Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-10
86gelegrap8,
EoE AneFaosS Report ses I.a PaF.
further Particulars of the Rnrsre-
msnf near Hstcher's RIM

AMY on EHE PoFoMAo, Feb. THE
night near Hstcher's Run Yesterday. vss
one OF the most severe that has taken plsee
IN this army for some time, and tSkinT
INTO consideration the uufaVorable chsrses
Yer OF the country through which the troops
fn t.l to move, and the large force opposinS
SaeE advance, it IS not strange that The
| enemy should gain temporary advantages,
me country, from the crossing of the Bun
to Dahney's Mills, is very woody, with
sWsmps aud marshes running through il
N al directions, aud the only road Is =
nSsFo" oy-road, not wide enough to allow
IN very bad condition.
The Sd division of the 5th oorps sdva,.
ced, supported by the LIST and I'd divisions.
snd also by brigade of the 9Th eorps,
Ens enemy were driven to and beyond the
mill, on this road, about three miles from
the crossing line of bEeRstwurks.
there were no less than four divisions
OF tue enemy opposing our men, VIZ: Ma
hons, Pegrsm,s, Heath's aud Gordon's old
DIVISION, the latter three opposing the Sth
corps, while Mahon's, acting INDEPENDENT.
Engaged Gregg on the Vaughan road for
some tine, when Gregg ordered charge
and held his opponent back, intiicti5g
heavy loss.
Mahon, standing no chance to accom-
plish anything in this position, wheeled
round and marching on by.road running
northWesterly struck the left flank of the
9th corps, doubling it up and causing it to
| tall back on its centre. The woods here
being so thick ss to render the formation
OF continuous line impossible, the COM
maud became somewhat confused, and the
heavy Ere which was poured in by Ma
hons men made things still worse, and in
few minutes the entire line left their po-
sItion, falling back rapidly towards the
point they started from. The fear of be-
ing cut on from the crossing at the Vaughn
| road increased the confusion, and for q
short time it seemed as though q regular
panic had seized upon our meu, but upon
reaching the open country on the Vaughn
road, and finding no enemy there, and the
bridges all safe in the possession of our
troops, they became treasured, and in a
short time the greater part OF the corps
was In line and ready to meet the enemy
as soon as he should appear, A few min
utes after, when they showed themselves
at the edge of the woods, they were met BY
such storm of bullets az to send them
back into the woods very quickly. Our
loss during the day amounts to about 500,
and that OF Sunday to'about 200, making
| : ASA TIC S"O u0IS OF AQ00E 6UO
killed, wounded and missing.
The loss of the enemy is not known, but
ls believed to be fully as large as ours
We took altogether about $50 prisoners.
among whom are number of officer.
Notwithstanding severe storm of rain
which set in last night aud continuing all
day today, freezing as it fell. the Sd divis-
| lou OF the 9th corps advanced to y point il
reached yesterday at Dabney's mills, driV-
ing the rebels before them aud into their
works beyond.
The casualties In this afisir have not
yet been reported. but are said to be very
few. This was all the fighting done to day.
Our permanent lines now extend from
what was formerly the extreme left at Fort
Cummings on the Squirrel Level road, to
and across Thatcher's run at Armstrong;
mill, with the advance well out towards
Dabney's mill, a distance of about four
miles, all of which ground had been wrest.
ed from the enemy in the past three days,
and makes the line much safer aud more
formidable than before.