The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-10-26
BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT.

| BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT.
An Interesting Relic Of aye 0iden
Time"
From the Richmond Dispatch, 0ct, ILL.,
Yesterday was tho anniversary Of the
battle Of Point Pleasant, The following
letter, descriptive Of tha! battle, written
by Colonel William Christian, who com
manded battalion Of men from the
Holston settlement, will DO found fiuter-
est. It has never been published until
now. twas 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:
CAMp AT PoIsr PHEASANT, AT THE
Mourn OF w GREAT KANAwnA.
18th October, lila.
Dear Sir,-l have been cnqairiug for
some days for an opp'Y to send some let.
ters to Grsubrycr, MS / wanted to write
to you and some other friends. | can End
no certain one, but | have some thought
that some person will DO going of to NOR.
row or next day, as several talk Of it.
About an hour ago Colonel Lewis asked
me is | had written to you. | told him
had not, but would this evening. lie dc.
sired INC to tell you that be was hurrcyed
and that my letter you would please to &C.
cept Of from both, as | was to inclosc you
state Of the battle fought here on Mon
day, the 10th instant, which will do.
Ihavo copy ready, as drawn up by
Colonel Lewis himself, from which you
can have an idea Of it. Twill also incloso
you state Of the killed and wounded. =
| made 10 day from what scattering
accounts l 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,
observe with four bullets; some in three
They are really in deplorablo situation
bad doctors, few medicines; nothing
to eat or dress with proper food for them
makes it still worse. intended being
here on Tuesday, but on Monday evening
labout twslyeror. fifteen miles of, | heard
Tthey we're fighting, pushed on and reach.
ed here about midnight. The cries Of the
wounded prevented our resting any thai
night. We are buildings brcastwork.-
The Fincastle men have just finished theil
proportion, and | hope oil will be done 70
morrow. We should have crossed the
Ohio for the Towns ere now, but we mus
secure our wounded. His Lordship va:
to march 1900 men last Thursday morn
ing for the Towns, and wrote to Coloue
Lewis to meet him about twcnty-eight
miles on this side Of Chillico0ee, at q large
ridge. Chillicofee 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 we're
to meet next Thursday at noon. This We
can't do, as we don't propose crossing
Ohio before Neutrality-suspicious. somt
may Sunday 10 the night.
James Fowler, James McAnare, and
Sam Huff started on Monday morning fol
here with an account ofthe battle, begging
him to fall down in 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 we're then
embarrassed, not knowing what bis Lord.
ship would do on hearing how ws,were
situated. have hopes we shall hear from
him Monday night If no accident hap.
penel him be would be gone two days, be.
fore our scouts got to bis camp, which was
at Hockpockiug, fifteen miles on this side
of Little Kauawha. His Lordship has
about ITO beeves and $4,000 pounds Of
-four for 1900 men-about 100 Of which
would remain at camp. IT'S said be had
about thirty 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 little way of, as Colonel Lew
is earnestly begged be would do so BY
Fowler But should be not, our wounded
must be done with the best we can; and il