The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-13

enth va. cavalry reports that in an
attack upon the rear OF. the column
Apru 20. by the enemy's cavalry on
! the Clarksburg road, Pr1ya1e5.sEeteS
! Armstrong. Company was kfilee.
HE'S regiment reached Bridgeport at
eco .. m
I named sims who was home on fur
longh. shot and killed one OF Jones's
scouts on Tunnel hill Between Ciarks-
burg and Bridgeport -.
me Following is a sketch OF the
situation at the time OF the JonesS
rid by that gallant soldier Wat1er
M Morris, Company 3, Third West
Virginia cavalry. who participated IN
engagements. -
| "C1arksburg remained w1t t1a1 c TN
federal lines tas.oushont1 Iae.S 49, eas
var and was an important point TOT
the concentration OF trops OF various
commands where they We're further
equipped. drilled and otherwise pre-
pared for more active and vigorous
military operations
zone Of the first considerable forces
to d:sennbark here was General s.Iy-
Ter with his brigade in Nay. 1901.
Moving from this point by night, ne
surprised small force OF the enemy
at weston at the break OF day, and
command then at or In the region OF
Sommerville and Gauley bridge
This move was soon followed by
the arrival OF Generals Mcclellan and
Rosecrans in June. which force moved
on against General PeSram at R1cn
mountain and Carricks ford Inc
concentration OF these forces IN the
mountains OF Southwestern Virginia
necessitated the adoption OF clarks-
burg as a base or suppnes.
..For this purpose large comnlssary
and uuartermaster warehouses We're
built near the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad depot for the storage OF
these supplies, and it was not an IN
usual sight to see fifty or more wag-
ons. loaded with provisions and mu-
nitions Of war, leave these ware
houses in single train to be hauled
TO the several detachments OF the
army then occupying different posi-
lions in the mountains OF west VIZ
ginia.
"a large corral was also built here
where a large number or horses and
mules were collected Tor the use or
the different branches of the army.
This necesSitated the purchase OF a
considerable amount of hay and grain
for the subsistence Of these animals.
No important battle was fought on
Harrison county'S soil, but IN ApTll,
1863, while General Roberts was IN
command OF the forces at Clarksburg.
Weston, Buckhannon, Beverly and
sutton, General Jones of the Confed-
crate army. began his Invasion OF
central West Virginia, coming wa
Oakland, Morgantown and Farmont,
while General Imboden was approach
ing from the south by the way of Bev-
erly and Buckhannon- This stimuli
taneous move on the part of the Con
federates So alarmed General Rob
erts that he promptly withdrew his
forces from the ouposts and after de-
stroying all his military supplies at,
Buckhannon and Weston, he united
his forces at C1arksburS on the TWEEN
ty-eighth He now had fully 5000
men under his command at this place.
Meantime Jones was approaching
from the north and was IN Shinnston
on the 10Th, while Imboden following
IN the wake OF Union troops was ap-
preaching via Weston, Jane Lew, Lost
Creek and Peel Tree General Rob
erts was. greatly lacking for cavalry
for scouting purposes One company
under Captain Lot Bowen was his
only available cavalry at the time.
'.On April 80. Captain Bowen with
sixty-two men, rank and file. was sent
to reconnciter the situation down the
river towards Shinnston, while the