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li'ian] over tlia I'ViIt ffl nriiiii w t-oiirt’ly { ovorshniw il Ii_v tldsG •lt;! mnd.and 'lie ' name nf (I11 Lnr'n will be heralded by [ the chivalry fir Iuk emeess in furnishing the maieri d ndici'. witli lo prenTvo the • 8 mill. Tlin I. 'i ilnlurc of Virginia won j onvened hy/Govern. r Letcher n eliorl I lime since for llio c.'pce.lal purpura* of do. »i'ing some mo inn fur procuring mi'i.— | Il is not improbable iliai the rebel litwhi util. We r, liilli'il i l ii pin'nf llui smnu ! ■ l -Liru.i ill, InJ/hmp I Mil ;in puny, wasnyet'e, mi tin. loili A imniliiir of C, whoso name I ■■ iitihi not I--ini. n’ n'nuiiiliiil ini ilio ni :lil nf tlm lfitli liili- noting as courier. Jr-se Joseph Clinton county.. U;ii', n ruonrlier n| ijic dTdi Ohio, was killoln’ Uliirln.'ni), the 13ili.• l’lie value of (ho I'fopo tv lo.-t In tip.pi veis sniv in the renwv-d of llio army ! Goernrn'iil. in die re treat from the vi of Gen. Coz from ilio Kanawha valley, |/®f. '4 ostimatoil by the post uommlmtheir g.il ten opponuniiy. nr,.I lim they : vi.ip an I qn .rierniasiers in vrlim'O chargedetermined upon tin* rour»e which bug *1 whv, ai ¥.000,000. -Tlii.* includes onesince proven successful.- At nr.y rate the Confederates liare ’pnt what thi. cm. bryotic nation was “«p(*ilinjj” from lack ofThe snli works aro owned by men -vlio even when w'itliir tbo Federal lino,,-,' srnVilJ tr.iin of ivajoi.n wi.ioli was eui off ‘iwtir Gmiluy, arid all t e coinmiss ry storm destroyed at ChAilvtfln.‘ It i* impoisib'o, of course, to link an neeur.ito cstim.ito of lliu rebel loss at Bbj.it-iM ml OIutIcbihd. Inn it may «.(•■avowe.l their sympathy and ulfilmtioiw h 1“ P'» dawn ut li.ir :imua il.ntauilniii-with the rebels, and under the oircuiu?-i*'' fel1ur fsrce*._ In their assaults upon ! itanoea-which now surrflnnl-tfiern ’ avm the iWWtWJWI fff ViifPi?*'nti 'tlfflrrTffrbe dispose I to use every cxcrtiun in be -half of the Southern cause. Tiioy util, i however, he compelled U seek out now help, as the oon'rsbanlls who have herolofnrn peiformel all the labor are at Kiolldllg bv present located in Ohio, with n dctermi iiiiii.i i never again to visit the nr nlirr of President*.’’Vltr. L»T£ B.lTTIiiFifteen kills I and tovanty-five woun deit is a f.dr estimate uftho Fed mis at the battle nl Fayette. As I staled in tny 1 .li'pntcli vaster Inj*. the 31tli Ohio, Oof. j Tolnnil, were the principle sufl'rers in iho contest, on our side. The rebels after several uBsueopssf il a Hemp's to lake the breast works by storm, sought shelter in the woods from the gulling fir * of tlie 3Vth Ohio, Col. Sibor in coninimd -Nut less Ilian J00 nf tin. r cmy Ini.I lal Ion. and ilicir efforts had as yet b ensequoui skirmishes, it i~ bollo.ed one ' hundred of them wem killed mi l live Kindred wounded. 8av.j lire po'session of till! Salt \V lilts, I hey certainly aainefl i diiving our men out of iho , Kanawha Valley. Tliev gut no army j stores, for everything nf that kind w i* •I. Mroved .ii time lo prevent it front 1.1 lit.g ini-i their hands; ami ilio country! they temp Tnrily liol I will not afford nny fnriliiiiiji fur foragelng parties, a: il lies already been euinplstely cr.'.cn out.lICX SOI.llIltRS. 1There arc about Gvuluin lie I sick and ■ conv.ih scent soldiors in this city a! pres cut, and more nre expected to-morrow. Tnoro are a liiiodord and fifty at I'.im PI. eta nit, who urn to lie removed here. ' iivcry church and school-tunm a in tlie 1 ciiy is now u-iul Ibr loipi'il purpose, 1 j aid divine servioe in publio is untir lyfntitl.ss, when thev took to a thicket near ‘l*,Pe.n1 Tl1',’r,i r *»» W0WI1.I«:Ibv. The Piatt Z.i'tiam (there were only ''ru, XIVP i'd-' thei.m'WsniiM ..r il .... it ii |,llc billies, an I I Invo a.iailvsix companies of litem on ilio ground) wore ordered to diJlodgo the rebels, an boldly made the attempt. To do this itssnttheir num.. fur publi ition. ’i'.phnid I frver Irns’li, on Inrvdy pivvnleiit In. then da l Ii is it I ■ i * ; ■■■*■was necessary to lervo tlm brcas'tvork* | .