The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-10-26
BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT.
An Interesting Relic Of "Ye olden
Time"

An Interesting Relic Of "Ye 0lden
Time"
From the Richmond Dispatch, Oct Ill
Yesterday was tho anniversary Of the
battle Of Poiut Pleasant. The following
letter, descriptive Of tha. battle, written
by Colonel William Christian, who com.
manded battalion Of men from tho
Holston settlement, will be found ofinter-
est. Ithas never been published until
now. 1t was picked up on the field, and
has ever since been carefully preserved BY
some old families in Virginia. A portion
Of Colonel Christians battalion took part
in the engagement:
CAMr AT PoISr PLEASANT, AT THE
Mourn on YE GREAT KASAwnA,
18th October, l774
Dear Sir,-I have been onquiriug for
some days for an opp'y to send some let
ters to Greenbrycr, ms l wanted to write
to you and some other friends. | can find
no certain one, but | have some thought
that some person will be going of to NOR
row or next day, as several talk Oft
About an hour ago Colonel Lewis asked
me i'll had written to you. | told him |
had not, but would this evening. lie de-
sired mo to tell you that be was hurrcyed
aud that my letter you would please to &C.
cept offrom both, as | was to inclosc you
q state Of the battle fought here on Mon.
day, the 10th instant, which | will do.
Ihave copy ready, as drawn up by
Colonel Lewis himself, from which you
can have an idea Of it. Twill also incloSc
you state Of the killed and wounded. -
| | made 10 day from what scattering
accounts could gather. | have
been through all the camps. and believe
that many more men will die. There are
many shot in two places; one in particular,
I observe with four bullets; some in three.
They are really in a deplorablo situation'
bad doctors, few medicines; nothing
to cat or dress with proper food for them
makes it still worse. | intended being
here on Tuesday, but on Monday evening,
labout twslveror aftoen miles Of, | heard
f1hcy we're fighting, pushed on and reach
cd here about midnight The cries Of tho
wounded prevented our resting any that
night. We are building brcastwork.-
The Fincastle men have just finished their
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proportion, and | hope all will be dono TO.
morrow. We should have crossed the
Ohio for the Towns ere now, but we must
secure our wounded. His Lordship was
to march 1900 men last Thursday morn.
i ing for the Towns, and wrote to Colonel
Lewis to meet him about twcnty-eigh,
miles on this side Of Chillicofee, at o large
ridge. Chillcoaec lies about twenty miles
farther than the towns We intended for,
and is Of course ninety from here--our pi-
lot says one hundred. His orders were
to meet next Thursday at noon. This we
cant do, as we don't propose crossing
Ohio before Monday perhaps some
may Sunday iu the night
James Fowler, James McAuare, and
Sam Huff started on Monday morning for
here with an account oftbe battle, begging
him to fall down 10 bis vessels. On Thurs
day morning, BY day, little Billy Mann
and some others who had been sent up by
land, came down 10 canoe with the Gov
eror's orders mentioned. We were then
embarrassed, not knowing what bis Lord.
ship would do on hearing how ws,were
situated. Ihave hopes we shall hear from
him Monday night. If no accident hap.
pcDel him be would be gone two days, be-
fore our scouts got to bis camp, which was
at Hockpocking, fifteen miles on this side
Of Little Kauawha. His Lordship has
about ITO becves and $4,000 pounds Of
-four for 1900 msn-about 100 Of which
would remain at camp. IT'S said be had
about thirty pack..horses to take,
and that he would drive with him 100
beeves. Perhaps humanity will induce
him to return and come to us, il be is
found but a little way of, as Colonel Lew
is earnestly begged ho would do 50 BY
Fowler. But should he not, our wounded
must be done with the best we can; and il