..., and of the difficulty of defending a position threatened by over 3,000 Federals at the Pocotaligo, 1,500 from Ripley to Sissonville, and forces from the north by Summersville. He had an engineer, Colonel Adler , a Hungarian, a man of consummate ability, science and bravery, aided by Prof. Thomas I. L. Snead, of William and Mary, and Lieut. J. B. Harvie. We are throwing up breastworks and defenses at every p...