Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-07-13
From the goth Regiment.
HEADQUARTERS Co. C, CORN o. V. l., !
NEAR PETERSBURG. VA,
.Inlv d. 1864.

NEAR PETERSBURG. VA,
July ID, 1864.
EDS. CHRONIcLE:-As some things have
occurred OF late, which would be likely
to interest you, and the citizens Of Trum-
bull, generally, I will attempt to give you
a few facts.
On the odd day of June. the Sd divis-
ion of our corps. under Col. Mcintosh,
and the lst division of cavalry, Depart
ment of the South, under Gen1 Kautz,
the two divisions under the command of
Gen'l Wilson, left Prince Georges C. H.,
and marching by the left flank of our
army. struck the Petersburg Il Weldon
r. r., at Il point about Q miles from Pc
tersburg, and finding Il very light guard,
had no trouble in destroying the track
for some distance. and burning the depot
and other buildings on the road, and
moving away unmolested. We made for
the Petersburg branch of the Richmond
& Danyille road. striking it about 80 miles
above huntsville, (the Junction. began
pNh VIZ - ~ NAtHAi titli'liis ithDh II very COOL
although the weather was rather warm
for comfort. and done the business well.
We fonnd nobody in 'front.' who felt dis
posed to dispute our progress. and our
rear was not troubled much. A small
party of cavalry followed us. but was cas-.
lily driven off by the rear guard. About
10 miles from the junction. we found 1000
infantry, with six pieces of artillery
They came in on our right flank. and sue.
ceeded in gaining the road between our
division and Gent Kautz. hoping 10y dint
OF hard fighting, to check aud perhaps
whip our division, while the guards in the
immediate vicininty of the junction
should hold Kautz at bay until reinforce
ments could arrive from the Stations
above; but they were mistaken; our di-
vision dismounted and drove the enemy
back some two miles, opened communion
ton with Ka;;tz. ami bivouacked for the
night. Genl kautL drove the enemy
from the town, captured a large number
of cars, all of which were burned, and
destroyed a bridge of considerable size.
and either burned or demolished in some
way, every building used by the rebels
He then moved on the railroad towards
Danville, our division joining him at al
point u miles from Burksville. We then
moved together. burning every foot Of
the r. R, to the Stanton River. over
which was a large bridge. but it was
strongly guarded for us, and at this point
we left the railroad. turning our course
homeward. By this time Il large force of
was after Us. a larger force of in
fantry man%euvering in our front, and with
and horses somewhat the ''worse
of veal" we were in a bad condition for
making lodges, and rapid night marches,
but we done 1t, and at last found our
selves within a few miles of our lines.
where we found a large and formidable
force of infantry in our front; ION the
Weldon road, were forced to fall back |
try a new route. We next struck |
the road at Ream Station, where we cross.
ed on our way out, and where we now
found ourselves shut out. We took a
prisoner who stated hat EwelPs whole
corps was there waiting for US, and that
Lee had declared his intention of captur-
ing every man of US.
The following is n list of the missing
from Co. C.:-Sergt. H. C. Hart, Corporals
Christy and Jones. privates S. Barker
and R. E. Coates, the latter being slightly
wounded in the left shoulder. Private
D. A. Barbour was severely wounded in
the left shoulder, with a musket ball: has
since been sent to Washington.
After escaping from the enemy's lines.
we were fired on by a gang of guerrillas,
and Sergeant 7. L. Wood, of this compa-
ny, was killed instantly; his remains were
buried the next day. In Sergeant Wood.
the company lost a good man, and an in
iuential member. His noble conduct
had won him the love and respect of the
regiment. and deeply do we all
mourn his untimely death. The Sd di-
vision is o laying on the farms recruit
ing horses and men.
VETERAN SECOND.