Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-21

ton seemed huftT1nH tnem f1t0 the poo
Wretchl eIhoi WRsl Win cling Md icFiuging a
the horrible eitas astroplla Rwalti6g j hin
from bis comr6dsa' oFn slish5 5hauds-
But the benevolent prineii lei EithyI rne
my thirst, give him drink relieved hiu
from; ;his-aNfully fSWrOngh
Oar loss OF this point vas only feV
wounded ~ nt
Here the enemy ho d divided his force
rone column gong 20 The direction o
Hanover Junction. an a tho other taking th,
Negrofoot road Cans Stuart aud Fit
i Lee, with the sbFila desS Of Wickham, ant
Lomax, ,folloWedson he former route, aut
Gen. Gordon, with Ills brigade. pursued
the latter. Gen Gqrd6n talloWed on, til
q late hour iuathe light, and bivoncksG
near Beach Ford iqn l6e SpathEAnna Riv,
er, placing himself within o few miles ot
this Yankee, camps EGtiynextimorning, hl
advanced, aud 81 Aytig ghts attacked then
on Mrs.. QsenshgR,a Sm, and after d heavy
skirmfsh Jdroyeat athfmG steadily before hin
down upon the(m6p atsin7 road. Here the
enemy bad missed q heavy body of reen.
torcements, aud taken q, strong position
around Mr., G6odalps. jI}Jt 4
The dismounted men of the enemy were
posted strongly behind the houses and
woOds; a heavy bodyso cavalry was drawn
up in an open corn field to the right of the
road, while another body was placed i'm
mediately down in the road and on the
edge OF the field. Onr dismouuted men
were thrown out on each sideSof the road.
While the cavalry was advanced, the dis
mounted men, under aimost tgalling fre,
broke with a fearful yell, and simultane.
nosly the mounted men responded-the
9th North CaroliRa-the Colonel galIau:ly
leading at the head. The squadron Of
Capt Gallaway dashed at the body on the
ed upon the body down ia the road. The
fierce onset of both these advance squad.
rons. seconded by q detachment of the lst
and I'd Regiment, broke the Yankee COL
umns simultaneously.
The scene beggars description. The en-.
tire field was wrapped in smoke and dust
the steady charge Of the .diSmouuted
men drove everything from the flank
with the horse-helter skelter the flying
Yankee horse crowd and jam down the
road. The troopers goad them behind, and
while the carbiueers empty many saddle
from the tanks, the falling dust tells that
they are making fast time In the distance.
About four miles from the opening scene
the pursuit is called of. The field aud
road side are dotted with blue coats, aud
the wood through which the csrbineers
passed has its sprinkling too:
Individual Instances Of daring are, nu
merous, aud we hope not to be Iinvidious
in mentioning an instance. 10 the charge
the Yankee colors at one time being al
most in reach, Lieut.. Lindsay Of the 9TH
North Carolina dashes at them and crap.
pies with the color bearer. AS be reaches
for them, 81 expert shift from one hand to
the other by the color bearer saves them
from his grasp, but, with - well-pIied
stroke of the saber, he almost. unhorses
the bearer, who, bleeding srseis, but gath,
srs his equil ilihrinm Aud ~ nsapss Of the
aeetness Of bis horse saVeS5 himself, with
his devoted Yankee bunting.
Another instance is also worthy OF pub.
licity. Private Brown, of Go, b. 9th! North
Caroline Cavalry, mere stripping, dsshes
into the heavy ranks OF the lst Maine reg.
iment, and encounters an athletic Yankee
captain, who. with stunning blow with
his broad saber, knocks the lad from his
horse; at the same instant the Yankee
captains horse was shot from under bin.
Just as this brave lad was rising from the
ground his eye caught the situation of his
antagonist, aud raising the butt OF his gun,
he commenced clubbing the Yankee, who
Justify cried out for quarter. The brave
boy bad the Satisfaction OF seeing him sub.
sequently shipped to the Libby.
At this point the Yankees had settled
down to have'a a good time, for while, at
least, from the number of chickens, geese,
eggs, &C., they had collected into camp
some with their heads just wrungoff, some
halt picked; while eggs, boiled and un.
shelled, lay in protusion around. The Ia.
dies pautries had contributed, no little to
the occasion as pickle jars and preserve
can slay scattered about arouud their camp
ares. Amid their spoils also lay number
OF dead and wounded Yankees!
AremarkabIe instance ofimmediate ret
ribution came under our observation on
this part of the field. Just at the head of a
dead Yankee, who had fallen near TO the
road side, lay large, fine preserve can,
with its rich contents spattered around the
unhappy wretch's head. The peculiar case
aud circumstance of his death was some
subject of remark, when a little North Car.
olina lad curtly replied-"Ah, boys, ht
took his sweetened." sse.fo ~
The Yankee lops was quite seyere-near.
y all,killed outright; about so prisoners
were taken. Our loss was principally IL
wounded.
The whole eolumu was again formed
pursued on aud came up with the Yankeel
near the railroad. A charge was ordered
Col. Andrews of the I'D North Caroline
gallantly led his regiment forward, closely
followed by the other two regiments of thi
brigade. The frst position Of the Yankeel
was carried, but on reaching their seCont
position it was discovered that the enemy
had effectually barricaded the coad, and
has his artillery 80 posted as to rake /
with most Calling FIRE. The charging
column here retired 10 good order, losini
several men and horses by the Yankee
grape and canister ttiro wn forward, and W,
succeeded in ousting the enemy from BIZ
strong position, driving him steadily dow
the road till dark, and forcing him TO tax!
position behind the railroad. Here ou
wearied columns were halted, the tiret
trooper was relieved from his saddle ant