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lure compelled to laii uacx again into tne road, where they were for some time exposed to a very heavy lire. It was here that company B, Woodruff Rifles, suffered severely. They were on the extreme left and took nearly all shots, but not a man flinched nor left his place; two fell dead and seven were laid on the roadside badly wounded. In a short time the bridge was cleared, and the troops wentth rough and rallied on the other side. The order wus given to carry the hill at the point of tho bay ouet, and with another cheer the men went at it, and never was there a charge under such disadvantages so bravely made. The Woodruff Rifles, though on the left at the start, were among the fir9t on the top of the hill, Captain Austin leading the charge, and the flag presented to the company by the ladies of New j Albany, was the first that waved over the heights of JBarboursville. The enemy were I completely routed, and fled in every direction,I leaving guns, swords, uniforms, horses, strewn I all over the ground. Col. Neff immediately I dispatched Sergeant Crawford of Company B to Col. Woodruff with the intelligence, and asking reinforcements, as the rel»els were said to I be in large numbers a short distance from the I place, and he feared an attack. Col. Woodruff I immediately ordered the evacuation of Guyan-I dotte, and that night the entire regiment occu-I pied the heights from which the enemy had I been driven that morning. We remained eu-I camped, for two days thereafter, when we re-I ceived orders to join Gen. Cox, some forty miles I distant, on the Kanawha; after two days hard 1 marching, through a drenching rain and a I mountainous country, with roads almost im-I passable, we arrived at this camp, where we found Gen. Cox with three Ohio regiments.I The rebels were fortified, to the number of 11,700 on top of a mountain, known as Coal I Mountain, some four miles further up the river, j I They had several pieces of artillery, and were I known to hestronu'lv entrenched. On the 17th
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New Albany Daily Ledger
New Albany, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 25, 1861
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