The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-13
CAMP AT POINT PLEASANT, At TIE
Mourn OF YE GREAT kANHAwA,
l1th l.inhnr LIZ


Mourn OF YE GREAT kANHAwA,
18th October, l114
Dear Sir,-l have been enQuiring Tor
some days for an opp'y to send some
letters to Grcenbrycr as wanted to
write To YOU and some other friends. |
can find no certain one, but | have
some thought that scme person will be
going Oft to morrow or next dav, as sew
eral talk Of it. About an hour ago
Coloael Lewis asked me If | had written
you. told him had not, but would
this evening. IIedesir,d me to tell you
that he was hurreyed, and that my let
ter You would please to accept OF from
both, as was 10 iuclose you state Of
the battle fought here on Monday, the
lO,h instant, which | will do
| have copy ready, as drawn up by
Colonel Lewis himself, from which you
can have an idea o. it. viii also en-
close YOU state OF the killed and
wounded | made it to-day from what
scattering accounts | could gather. |
have been through all the camps, and
oeileFe that many more men viii uie'
There are many shot IN Two PlaceS;
one in particular, | observed with four
bullets some in three. They are real
ly in depiorahle situation; bad doc.
lots lew li'e"''lhe' ho,h'hS 40 eat ct
dress WIN proper Tor 'hem' makes II
still worse lh'eNGrn De'hS mere o"
Tuesday, lut on Monday evening,
about Twelve or hiteen m"eS on
heard they were u hting' purheu on
and reached here about midnight. Inc
cries OF the wounded prevented our
resting any tha' n'Smt. We are o"''"'
ing a oreastwNK: lne rihcaste men
nave Just hhiShea thelr propor'ion' anu
ana nope all VIII De done tomorrow.
We should Ea'e crossed me oH'o 10Y
the Towns ere now bnt we must secure
our wounded. Ills LDrdship was 10
march l2OO men last Thursday morn
for the Towns, and wrote TO Colonel
Lewis to meet him about twen'y-eISht
miles on tbs size o: Chilllcotfee, at a
large ridge. Chlliicolfee lies ABOUT
twenty miles farther than the towns we
intended for, and Is OF course ninety from
here-our pho. says one hnndred' HIS
orders were 20 meet next thursday al
noon. Tbs we cant do, as we don I
propose crossing OhIo seiore AondAy--
perhaps some may Sunday IN the niIht;
James Fowler, James MGAnare, and
Sam Huff started on Monday morning
from here with an account OF tie bat
tie. begging him to fall down III his
vessels. Ga Thursday morning, by
day, Il little Billy Mann and some
others who had been sent up by land,
came down in canoe with the Gov
ernor orders | mentioned We were
then embarrassed. not knowing what
his Lordship would do on hearIng how
we were situated. | have hopes we
shall hear from him Monday night
If no accident happened him he would
be gone two DAYS, before our scouts got
to his camr, which was at iiockpock-
ing, fifteen miles on this s'da OF L.ttle
Kanawha. His LoTd5hip has about
10 htev,s aud 10000 pounds OF flour
for 1900 inen-ahout 100 Of which
would remain at camp Iis said he
had abont thirty pack.horsrs to take,
and that he would drive with him 100
beeves. Perhaps humanity will in
duce him to return and come to us, II
he is found bat a little way of, as
Colonel Lewis earnestly begged he
would DO so 10y Fowler. But should
he not, our wounded must be done
with the best we can; ana II we don
hear more IRON MN before, we sna .h
march on TUESDAY. morning win
about-days provisions. lis sand
the enemy $ whole forces ana 'am'lles
are assembled at Chllrcoifee, where
they have good houses, plenty OF pro
visions, and ammunition IN 'he sFeal'
est plenty; lhey nave cLeafSn 1h ne
weeds and brush 10 a great Hls'"n nc
around them. Some mere 'hlhk 'n '
Governor army VIII be Tor pushihS on