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The Federal and rebel forces at Cheat Mountain. --Owing to the recent skirmishing at Cheat Mountain, it will not be uninteresting for our readers to know the number of our forces and their locality on that mountain. At Beverly are the First Virginia Regiment and Sixth Ohio; at Huttonsville, the next station south of east from Beverly, are the 13th and 17th Indiana Regiments; at Elkwater, on the road leading toward Huntersville, are fortified the 3d Ohio and 15th Indiana; and eighteen miles from Elkwater are 6,000 rebel troops, under Col. Loring. On the other road from Huttonsville, leading toward Monterey and Staunton over Cheat Mountain, and on its top are fortified the 14th Indiana, 24th and 25th Ohio, and Loomis's Battery of Flying Artillery. Fifteen miles from this fortification, is General Lee with 9,000 men. Two regiments from this State and three from Indiana are to be moved to-day and to-morrow to General Reynolds's assistance. One of the Indiana regiments passes throu
The New programme for Western Virginia. --It is clear that the "forward movement" of General Lee from the direction of Huntersville and Monterey has been blocked by the judicious fortifications of the enemy, and by the superior numbers of his strongly posted forces. It is plain that some other line of march must be adopted, the camp of Gen. Floyd, beyond Lewisburg at Meadow Bluff, to look after operations in that field. He is to be followed by several thousand of his troops from Huntersville. The Government has also dispatched all the regiments available at Lynchburg to the reinforcement of General Floyd; insomuch, that if a fight does not come ofhall have on that line of operations, by the end of this week, nearly twelve thousand men, counting the sick and the well, exclusive of General Lee's army from Huntersville. These circumstances show very plainly that the Government has resolved upon a new programme for Western Virginia, which contemplates a forward movement,
Virginia on this road, and it is absolutely necessary to the command of Gen. Floyd and to the cause that he should have reinforcements. The enemy have already appeared before Gen. Wise in large force, Gen. Lee went to his succor with four of Gen. Floyd's regiments, which leaves the letter with a very small force. Hence you see the accessity of rapid reinforcements. P. S.--Gen. Wise was fighting yesterday, but with what success is not learned. Gen. Lee had brought with him from Huntersville no troops, and was attended only by an escort of twenty men and three baggage wagons. Meadow Bluff is a strong position, commanding the approach to Lewisburg, whether by the main turnpike road from Ganley Bridge or the Wilderness road from Summersville, or the road from Bowyer's ferry on New River. At this point General Floyd is stationed with what of his command is left after the four regiments taken forward by General Lee, and is very strongly fortified. General Wise is west
From the several divisions of our army in Virginia, nothing of special interest has been received. Some additional incidents of the fight at Greenbrier river are related, one of which is that the enemy fired twenty-six bulge into our hospitals, slightly wounding two of the inmates; and this notwithstanding the building was designated by a white and yellow flag. The Federals, in their retreat, left a stand of regimental colors upon the field which was secured by the Confederate of the attack, which was the successfully repulsed, was entirely unexpected by the troops, the first intimation being the firing upon picket in the distance, while the men in the camps were preparing breakfast. Some excitement was occasioned yesterday by a rumor that Col. Gilham's regiment had been compelled to fall back before a superior place of the enemy at Huntersville, abandoning a large quantity of stores; but we learned last evening that the report was not credited by the authorities in this city.
of a box of hospital supplies, sent from Roswell, Georgia, and designated a "family contribution." Our usual practice has been to make such acknowledgements by letters to the donors. I wish, also, to state that we have made a most satisfactory arrangement for the distribution of the supplies that come into our hands. Adjutant Henry Hoover has engaged to go out, without compensation, and at his own expense, and act as our distributing agent. He leaves to-day for Greenbrier river and Huntersville, with a load of boxes, in a wagon furnished by the Quartermaster at this place. He will remain in the mountains, passing from point to point, receiving the supplies shipped by us to him, and distributing them with his own hand, and to the most needy. Adjutant Hoover possesses the entire confidence of this and other communities in which he is known, and, being actuated by humane and Christian motives, will, we doubt not, be able to add much to the comfort of the sick in our mountain camp
The Daily Dispatch: October 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Another account of the battle on Greenbrier River. (search)
o a safe place, was found today immediately in the road, whose body was at least a monitor to the murderous souls of our enemy of a fact they ought by this time to realize, that many such brave and noble youths will block their passage to our homes. Peace be with you, my friend — a better, braver boy never met a more honored fate. We fear the worst for our follow-soldier from Kentucky, J. G. Carter, We will, however, yet hope to see him return, believing an All wise providence favors the brave and just, and that our esteemed friend has not fallen, but will yet turn up, probably now lost in the mountains. Special couriers from Huntersville state that the main den of the Yankees — Huttonsville --is certainly in the possession of our troops. I believe no one in our camp doubts it, for heavy cannonading has been heard in it, for heavy cannonading has been heard in that direction all day. We are expecting an attack momentarily, and are fully prepared to welcome them again warml
spect of meeting the enemy once more before the campaign is interested by the shows of the coming winter.--the Quartermaster of the brigade, Capt. R. Rank Jr., has accomplished the difficult of transportation with success, though obstacles have been numerous, and his indomitable energy has called forth the praise his commander, and brother officers. from the Northwest state that six of the Federal army have gone Cheat Mountain, one of them to one to Beverly, and four known. If this information there is now but a small force enemy on the mountain. The have some works at Crouch's, on Huntersville to Huttonsville, may become necessary to destroy very recent intelligence related to the operating of our army in that everything being quiet at last have heard of the capture of two by the invaders--Capt. Hood, of the army to Western Virginia H. Yost, who held the post These gentlemen were taken in whither they had gone for the communicating with their families.
the Kanawha: We conversed Saturday with a member of Russell's Mississippi regiment, direct from Sewell Mountain, and also a gentleman from Milborough, who placed us in possession of some additional intelligence from our army in the West. Nothing definite could be ascertained concerning the movements of Gen. Floyd, but it was generally believed that he has gone to Kentucky, as reported yesterday. Gen. Loring has certainly returned with his forces to Greenbrier Bridge, near Huntersville, where he will remain for the winter. The health of our troops on Sewell Mountain is greatly improving, but during the past three or four weeks great mortality has prevailed among the entire command. Russell's regiment, which left Lynchburg some three or four weeks since, has lost one hundred and sixty men by death. Numerous reports prevail among our army as to the whereabouts of Rosencranz. The most general belief is that he has returned to the valley below Cheat Mountain, an
sh at Tallow Knob. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Huntsville, Dec. 31, 1861. About 4 o'clock on the morning of the 29th inst., intelligence was brought to Captain Alexander, (or the Marshall Rangers.) commanding the post at Huntersville, that a small party of Yankees, led by a or named Jacob Gibson, had come to the widow Gibson's house on the Old Field fork of Elk river, and where they were prepared to have spree for a day or two. The Caption sent immediately to a compan camp, tendered their services for the expedition. Having prepared their rations, and being with the prospects of continuing the fiendish invaders; the through a pathless and forest for the scene of action, about twenty miles distant from Huntersville. Late in the evening our boys found that they cou each lace in time to surprise the enemy that night, so they resolved to fall in upon the road which leads to Big Spring, and attack the Yankees on the march if they were retreating, or cut o
rought about from apprehensions of being outflanked by the enemy, who had appeared in the neighborhood in very large force. The particulars of the retreat we have not received, but have it on undoubted authority that the Yankees have occupied Huntersville in, large force — only a few miles distant from the camp at Alleghany, previously held by our forces.--Huntersville is only thirty or forty miles from the Virginia Central Railroad, and it is greatly feared that, without prompt measures, troubHuntersville is only thirty or forty miles from the Virginia Central Railroad, and it is greatly feared that, without prompt measures, trouble may arise in that quarter. In this connection, it may not be improper to allude to the threatening aspect of affairs — the encroachments of the vandals towards the Virginia and Tennessee road. Already have they been in force within sixty miles of this road, while they are continually depredating in the counties which have been evacuated by our forces, carrying destruction wherever they go. A large quantity of provisions, which was left at Peterstown by Floyd, it is feared, has fallen into t
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