Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-24

and jnRt'aB they slarted the wheel teaul,
,EtellS and We had % leave It there, bot did
notileRNe till Captain tOarlin, ordered MS to,
/ We brought off every horse that could
stand ib1tione = one Of them fell dead after
reaching. the road!t II ~
a7No. .. lost their eeisSon; and as they! re.
tired Martin Manner, who drove the lead
team, ,lWas shot Though the head. It Is
tbelieHed be is- dead Another man got on
81 once aud they Brought the gun of safe.
I1ohS can easily judge how hot It was there
rom what 4 have already told You. / had
torgottenito say that We only retired $50
yardsi; then5iWe came 70 battery again,
but our "a cassions had gone to the
teaE,s and ,'i5WeS had NO canister
with the gun. We llimbered up aud retired,
bntiitishowsi owsMillinE We were to fight
every inch Of the ground. After we reach
Cd @ the road, the sosns beggaFs description.
Our infantry was huFeying to the rear,many
oftthemi having throFngaWay their arms.
The oolorsWere posi- "a on q knoll, the bu.
gleEs blowing the asaenbly, officers riding
mAdly over the field With drawn a6Fss'
threAteninR Rnd; &c s4tn BE- line Of cSTSf-
~ IN the treate with drawn sAbfes, ali en-!
doaSoriDg to check them. but It was of no
use. They never rallied till Shows battery
went into action between them and the en-.
emy. We retired across the riverswith our
three pieces and took position on this side
to hold them till our forces crossed, and
the bridge destroyed. As our rear came
down to the bridge, they opened on them
With two pieces; We replied and soon drove
them away. Our boys fred the last gun.
We then took up the line of march and
reached Woodstock the next morning,
where Nc halted till noon without uuhitoh.
tngS when We moved on aud reached Stras-
burg the same night. We crossed Cedar
creek toe next morning and went into
camp. AndtWe are getting ready to go at
them soon again.
lforgot to say that VIM. johnson, gun
ner on No. 8, was wounded on the foot,
and John Fennemore, gunner, on the arm.
while getting their guns of the field. No
doubt you will hear big stories about two
70 one, and all that sort of thing; but all
have to say is they whipped us in fair |
stand up fight and the only reason that I |
can give for our defeat is that they fought |
better than our men. Il is true they had |
q few more infantry than We had, but.we |
made up for that in cavalry. They fought
one battery; We four. Every one in this
command admits that the artillery done
their full share, and believe that If all
had stood up 10 their duty Rs we'll as the
battery -WesWould have routed the enemy.
From the time We fred the frat gun until
We retreated was just thirty minutes; in
that time my gun fired twenty shells and
eighteen rounds of canister, and every gun
10 the battery about the same number.
That shows the nature of the fight. Tom
Wilson acted as gunner on my piece and
bad the honor OF shooting down the rebel
dag. 1told bin to Ere on It, andlft went
down at the second shot; but was soon
raised again. Gen'l Sigel is as cool man
as ever saw, and | think you need not
be surprised if you hear of another fight in
this valley before many days
Your Brother,