Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-24

had leg taken of by acannon ball fired
from the Cleveland artillery. This With the
wound Of Colonel, now General Kelly were
the casualties reported ct the me. The
town was deserted by its citizs rs. only one
family remaining, whose name We have no
record of.
It was the talk among the troops after
occupying Phillip that the enemy got
away from us because the guide led the
army into the town by the wrong road.
At any rate the road by which We advanced
left another unobstructsd for, the enemy
to retreat, which they did without much
CEREMONY. One Of the enemy named
S;mms as captured and imprisoned IN
the Court House at Phillip % teng the
man who shot General Kelly. He was sub
stauently, We think, sent TO Grafton, and
in the course of time paroled. As before
stated it hiss of late been in dispute IS TO
whether Colonel Kelly was
Shot BY the Enemy
or accidentally by one of his own men.
We know OF members of the old First Vir-
giDis who will swear that they talke with
the man Sinms and that be ack loSleiges
that he shot Colonel Kelly and did II IN
self defense.
The Ohio and Indiana troops that associ-
sted with the First Virginia in the advance
on Philippi were all uniformed and
equipped, even unto canteens, haversscks,
&c When the artillery began firing, and
the command was given double quick"
the troops stripped themselves Of these
conveniencss and flung them on the road,
which was strewn with them for quite
distance.
The wagons of the enemy were packed
An Indsscribable Variety OF Goods,
such as clothing and estaoles- Tae Dutch
oven loaf Of old Virginia corn bread was
very conspicuous in the collection. Qlite
anpmber of these loaves were tramped In
the ppd by our boys out OF pure devil
/ ment.
One Of our Wellsburg boys being handy
with q razor was called upon to shave
| Colonel Kelly shortly after he received his
| wound. The Colonel complimeDted him
| upon his skill as tonsorial artist, thanked
| him kindly and gave him words Of encour-
! sgemsnt for the cause OF the Union aud
by him senthis regards TO all "his boys"
A soldier always likes little something
| to brace up on, and jf there is any within
| ten miles of camp he will lind il as surely
as the beasts of the field or the birds of the
| air find their food by the gift Of instinct.
While the First Virginia was in camp near
! Warrington, Va, q few of the boys heard
| that Mr.. John Mike, q citizen near by, bad
little still that yielded him each year
quantity Of the
Real, simon Pare Appie.Jack.
Restrictions against the ardent fluid were
not so great then as now. IL they were
they, as now, were only made to be broken.
An application to Mr.. Mike for some Of his
spirits was not by him refused. The boys
returned 10 camp, treated" sfew contiden-
tial friends and told them where they co nd
To- lx-ao hal nu ~ dan
lial friends were not long in making up
their minds and their purse for visit to
Mr.. Mikes still and securing some OF his
excellent apple jack. They started-your
correspondent one of the cumberland on
the way We met Mr.. Nike whom We knew,
having seen him before we knew of the
still. We made known to him our errand.
He informed US that he had but very
small quantity Of the apple.jsck left and OF
that small quantity he had just fitted up
two or three bottles to present to our
Colonel. We told him that the Colsnel
would be satisfied with one bottle less, and
that We were awful tired and dry. We
workt d upon tbs good nature OF the kind
hearted old man until he very willing gave
us q bottle. He continued his journey
TOW ards the quarters of the Colonel and We
to retired spot to
Enjoy the Liquor.
To say that it was good would be doing bnt
poor justice to Mr. John Mikes hospitality
aud the quslity Of his liquor. 1t vas ex-
cellent, delicious, fit for emperors and
kings. Its equal we have never found
since. Whether the Colonel ever knew
that some of Ibis brave boys had caused
mis- stock of applejack to be one bottle less,
We know not, but we do know that neither
he nor bis staff enjoyed the treat more
than that little party of his boys.
On one of the houses in Philippi, IN
which some of the Wellsburg boys were
quartered, bore an inscription something
ike this: Kelly Avengers,' meaning that
they would svenge the death of Colonel
Kelly, as it was thought at that time chat
he could not recover.