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The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], War Matters (search)
Wolf Gap, where we now are. Wolf Gap is the place where Gen. Heth wanted to make a stand in defence of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, as it is the great pass to that road. It would have done your very soul good, as it did mine, to see the "Otey boys" throw shell into them, when the cowardly Yankees fled like sheep. Our men fought well and gallantly, and I don't think that we will ever surrender as long as Captain Otey leads us on to battle. The people of Giles Court-House said tCaptain Otey leads us on to battle. The people of Giles Court-House said the enemy carried off ten wagon loads of killed and wounded early in the retreat. Our loss was very small--one man killed and four wounded. Col. Patton, of the 22d Virginia regiment, fell wounded while gallantly loading his regiment in charge. None of our battery was hurt. We captured four prisoners, fifty horses, and a lot of arms, ammunition, and stores. Onslow. Official report of the engagement at Drury's Bluff The following is Captain Farrand's official report of the action