Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-19

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paigns I'D ~ esi Virginia III 1901, ~
McSiieehaa Adctie q AhuetaM campaign IN
ioo1, !, anH An aSneriaan campaign IN
tne valley ot Virginia IN 1854. Gcn.
liayes entered 10 as major OF tho
EIWenty,thlrd Ohio, and commanded
lts hrst brigade over two years. Du-
rlhg 1898 ne lcd the brigade III nu-
mefous arduons expeditions in " est
~ irslnia, one OF these that OF Zen.
ocannon 70 lhe extreme southwestern
part 0t he State for the capture Of
Saltvllle. Ihe expedition succeeded
IN capturing Wythevllle, broke up the
MllWay at that point, and returned
III time 70 assist in preventing the es-
cape 'ol John Morgan from Ohio. NJ
The campaign of 1864 opened. in
accordance with Gen. Grants plan,
by o simultaneous advance of all the
armies, East and West. AS auxiliary
to the operations of the army of the
Potomac before Richmond, this plan
embraced the co-operatiyc movement
by Gen. Sigel up the Shenandoah and
by Gen. Crook up the Kanawha, aim
ing ,at the enemies resources and
lines of communication in the ncigh-
borhood Of Staunton and Lynchburg.
Gen. Crooks forces, including the
brigade Of Col. Hayes, numbering in
all about 60OO men, advanced from the
Upper Kanawha during the last days
Eof April, and made directly for the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad,
shining to strike IL at Dublin station.
The foute lay through an extremely
mountainous country, and, crossing
one range after another, the troops
were exposed to the severe storms Of
ram ana snow prevalent in those
regions IN the spring Of the year, and
encountered extreme difficulties and
hardships. The enemy was occa-
sionally met, bnt was readily brushed
out OF The way, until May =. when he
TOOK position on Cloyd. Mountain, the
name gwen 70 mountain spur, with
steep ana densety wooded slopes,
skirted by 4 stream OF water. The
rebel forces, comprising infantry aud
artillery, occupied one Of the crests
of the spur, and their line was cover
| Gd by rude breast-work: Col Hayes
I ied i.e, ms brigade against this position
| Inc approach Iay thronsh q Ieve
1 open pn:n,i li.c'lioW, ~ aoout MD yarus Wiue
Wilt ny. .'.o uooPs erosseu =. q uouuo ~.
and artillery, without returning 8
shot. Then, after a moments pause
they dashed across the stream, and
mounting the hill made furious as
sault on the ienemy's entrenchments
which they carried, capturing two
guns. The enemy fell back to sec
ond crest of the mountain, and there
tried to renewtlfc fight, -but'was fol
lowed up and again driven off. Tht
rebels, now reinforced, made a thirt
effort TO bent back their aosaiiants
but met with no better success, ant
4 Ned preeipitateiy, losing largely IL
killed and wounded, among the form
CT being their leader, Gen. Jenkins
The struggle at the guns was desper
ate, the rebel artillerymen endeavor
ing toload their guns when the as
sailants were not over ten PAGES oil
i First to reach the guns was privat
Kosht, of the Twenty-third, a boy o
Feighteen, who sprang forward fron
! the ranks and witlra a shout thrust hi
a cap into the muzzle of the capture'
/ twenty, -four poundcr, which the enc