“Tf y * :m‘ICIUand exposed lieroselves to die lire of anatnbuSbed enemy seven times ilieir nurn j her. It (Vis here llial the long mortality i list of lim brave reaimont was made.The r. bids were completely foiled ari l | hoaton back Tho Xnttnvos rotnrnod lo - the entrcnohmcnls, where they lav, with I the ',7th. cxprrling a night attack—but Ithoenomy made iioiik. He bad linen i too sever.dy pmislic l during ti e day.fhd. Light,',urn, who, with Ida to n. tnan.l, the Itli Viridiiii infmitry, m . n' fliulov, hearing «.f the engagement at.■! 'Vptl'.. o.:.! -p.. . u ,... hitmoat to reirilorco Col. 8,her. It..lorn they arrived, however, 0*1. 8!her had dulcrtnined to f.ll iiack on Gnuhy.— I he rot real was cotr.nicr.i nil shout midnight, the dctnohmonlof ilio 4th V rgiii i *lt; t’U? M il'irar .h(. ur. l ( rllii1 Wagon tram, (i ml -v was r nolio I in safety by 7 u'ul»ok P. M on the 11 Ii — Ool. Ligntburn deemed llii. post tintena Ilia, fi'iring that ilia rIIHJlo would cut hint off at Loop cruok. Tlm Ittli and •Klli Ohio regiment*, and a part (if the 2d Virginia cavalry had just arrived at Gnutov from Camp Pirlrt, but evenarc now ennvnLsecnl At nuo of the Imspilnl , this morning I 'Witnessed an illustration of tho inefll cicnt ininngiiniint of the Vied c .I lie pnrlniiil of our army, which I think worthy of moalinn. I)y iuolGdicut ia.ni B_*cn»- lit 1 mean retain.ng in (ifli-'O, (villi . liei rank an I pay uf Surgeon, men who, eitlier fnim iiuipnoi y or something warm, ara tot ally unlit: I for mich position. A member of the 2 I Virginia Cavalry, who war, shot in lli • slnuhlcr at CllurleSton, on Saturday last, appliedIn the Spe.jvno iii*nf! i*d ..... ri dipituU tu drv Ins wound, tlm wuik of about half an hour, I snppo.-.. 'i Doctor tol.l thi’ pom follow that his was list a woundnd hospital, bill only a aiik one,' an] Hint ho oiiist go loan i s-tnhll-iimont rr.orn than .. m:!« d -tan* to retttivij the nec*-a:y iitfutioti. Tlie Soldier was sonrcoly able in wall.. Tlm run was shining strum;!)*, an I the heat ana intense, yol llio .Siigcoa wnuld not ■lo vvbnl he i. piid fur lining h it compel led tin; npplio'iiti for relief to walk o. r ' n mile, on a dmuy road, and il be trial as coMpnont and patriotic a Stir/on.......v» liwitt v (iiiiii i i,ni, mu , . i,iwill, this ..... Col. I.i-I.tburr. '1,0f' !1»11l'P'se lie had t.. a .1 '.ollllurfeared In. would not bo ablo to cut hi ' ....... ......... ........way through llier.ibol r.aiiks, which bail also boon greatly iucreisud in nundmrs. Tho enemv did make tho effort to ant nil our retreat, but nrriiml at the desired point a few minutes after our roru guard bad hdt it. They I,bun pmocodu I to Colton Hill, where they Imped to nccoiii* plislr their portion*, but foiled attain.Our forces liurnud Gnulvy bridge, a structure which our Govsrniiiont p.iid a homy suio nf niOBcy for, and rotrentcd on both sides of tlm Kanawha, cln a|y pursued by tlm imhols, nml skirniisbinc with them all tlm lim.v. Thav reached Camp Piatt with tho enemy hard upon mmihcr untenable was now Icfr I'm ourtlier. 1 Thu wound was up.'ration ivuh requite!,l one, no • simple , ’dressing, and the' null hud the lieu s. anry bandages win. himNISCItMAMlOU*.The I0.li Ohio has I.Hion wit ulrn vn I'rotti BigiSnndy and no may now look for roliel dvptu.lnlinns n lint vicinity.-I anilerstnnd tlmie i* a B in.sitlerahlu force of rubels near Puintsvllle.Thu Ohio is Imrer than it has boon fir , jeers, and tho Kanawha is the ■ Hue. A goad rain is neodot for tin ga id nf niv igition os well as for farming uml travelthempmnlllcru was snd mill'll;irijfpurnotee.Iiigliihurn's riiiro,itlii:;fnree limoColarrived at rte llOVCliiVii.it PI-near, KiiThe rob.dsII •' Vi’l ill l |e
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Point Pleasant Weekly Register
Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US
Thu, Oct 02, 1862
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