The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-11-10
From the Shenandoah Valley.
wlnonrsrrr. Va. Oct. 25th 1864.

\ glorious Victory. you Hu'V ""
read all the particulars ~ the daily papers
I did not happon to be an cyo witness out
4 was mn car ~ itness Of this second fight.
For while we thought !. was all day
with Us aud we were beginning TO think
Of making another retreat into Pennsyl-
yunia. The wounded aud stragglcrs
began to come into Winchester, and
presently our division General General
Ricketts,, came in wounded through the
shoulder.
IL was complete surprise. The rebels
came pouring into the camps of the 9Th
aud 10Th corps before they had time TO
get out Of their beds, and many of them
! hed without hats, coat or shoes. They
had no time to pack up anything and len
their camps just as they were for the
rcbcls TO ransack through. These tvs .
corps 1ed in great oohlusion over TO
where the 9Th corps was and many OF
thcm did not stop until they got TO Win
chester, telling the most cxtrayagnnt
stories. Half our army was flying like
mob. some twcny pieces Of our art llcry
aud many wagons and ambulanccs had
been captured and the day TO all appear-
Iances, seemed to be lost. II was at this
critical iuncturo that the old 9Th corps
showed the metal il is made Of Forming
! its lcgions cody into line Of battle mud
changing front to the east, they partially
stennncd the torrcot OF pauic stricken
ugilivcs and checked the dastardly foe,
now flushed with victory and drunk with
| plumber. This was done under n murder
Gus fire that struck down some Of our
noblcst men. Slowly our line fell back
and slowly the enemy pursued, raining
musk1try, grape, she'll and solid shot
among our boys, to which they replied as
well as they could. Finally We gained
an elevated position and made stand.
The rebels churgcd the position aud were
rcpulscd. This checked them. Then
/ there was lull of several hours. Gen.
Wright (wbo was in command of the
army temporarily, Gen. Sheridan being
nbscnt,) though slightly wounded in the
chin aud bleeding proIuscly, was busy
trying to reform aud strengthen our lines.
Suddenly shout nrosn and ran along
the line like electric fire. 1t was Sheri-
dun, gallant, chivulrous, heroic Sheridan!
who had just arrived from Winchester.
lie rode along the line, waving his hat
and bidding the boys BE- good cheer, as.
suring them that there was still time
enough that day to retrieve what they
had lost aud that they were just the
chaps to do il. II was then that hope
revived and confidence was restored; for
although Sheridan is only man, there
was something in his presence that day
that gave every soldier assurance and
made him feel himself o'host.
Everything was got rcady-thc 10Th
corps was partially reformed on the right
of the 9th, and Crooks forces, all that
coald be got together, on the lcft, and an
advance was ordered at three u. NJ. The
advance was made with good will and
the enemy were driven back from crest
! to Gre st and from one stone wall to an
other, fighting us stubbornly all the way.
They finally made stand behind stone
wall, from which they refused to bc dis
lodged; but, by the bravery, GOODNESS and
sagucity OF Col. Keifcr, who temporarily
commanded the 81 division OF the 9th
corps, they were flinkcd out of that posi-
ton, their limo was completely broken
and they fled in worse confusion than our
boys did in the morning. Our men
pursued aud lctook all the ground
they had lost aud night coming on, they
lay down where they had slept the night
before. .a ..as ID tt. ...e
Then was tho time for the cavalry to
reap their huvcst. Pouring their impct-
uous columns upon the flank and rear OF
of Early's disorganizcd army, ns they re-
treated pell nell through Straasburg, they
crowned the victory Of the day by recap
turing our captured pieces aud capturing
over thirty pieces besides, also over one
! hundred wagons and umbulanccs aud
about two thousand prisoners. The
enemy, completely broken, did not stop
ut Fishers Hill, but il,d up the Valley
and, no doubt, are still running. Thus
the day, which opened SO dsastrously for
us, was saved, aud the setting sun saw
victory pcrched On our banners. But the
shouts of victory are tempered with the
recollection OF the departed braves, who
fell ON that day. Wo los, heavily, par
ticularly in officers. Col. IIigginbotham OF
the Chasscurs fell, while gallantly leading
his regiment Brig. Gen. Bidwcll, OF
the 9th corps was killed. Col. Thvburn
commanding division in Crooks corps
4 was, learn, mortally wounded, and Col.
Wells, of the 3iih MOss., commanding a
brigade in the same division, also fell.
have not heard OF any casualties in tho
1894 Ohio Regiment.
The Ohio boys in this army not only
know how to shoot lcadcn bullets at
the open Seoessiouists in their front, but
they are equally expert in shooting paper
ballots at the sneaking, cowardly traitors
, at the North, and should not wonder il
some of them would be hit on the sth OF
;, November, Ilurrah for Old Abel
SD ntn 'ttfn OHIO.
Il 05-ilon, Henry q, Stebbins, member
of Congress from first Congressional
InisIrirI nj 4 mn Nnrk hna snnI lii rna.