The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-05-21
LETTER FROM MASON co.
oErENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
fgrom the Charleston Conrier.l

and good deal Of pltriotic feeling Is be
ing exhibited 10 that direction History
records that on the morning Of the 10th 0
October, l774, there was Tough! at thi
Point one Of The seVerest and most hOtly
contested aud bloody battles between tbr
whites under General Lewis and the In
diaUs uader command Of the great war
rior, COrnstalk, that ever took place ii
the early times Of this country.
1t is, in fact, claimed that this was thC
irst battle Of the revolution, and for free.
dom from the British yoke Oa the l0tt
Of October, 1871, nobuOlrel years will
have elapsed since that memorable battle
10 which the troops under Gen. Lewis
achieved such o triumph, not, however
without TIE loss of mauy noble men,
Among The number we're Colonel Charlie,
Lewis, Col FIemning, Col. Field, Capt
Buford, Capt. Morrow, Capt Wood, Capt.
Candif, Capt. Wilson, aud Captain
Robert McClannahan, and Lieutenant'
Allen, GoIdsby aud Dillon, together with
many Of the volunteers, whose names his
tory does not even do the justice to record
This battle was won BY little strategy
on the part Of General Lewis Gas history
records it) Seeing the impracticabiIisy
Of dislojging the indians, BY the most wig,
orous attacks, and sensible Of the great
danger which must arise to bis army il
the contest was not decided before night
he detached three companies, which were
commanded by Captains Isaac Shelby,
George Mathews and John Stuart, with
orders to proceed up the Kanawha river
aud Crooked creek, under cover Of the
banks and weeds, until they should pass
some distance beyond the enemy, when
they we're to emerge from their covert.
march down toward the point point
Pleosaut) and attack the Indians 10 their
rear" The ruse planned was faithfully
executed, and gave decided victory to
the Colonial army, aud the 'Iudiaus 6Od,
ing themselves suddenly aud unexpectedly
GuCompas.ed between two armies, and no.;
doubling but that in their rear, WIS the
looked for rGiHlorCements under Col
Christian, soon gave way and comm'ucet
a prcciptatc retreat across the OiO =
The creek alluded to 10 the quotation
above is situate northeast Of our town, aud
and cmpties into the Kanawha about bali
a milc above its mouth, Iti.:.a sc = 1t
mantle stream, spl is exactly what its
name indicates, a very Crooked creek F"
The following gentlemen, with others Of
high reputation (Which we copy from
CHRONICLES of Border Warfare were
officers 10 the battle at Point Pleasant, and
it will be seen, many Of them advanced to
high and honorable positions in this gov.
ernmonr General Isaac Shelby, the first
Governor of Kentucky, aud afcrward
Secretary of War General William Camp
bell, aud Colonel John Campbell, heroes
Of Kings Mountain and Long Island;
General Rpa6Shelby, one Of the most fasl
vorea ci'i1cns Of Tennessee, often honcrsd
with the confidence oEthat State; Colonel
William Flomming, au active Governor
Of Virginia during the Revolutionary War;
General Andrew Moore, of Rockorilge,
the only man, ever elected ty Virginia
from the country west of the Blue Ridge
to the Senate Of the United States; Colonel
William Mckee, of Lincoln county, KY;
Colonel John Steel since a Governor
Of Mississippi; Colonel Charles Cameron of
Bath; General B Wells, of Ohio, and
General George Matthews a distinguished
officer in the war Of the Revolution, Gov
ernor Of Georgia, and once United State
Senator from that State"
The bones Of Colonel Lewis and others
Of the slain in this battle, now rcpOse in
reservation" Of some forty feet square
on the lot on which the old fort stood, and
The same lot now owned by James Stone
and John W. Deem. Close to this re.
servalion is built a stable, and into this
Chat should be sacred spot to every pa
triotic hcart) is thrown all the refuse
of this stable, 1t has even been used
as q pig.Sty, in which hogs were fattened.
It stands there a burning shame and dis
grace to our town, while the remains Of
CornstaIk is said to be buried in the court
house yard A number Of years ago q
a monumental association was organized in
this place for the purpose Of raising funds
to erect monument to the memory of
the brave and noble heroes who fell in the
bloody battle Of the 10th Of October, l774,
but The war Of 1861 coming on, it was
smothered, and since that time no effort
has been made to re. organize it,
1t is to revive this spirit, aud momori7o
this great battle for liberty Of one hundred
years ago, aud to retrieve the honor Of the
country, tardy though it be, to the heroic
men vho achieved this great victory, that
this Centennial celebration is now being
agitatcl. The movement is a noble one
aud worthy the encouragement aud sup.
port of every truly patriotic citizen.
The Centennial Anniversary can be a