Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-26

without guile and with pure purpose
let US renew our trust III God and go
forward without fear and with manly
hearts,"
While congress was assembling i'm
portant military movements were in
progress. After repeated urging from
Washington General Patterson on July
2 once more sent his army across the
Potomac at Williamsport. There has
been so much controversy over Patter-
sons i'll starred campaign that it is
we'll nigh impossible to get an unbiased
statement of the facts, but it is agreed
that in this instance his delay was
caused by waiting for re-enforcements
and supplies.
The movement began at o'clock on
a beautiful morning. General Patter-
son reviewed the troops as they filed
past. The men were elated at this Sec
0nd entrance into Virginia, but this
time observed silence for the reason
that the enemy was encamped on the
other side of the river The Union adj
vance was led by Colonel John J. Aber-
crOmbie, and he was on the COnfeder-
ates before they were prepared to re-
ceive company. Nevertheless a warm
reception was afforded for a time,
when the sOutherners gave way and
retreated down the river, abandoning
blankets, knapsacks and other pro-
visions on the way. In order to charge
the enemy the Federal troops had to
demolish a barn and carriage house.
Stonewall Jackson's First Fight.
Colonel T. ]. C'Stonewalr) Jackson
was in command of the COnfederates,
this being his first fight Of any mo-
ment in the war; The loss on the I'm
ion side was three killed and ten
wounded, and that of the foe is be-
lieved to have been larger. This was
known as the battle Of Falling Waters.
The army of General Patterson now
advanced and on July occupied Mar
tinsburg, where it was joined on the
9Th by Colonel Stone with two regi-
ments and Colonel Lew Wallace with
one and on the 9th by General Sand
ford with two regiments There is no
question now that this gave General
Patterson an army numerically su-
perior to the opposing force under Gen
eral Johnston.
Events had been moving even more
swiftly III the western end of the
state. On July l the legislature of
the restored government of Virginia"
met at Wheeling and formally ratified
the choice of Francis II. PierpOnt for
governor There is one anomalous
fact concerning Pierpont. FL was
never technically the governor of West
Virginia, which was admitted into the
Union in 1863 although born in that
state and still a citizen thereof Yet
until 1868 he was recognized by Wash
ington as the governor Of the entire
state of Virginia and after the fall of
Richmond had his capital in that city.
On the same day that the Wheeling
legislature met General L. A. Morris,
leading the advance of McClellan's
army, fought the battle of Buckhan-
non General Morris had two regi-
ments and the Confederates a divi-
sion under General Henry A. Wise,
former governor of Virginia. The I'm
ion losses were small. The Confeder-
ates were repulsed and lost. it was re-
ported, % killed and 200 prisoners.
On July General Mcclellan adj
vanced to Buckhannon with the main
army General Morris was already
facing the Confederate General Gar
nett at LaUrel hill and, while instruct
ed not to attack, was thoroughly feel
ing out his position Skirmishes were
occurring almost daily.
July 8 the Ninth Indiana and the
Fourteenth Ohio engaged the Third
Georgia and portions of several other
Confederate regiments at Bealington,
a village at the foot of Laurel hill,
near Beverly. The action was opened