Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-24
From General Crooks Expedition
List of Killed and woundc h.-Further
Details of the BattIes near New
bern--Important Captures of Cam
non, &c.

Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.l
FIRST DISPATCH.
GAULEY, May 81, via CHARLESTON, May ~.
Ambulances with wounded have been
coming i'm, together with the prisoners
Our loss in killed and wounded amounts to
500. The rebels fought desperately, and
were overcome after long and severe
struggle. l have been able to get the fol-
lowing casualties:
KILLED.
Colonel Woolworth, 4th Pennsylvania
Reserves; Captain Channel. 18th Ohio
Capt. Hunter, Lieutenant Seamen, 23d Ohio;
Seroeants +. j. Stanly, Il. Harvey and
private Vaughon, 36th Ohio; Captain
Witzall, Lieut.. jenkins, 9th Virginia.
WOUNDED.
| Major Skinner, of the Generals staff,
slightly; 18th Ohio, Lieutenant John White,
Captain Rigdon Williams, severely; Lieut.
Palmer, Lieut.. King, S. McNutt, w. s.
Corset; 23d Ohio, Captain Rice, Hugh Nc
| Anna, III. II. Owens, VIM. Abel, Sergeant
j. Il. Ogden, w. S. Byers, j. j. Heckler,
Samuel Porter, Corporal Sanders, z. Peck,
p. O'Kelley, S. Richwine, John Hawley,
| II. Hildebrand, T. Grafton, j. kelser, j. HUI
Der; 34th Ohio, Albert Lerk, Lieutenant j.
N. Anderson, Jacob Craig, John Squires;
seth Ohio. A. Dilly, T. Beatty, John Wright,
j. M. Phillips, James Dever, G. L. Campbell,
w. Dyer, Sergeant r. Adner 9lst Ohio,
Charles Edelman, James Bankman, N. A.
Woodrow, James Scarbury.
The 18th Ohio had ten killed and sixty
nine wounded.
The 9lst Ohio had two killed and twenty
three wounded.
,t,.sn fnrfu -fptrr Ii nd aNNH
one hundred and twenty-nine wounded.
The 18th Virginia, fifteen killed and sew
enty wounded.
The 4th Pennsylvania Reserves, six killed
and thirty-three wounded.
SECOND CISPATCH.
GAULEY, w. VA. May %.
By Sergeant, arrived to-day from Gen,
Geo. Crooks command, l learn definite ac-
counts of his part in the recent expedition,
He left Charleston on the 1st inst, and
passed through Princeton on the 9th; at
Cloyd Mountain had the first and fiercest
battle, and defeated and routed the enemy
Colonel Obey, of the Seventh Virginia Cav
airy, with one hundred and twenty-five
men, charged the enemy's rear, and took
many prisoners, including General Jenkins;
three cannon, 10-pounder Napoleons, were
taken. Our forces camped that night near
Newbern.
On the morning of the 10th, about 8, they
attacked the enemy at the bridge and fought
till 3. We burned the great bridge, and
they the one on the pike. We captured
seven cannon, three 20-pounders, which
were spiked and thrown into the river.
On the 1lth we marched all day, and
camped on Salt Pond Mountain.
On the 18th the advance guard routed
"Brick Wall Jackson" and captured his
train and two cannon, twelve-pounders.
This occurred on this side of Salt Pond
Mountain.
On the 18th we reached Union On the
eve of the 18th the rear was attacked while
crossing Greenbriar river, and eight or ten
prisoners lost, though no men were hurt.
Immense stores of rations and cavalry
equipments were destroyed at Dublin, and
tobacco and cigars captured in great guam
titles. Since the 9th, Averills men have
lived off the enemy. have learned no par
ticulars of his movements yet.