The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-16
Lees Dlscomllture at chea. llountall
How the .RSbei .oouamander Missed
His Opportunity.

NOV theAAtaDht AOoulmnuuer At11ed
His Opportunity.
'Perhaps some of our readers may be
able to recall that particular time dur.
ing the first few months of the war,
when the friends OF the rebellion quite
confidently expected the success Of
General Lee, who was confrohtipg our
small army at Elkwater, in Randolph
county, witha superior force. It was
said In those days that the General was
expected even here In Wheeling, and
that the probabilities OF his arrival as o
conquerlng hero were pretty well set
tied inthe minds OF the more sanguine
sympathizets. We haye never yet seen
In print anything like a detailed de.
scription OF the military situation at
that time on Cheat Mountain, but 1t
was generally understood among those
who were tolerably posted up, that the
Union forces had narrowly escaped
capture or defeat at the hands OF Lee,
in which event the expectations of his
friends In West Virginia might have
been pretty largely realized.
The following chapter from the his
tory Of those days is from work now
in preparation by a gentleman Of Clu-
cinnati, and is called 1.-THE Story of a
tseslnenl-T-A hislory OF the Campaigns
and Associations In the Field, OF the
Sixth Regiment Ohio yolnntaer II.
fo,,,r, ~
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/ wednesday,, the llth OF September,
opened with heavy showers of rain.
snsnenlIno all work nm Tho rou, ,voII'
.,ts.i. - ~ ~" "ett
nisn cotnPle'eu oreastworks NJ ElRwa'
ter. About IL O'Clock Lieut.. Colonel
Anderson received orders 10 hnrrv for.
ward two co,nn,,,os .Ionr ,ha 80,
- - WV so Ps"'s' "'o"s 'ue .uFh'
PIKE, OUT whicn captain Erwin's E and
another company had already been
dispatched. under Ma,or Chr,s.
to,har ,rho go, - ~, - oul''
DPnSHI. sPS IIi' an Sneny 'uil lorce, was
naS,,a T,suS Ii Ipon IlhTasen T I Oolohel las.
oaI, Saa., . lesiIn'nI m p nau 9een attacked that
ii,i. mummy On roint Mountaih, and was
nVm I testeasins' ,,ST velYEe oVerpoWeFing
~ a1e Ii.,er aJmn Son.i EISMaer SE run. A III.
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LlIMrcheu iIN Up tne run: anu was now
cIeeIihg aIouR ING denles ana over the
spurs OF Cneat Mountain, through a
IuRRed ana nll put ltnpehetraole VIII
getihess, Toward point between the
EIk"aIPr hmo the sunlmt, AZ wnlch "
was TO unite with body. OF troops
from General II. X, JhckSon's column.
The latter force had moved up the
SlauntOn turnpike, CloSe TO the Union
piGkets, and now threatened KimbaIl's
front, on Cheat Mountain summit.
Upon tho results OF this movement,
depended Lees entire plan Of oaIn.
Lalgn, with all the RAngulne hopes OF
his officers and tue Cabinet at Rich.
mond. Anderson, strengthened by tho
cooperating regiment Ia detached by
jackson, was TO seize and hold this
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