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The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Moral epidemics. (search)
ay form some idea of the almost impenetrable hill sides between which our troops are compelled to march, exposed to a murderous fire from both sides. An open foe can always be met with equal weapons, but our brave volunteers, ignorant of the country, fight against odds, through the hills, ravines and passes of Western Virginia. They trudge along unmolesting, and are shot down in their tracks. They seek the enemy, and find scarcely a foot-print. A company of the 23d regiment went to Glenville, with a Government train, with orders to make a detour via Bulltown, and scour the country. When four miles from Bulltown, the rear guard was fired into from an overhanging rock. The only evidence of the proximity of an enemy was the report of their guns, the smoke of the powder, and the rattling of the balls. Not a human being, beyond the Union troops, was to be seen. Three men were wounded--one behind the ear, another in the back, and a third in the leg. Every shot ranged downward.