The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-07-23

great advantage over Milr0y's attacking parity
but nulW liuslandinE this the battle lasted sew
crd hours when Ailroy retired IN good order
% his camp.
D uid temporarily turn from this engage
mont % give aU account ol another that occur
red on tig @d oi January. OH this occasion IL
was an pxuad itiOu sent from Elkwater 10 Hun
tcTsyIle ln '8cahouias County, the principal
base ol supplies for tho enemy force stationed
at AleeHarv summit and Monterey. This eX-
pedjtion was designed % C,rite the enemy
and to e.ny thy supplies stored there. The
expedition WAS uudcr the command OF Maj.
1eorEe Nrb,.ur and consisted ol 400 OF the
MJaIs -1,h uHio BOO OF the 2d W. Va. MAJ.
Owens commanding aud 2S eft Capt brauEeU S
cavalry. Mai Nrn-tcIs march was ~ miles
90 AUutu-yIIe, whore he found the enemy IN
f0TCp abuut one mile from town. The Mayor
attacked tileM with viror. aud drove them
from tleir iIst position 10 the second, ANA
lu.d 9 charged
DRnI~o THE ENEMY FROM THE TOWN,
capturing largo amount OF Qua3c4master and
GOmWIs-aIE stores Hs follows. a50 barrels ol
-four l5a 600 pounds salt beef 30 600 bounds ui
salt aud "a good supply of sugar, coffee, rice
bac0n. clothing etc; estimated value $4,000
Having uu transportation, The captured stores
were burned. Cur command, returning at once
brought with them a large uumber Of Carblues
6Bhers pistols and army clothing
Now, my object iu tuwibg SO abruptly from
the c0HsarJHt 1n OF the engagement by Mi.r0y
at Camp Ie many 10 refer 10 Maj. Wobsiers
expedition 5 hiss: j wish "a make a statement
of the fact that the Confederate authorities
from the beginning to the close Of the rebel
lion dad lHuii1u.lv deceive their followers 10y
misst8temous of results OF battles as 20 num-
bers engaged numbers killed, wounded and
missing un heir side, and general annihilatiUn
OF the lH.au forces. This is not a mere asscr-
tou-a gue-s upon my part; % Is history, and
doubt not "a those of the South who continually
made These statements could have iorcseen
that at some future day their official II reports
Noult hggnHIc lIp common property ol the Ma
tlOU, they would have been very careful, aud
reported moro truthtuly Would il not he
charitable. though, 10 assume that they knew
that their cause was desperate one, and real
lzing tiEt large nGmbrr of lhelr own people
had -eiipus doubts and misgivings as 20 the
iustnczs aI cause that would attempt the de-
struCt8u 90! The Constitution and flag, born and
christcneu through and hy the hcroism aud
sacrifices 90 ileiI f0relathers, were not willing
participant hence, like tho iimid whistlng
in the dark to keep their courage up they were
compelled 90 manufacture glowing accounts Of
the proves ~ their own du.uded people in
order 10 guard against descrtious and to secure
recruits
ln selecting the two aforementioned en-
EaEemunfs 60 illustrate my point. ] was not
influenced in the selection of these two cN-
ampies because they presented special inaccu-
IaciUs, and b cannot bee said they were extra
ordinary oT isolated cases. Any two engage
ments n0 matter when or where, would show
precisely hr same general results,
Tho acroHuis 81 the engagements az Camp
Aloghauy and huntcTsyille are taken from tho
ofcia. records OF the Union and Confederate
armies and published pursuant TO an act Of
Congress, aIaa from TINS authority quote:
Col d. johnson Confederate commanding at
Camp Allegheny. reports this morning Dec. l3. our
picsuis were driven iu about a m. The enemy
appeared lu i'fce not less than 5UJB men. j have
only Hiluut POO -Four huuGIcd Of my men met
TIE cucIuN ou IIe right flank and defeated Them.
ou lhe .r iile enemy attacked our iutrencImcnta
hui tHlul So carry them. The contest lasted seven
hours. 0uF VICTORY hAr been complete. The one
my len Ulnn Ihr field 35 dead nHd l3 wounded.
Seven Huliliituc-s were seen carrying the dead
and woIi1lae,i itoin thc field.
Col. JoiUsous report OF particulars, and his
comments. s "a laHE one-ioo long for this
arucle--srd would NOT interest the reader, but
have given sufficient ] trust, Tor the reader
20 lnicuFc the facts. Let us for a moment
look at nae figures
Muroy'- force was: