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The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Army in the northwest. (search)
inety-one prisoners, besides a large number of horses, with inconsiderable loss on our side. The enemy retreated and were as quickly pursued. Governor Wise has about 10,000 men in his command, and to oppose him General McClelland has 19,000. The absurdity of the foregoing is apparent to any one who knows the situation of affairs. Letters from our forces under Gen. Garnett, dated Monday, July 1st, report all quiet, with an occasional capture of a Federal prisoner. The following is Col. Heck's official dispatch to Gen. Garnett, communicating the particulars of the occupation of Buckhannon by a portion of the force under his command: Camp Garnett, June 28, 1861. Gen. Garnett, Com'g. forces N. W. Va. I have the honor to report that, in obedience to your orders, I left this camp for Buckhannon on the 26th instant, with a force amounting in all to three hundred men, and made a march of 18 miles, encamping for the night five miles east of Buckhannon. Scouts were
The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Northwestern Virginia. (search)
re, (five companies of infantry,) to march immediately to join the command of Col. Heck. They were off by times this morning. It has just been ascertained here thannon, about twenty miles from Camp Garnett, and I presume it is the object of Col. Heck to advance upon them at once. It is highly important that the movement of thace about 11 o'clock this morning, en route for St. George. About 2 o'clock, Col. Heck, who it seems was ignorant of the movements of the said companies, sent ordertance at a moment's warning. Two messengers arrived here late this evening from Heck's camp, who stated that the enemy are marching upon his position. A letterajor Taylor, passed through this place this morning from Laurel Hill, to join Col. Heck's command at Camp Garnett. They left Laurel Hill at two o'clock this morning upon a requisition from Col. Heck, who is menaced with an attack from the enemy from the direction of Buckhannon. The following is added in a postscript:
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway in jail. (search)
, who were believed to have been killed or taken prisoners, have since the battle found their way into the camp of the Confederate troops. The last heard of Col. Heck's command was that he was making his way through the mountains to join Gen. Garnett's forces, but as it was reported that Gen. Garnett had retired from Laurel Hill, and his position of destination unknown, it was uncertain when Col. Heck would join him. Col. Scott's regiment was said to be about forty miles from Staunton, and had been rein forced by several regiments, within the past few days. It was also reported that ten thousand of the Federal army were between Gen. Gannett'sn balls shot through him. All of Capt. Iavin's company, from Buckingham, was killed, together with all of his officers, except Lt Col. Bondurant and fifteen men. Col. Heck escaped to Gen. Garnett, it is thought, and it is supposed that Gen. Garnett retired into Hardy or Pendleton counties. Col. Scott came upon the field just a
The Daily Dispatch: July 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Notice to our Subscribers. (search)
[special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.]death of Gen. Garnett.surrender of Confederate troops. Gordonsville. July 18. --I have seen Col. W. E. Starke, one of Gen. Garnett's Aids.--Gen. Garnett was killed. Gen. McClellan has had his body preserved in ice at Grafton Messrs. Bruce and Garnett have gone for it. One hundred of Gen. Garnett's command were killed and wounded, and baggage, guns, &c., were lost. Our troops are retreating in good order on Monterey. Mr. Starke goes to Richmond to-day. Col. Heck, of the Virginia Volunteers has surrendered with four hundred men. Four Georgia companies also surrendered, of Ramsay's Regiment. (Capts. Crump, Evans, Wilkins and Pinkard)--six hundred in all. Duncan,
The Daily Dispatch: July 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter from a Yankee volunteer. (search)
that I learn by a gentleman (more direct from Beverly) that they are there as prisoners, with about 500 others of the troops which were at Rich Mountain under Colonels Heck and Pegram. The retreat was made through the woods to the road leading from Beverly to Laurel Hill, with a view of joining Gen. Garnett; but finding that he hves of these young soldiers. I will only add, that the history of modern warfare shows few examples of a better contested field than was this engagement of Cols. Heck and Pegram, with 12 or 1500 men against 9,000 of the enemy. The reports of killed and wounded are so conflicting that I will say nothing. Had Garnett been able to hold Laurel Hill, the retreat of Heck and Pegram would have resulted well, and with that of the five companies under Tyler, would have left the enemy but few captives to take charge of. The destination of the prisoners is not yet settled. All accounts give the pleasing intelligence that the officers and many of the men o
The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Funny incident (search)
