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The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Army in the northwest. (search)
Regiments whipped a portion of Wise's army, near Buckhannon, Upshur county, killing seventeen and taking ninety-one prisonernett, communicating the particulars of the occupation of Buckhannon by a portion of the force under his command: Camp that, in obedience to your orders, I left this camp for Buckhannon on the 26th instant, with a force amounting in all to thof 18 miles, encamping for the night five miles east of Buckhannon. Scouts were sent out on all the roads leading from our camps or from Buckhannon in the direction of Phillippi or Clarksburg. About 1 o'clock the scouts on the road leading to BuBuckhannon, 10 in number, having advanced within ½ miles of the town to guard a mill, (grinding meal for us,) were fired upon On the 27th instant; our forces marched into the town of Buckhannon and purchased from the citizens a sufficient quantity of the citizens of Upshur county. Many of the citizens of Buckhannon, who fled at our approach as from a deadly fee, returned
The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway (search)
ce in General Scott. His health is very bad, having a complication of diseases. He insists on doing everything himself. It was General Scott who induced Mr. Lincoln to appoint General Dix to command the army on the Potomac, thereby superseding, with a civilian of seventy, the young, vigorous officer in command. The appointment was not agreeable to the Cabinet, which desired to have it changed, which may yet be done. The northwest. The Cincinnati Gazette has the following Buckhannon, Va., July 2.--Gen. Rosecrans occupied this place on Sunday morning, and will probably remain here for several days.--The rebels are separated and reported to be in large force at Beverly and Berlington. At the latter place fortifications and a casemated redoubt have been erected. Four cannons are planted commanding the Phillippi road. The position is said to be a very strong one. From the most reliable reports it is ascertained that from seven to ten thousand armed Secessionists a