, 1864-06-06
FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
4 hesumo Of Gen. Averit1's Operations

| correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette1
90 hnAf EFT WET VIRGINIA. MEADOW D1urrz. Ms
y. 1SV:-I bare beore me Gen. ArerilI's report
account Of hts share IN the recent Cn1nk III +;
Hav'pg LEFT Charleston, he spent tbs III sn ID y
ansdn. ns putting together aa loading tho niscel
Which WIS intended to supply the comnsn5 III
SIX days subsistence and four Gsys fora1e hut ~
ha hissrig misgs tSEsn C. TX It oand ls owing
on:, and the heavy roads. they had only four dsIs
subsistence and one and half days f3rsre Wa;h aays
Mhieh s to start from that point on the 5th' VA Tha
70 xbbBs bBs'Rs.s RssI p
vel county. where 1t arrived On the eyenin1 ~ ths
, vn, faRt91f1ne 1ae scouts and one company Of he Sd
On the 9Th party 81 Kentucky trooDs v.,a =, n
and dESen u miles. with rebel loss of four nl1ed
ana aa re { wounded % Il Was there learned that
and y. E. Jones, hsd assembled Al Eyifrjiis ~
that the approaches from the north were Veil aho is
asnqed gy,ss p s.1thTosks and artillery Ths neces
70 IA attack upon
It !as decided 10 abandon the attempt Oh SatVifIe
@ ana sand M advance Eas ordered on WytheTiile, 10
The column Of Gen. Crook 4 trata Of ws1ons ~.
captured on Tho WY to Wytbeville, SS10 ma"
Arriving near Wythevi1ie On the afternoon o,t,n
ander sssd b. Feee4 to nner
,ts5. MaJ eas1Nard This was mostly tnfantrJ, win
be poefan 81 tstIIet and po.e e
kaou III W cT!euse or attack. The 18th Penn
Schumacher, opened sate, wnia General nnf3a.a nHasl
brigade was formed In line Of battle. Tho ID Viz
t. dismounte sanaete on IT. the LETT and t1e
g1na cavalry occupying the extreme jeit r., cr-
Gh%s h1ss pressed up on both TANKS, and advanced IN
ght continued four ho1fs The YIcor 1t aS X, mae
my gradually waning, and after dirk te 1etiraj
;hs ana Arer MARCHED n TO Dublin arriving there o.
Cur !o;s in thts battle was about 124 officers and
men men 5nusd an and wounded. The names Of thcss
naTf a9 essn abe learn. As soon IS A.
On arriving at New River, Ayeri11 found IL
swollen BY recent rama, b1t manaoed to c1oss ~
1nG m061RG r. o. The 1sh Not after tae col
ELL hit sho E;ra, ana Jones arrived On the le
tcG Gsnefsi remarks ~ his report: "The epcmy
Ead leisure to observe the ruins OF The railroad ad
sa orces BAD s1e5iss e. I'D skill
t,s eon4'4nicattpg e With General Crook. who was
nen haIs3 g. 9aeks6u1, ATcril went 10 Chr1stisns-
and saptnrss aMa; tMa 5a fqtee et The
lying foe; The railroad was destroyed as mich M
ptnetcab!e. with Gepots and shops, to point fonr
MUGS cart Of Chriattansb1sS.
Learning BY Telegraph from Salem and Lynch.
,1a IniE taat ne&7y Iein!orcements were moving
LODE me Fairoad, and the ammunition being near.
,ad htas ~ Ras detetn3ined to join General
It Union on the 18th, having marched 350 miies
,Sef 40 almost impossible region, and deatitute OF
.tp.tssn2. - AAe Mo4ulaln streams were frequently
,,nlosoab!e, and few men aud horses were 1ost ~
1toEniDg. In the Eaa'n object or this expedition
stens 70 pave been ycrJ Buccesslul-tho enter. |
cftalnlng large force and preventing it from r.
'n!E4tnng n4c M the patty opposed to Gen. Crook.
IAc question, when We do more is etill un.n.
Eefed. 1t Was the intention to have started Inst
nIn5dey: I5 but transportation failed To remedy tha
s1 ae 5er as possible each regiment has been re-
'ken 10 tighten The baggage. Desuite the ~ incon.
sntence Of this restriction, every one chcerful7
,omts 10 IT, os one Of the hardsh'ps necessary to