y. One of the artillerymen had seven shots in him before he left his gun. He finally fell down, rolled towards a stable, and never got up again. Among the prisoners in a company of South Branch Riflemen from Hardy county. The writer saw Colonel Heck, of Morgantown, who is also a prisoner, who told him that Charles W. Russell laid behind the first barricade with a musket in his hands, but the day before the action took place he left and went towards Richmond. Captain William Thompson was at Laurel, in Colonel Jackson's Regiment. Heck says he felt three weeks ago that he was on the wrong side. --Many persons from the rebel army are giving themselves up, and the hills were full of them. They are scattered all over the country. Ex-Lieutenant Governor William L. Jackson, of Parkershurg, in the Rebel army, was killed at Cheat Mountain Pass. A gentleman who arrived yesterday from Beverly states that a young lawyer from Morgantown, named Lowry Wilson, was among the killed o
The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway Negro. (search)
y. One of the artillerymen had seven shots in him before he left his gun. He finally fell down, rolled towards a stable, and never got up again. Among the prisoners in a company of South Branch Riflemen from Hardy county. The writer saw Colonel Heck, of Morgantown, who is also a prisoner, who told him that Charles W. Russell laid behind the first barricade with a musket in his hands, but the day before the action took place he left and went towards Richmond. Captain William Thompson was at Laurel, in Colonel Jackson's Regiment. Heck says he felt three weeks ago that he was on the wrong side. --Many persons from the rebel army are giving themselves up, and the hills were full of them. They are scattered all over the country. Ex-Lieutenant Governor William L. Jackson, of Parkersburg, in the Rebel army, was killed at Cheat Mountain Pass. A gentleman who arrived yesterday from Beverly states that a young lawyer from Morgantown, named Lowry Wilson, was among the killed o
The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Republican falsehoods. (search)
f lies which occur in an article copied into this paper yesterday morning from a Baltimore paper, and by that paper taken from that infamous sheet, the Wheeling Intelligencer. The article relates to the fight at Rich Mountain and succeeding events. We notices some of its falsehoods. It states that "Ex-Lieut. Gov. Wm. L. Jackson" "was killed at Cheat Mountain Pass."--Col. Jackson is safe with his regiment at Monterey. It states that Col. Lowry Wilson, of Morgantown, was killed at Rich Mountain Col. Wilson is now in this city. A statement made by the Black Republican editor, which our informant considers especially unjust and outrageous, is that Col. Heck had declared after his arrest that "six weeks ago he felt that he was on the wrong side." Our informant knows Col. II. well, and utterly discredits the statement. He believes him to be true and loyal to Virginia, and is confident that he never could have been induced to make such a confession as that attributed to him.
The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Francis S. Bartow. (search)
march for Beverly, a distance of sixteen miles, which place we came within three miles of, when we found that a very formidable blockade had been erected, which we could not pass, and, therefore, had to march back on the route we had previously come, to a road that led to the Northeast, towards St. George, in Tucker county, which we entered early in the morning. [Here I would state, in the way of parenthesis, that it was the object of General G. to form a connection with Colonels Pegram and Heck, who were stationed at Rich Mountain, and move on Cheat Mountain, via Huttonsville; but the enemy, it seems, cut us off, and got between the two commands, and had our small force almost completely surrounded.] Thus, you will see, our command, composed of four companies of cavalry, Captain Shoemaker's Danville Artillery, Colonel William B. Tallaferro's 231 Regiment, Colonel Jackson's Regiment, Colonel Fulkerson's 37th Regiment, and the Georgia Regiment, Colonel Ramsey, and a small Battalion un
The Daily Dispatch: September 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway. (search)
other officers I am unable to ascertain.--This company was ordered to Rich Mountain, where, a few weeks after their arrival, Captain Ervin was seriously injured by a fall which he received, and has not recovered yet. He was a fine officer and his loss is much regretted by his company. Had the opportunity occurred, this brave gentleman would have given a good account of himself. After his mishap, the command devolved upon Lieut. Terrill. His company, called the Bath (Va.) Greys, were in Col. Heck's command, and were taken prisoners at Rich Mountain; were paroled, and are now at their respective homes waiting to be exchanged, when they will again start, as before, ready and eager for a brush with the enemy. They had a shooting match at Rich Mountain, in which the Greys far excelled, cutting the target literally to pieces, at the distance of three hundred yards. The cavalry and the Greys are composed of the flower of Bath. We have a regularly organized hospital at Warm Springs,
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