, yankee whitss,) LOG
Negroes, $50
Wounded, (~hitss,) 80
Negroes, 3
The above are ell the wounded that were
brought to the Hospital at Saltvil!e and were
sentsst to Emory and Henry Hospital. The
Yankees carried of gil the wounded that would
bear transportation.
Gen. Hanson, from Kentucky who is severe
ly (mortally) wounded and in our hands, said
We killed aud wounded shout one thousand
Gen. uanson is brother Of Gon. Roger Hans
son, Of the Confederate army, killed in one of
the Tennessee battles.
The Yankee wounded cay thoir commanders
told them they would encounter only raw mi.
ltis, who would run without Offering any &C.
rious opposition.
CLEARED OUT.--There are no Yankees now
on Bale Isle-all sent South, where they can