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The Daily Dispatch: September 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Washington items. (search)
rge a force in the direction of Monterey and Huttonsville, to be penned up in the Cheat and Valley Mountains, and in sending so small a force in the direction of Lewisburg, to be outnumbered and checked first by Cox, and now by Rosencranz and Cox combined. The possession of the Kanawha Valley would itself have justified the sendinmn in that direction than we have done; and now, the march of Rosencranz due South from Clarksburg against Floyd, on the Ganley, has shown that if we had sent to Lewisburg the main portion of troops which went to the vicinity of Hottonsville and Monterey, they could have marched upon Clarksburg and Grafton and the Northwestern Railrce will have escaped to the valley of the Kanawha; and the question arising upon these facts and contingencies is, whether we shall leave our little army beyond Lewisburg to contend with greatly superior numbers until General Lee shall succeed in penetrating towards Clarksburg and in threatening; Rosencranz's rear: or, whether, wh
The Daily Dispatch: September 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Tennessee and Kentucky. (search)
n part of the State and elsewhere.--All the reports which we have from the neighborhood of Kanawha, go to prove that severe fighting has taken place in the vicinity of Ganley river, between the forces of General Floyd and Rosencranz, and from what can be learned of Wise, it is more than likely that his forces, too, haye been engaged. The tenor of what news we learn here, (which romes to us by a different route from which you get your reports.) go to confirm the main points as reported via Lewisburg, viz; that the Federals were badly whipped, with a loss of about 400 killed and over 1,000 wounded, while our loss was very slight--one killed and a few wounded; but that Floyd was compelled to fall back from his entronched position and recross Ganley river, for fear of being cut off from his provisions by the advance of Cox's forces. The great disparity in casualties appears strange, but it would be no less stranger if the accounts we have, which reach us through so many different channe
The Daily Dispatch: September 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Northern War debts and taxes. (search)
was admirably directed. Floyd and Wise together have not six thousand effective men. Rosencranz has eleven thousand, with him, while four more thousand are marching by the Meadow Bluff to enter the turnpike between the Sewell Mountain and Lewisburg. Cox has five thousand five hundred; in all twenty thousand five hundred men against a little more than five thousand! If this estimate of the enemy's forces be correct it is indispensable that reinforcements must be rapidly concentrated beyontain and Lewisburg. Cox has five thousand five hundred; in all twenty thousand five hundred men against a little more than five thousand! If this estimate of the enemy's forces be correct it is indispensable that reinforcements must be rapidly concentrated beyond Lewisburg, or our army there will be compelled again to fall back at least to that point. We hope that General Lee's message to Gen. Floyd indicates the intention of that officer to carry his men where they may find active service.
The Daily Dispatch: September 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
may be nearly fifty thousand of the enemy's forces operating in Western Virginia. We will not, for prudential reasons, present in detail a statement of the strength of our forces in that quarter. Suffice it to say that Generals Lex and Loring have a superior force to cope with, and that Generals Floyd and Wise are laboring under the disadvantage of a considerable disparity of numbers. We understand that several regiments have been ordered from Lynchburg to reinforce our army beyond Lewisburg; and that still further forces will be sent forward to this same destination very promptly. The news brought down by the Central train yesterday was that General Lee had again fallen back upon his former position, his forward movement having been desisted from for some strategic reason not transpired. The army of Generals Floyd and Wise have changed their position from Sewell's Mountain to Meadow Bluff, which is on this side of the Sewell, but further to the West, in the directi
The Daily Dispatch: September 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Getting a wedding coat. (search)
reach us in time to support us. At 10 o'clock last night, therefore, our forces proceeded to retire from the position they had so heroically defended during the day, and by light this morning they were all safely and in order across the river, with all their baggage, &c., except some few things which were lost from neglect and want of transportation. We are now pitching our tents at this place, on the main Charleston road, about 15 miles from Gauley Bridge, and 55 miles west of Lewisburg. Gen. Wise is encamped at Dogwood Gap, a few miles above us, while a portion of his force holds the Hawk's Nest below us. I think the public and all military men will agree that both our fight and our fall back to this side of the river are among the most remarkable incidents in the history of war. --Seventeen hundred men, with six inferior pieces of artillery, fought back four times their number, with much superior artillery, for more than four long hours, repulsed them three ti
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Terms of the Dispatch. (search)
troops brought them in, when Washington's body was recognized by an acquaintance. Lee has manifestly a large force, but he is alarmed lest Rosencranz should come up in the rear. Our scouts returned to-day from ten miles exploration toward Lewisburg. Floyd had been telling that the Federal loss was tremendous — over two hundred killed first fire — while his own was almost nothing. He did not explain why, after winning such a victory, he retreated. Wise is down southeast of Hawk's Nee river. Most of our wounded are doing very well. [second Dispatch.] Camp Scott, Va., Sept. 15. --General Cox is here to-day for an interview with Gen. Rosencranz. He moved the main body of his army from Gauley Bridge towards Lewisburg. Wise and Floyd are both retreating as fast as possible. Gen. Schenck is at Grafton, pushing along matters finely for active movements. Several regular officers are ordered to report immediately to headquarters. If the people of Ohio wi
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Louisville Journal (search)
in less than five hours, and in the darkness of the night. Our subsequent movements have been entirely governed by those of the enemy. The night after the fight we encamped at Dogwood Gap, on the main turnpike, midway between the Saturday and Sunday roads, and about ten miles from Camp Gauley. On Thursday, intelligence reached us that the enemy was crossing the Gauley at Hughes's Ferry, with a view of cutting us off by the Wilderness road, at Meadow Bluff, sixteen miles this side of Lewisburg. We at once moved back to this point, so as to place ourselves in striking distance of the enemy, should be appear in that quarter, and at the same time to hold the strongest and most defensible position this side of Gauley Bridge, on the line of Cox's advance. If we are attacked here with as many as ten thousand men, I think we can defeat them, and we are anxiously anticipating a fight in a few days. The writer urges the great importance of the Government sending forward men and pr
The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], A little too willing. (search)
ty of procuring their transportation tickets. It is incumbent upon every good citizen to assuage, so far as he can, the sufferings of the soldiers, and if the authorities and people of the different States will take hold of this matter, they will perform an act of benevolence that will be succeeded by a sure reward. evening with a gentleman who left General Wise's camp four or five days ago. At that time nothing of an important nature had occurred. Our informant saw General Lee at Lewisburg, and the belief was prevalent that he would join his forces with those of Gens. Floyd and Wise. The Central train, yesterday, brought down 47 prisoners, including those captured in the recent brilliant dash of cavalry under Col. J. Luclus Davis, besides a few straggling "Union" men. Among the former is a Capt. Cox (who professes to be well acquainted with President Davis) and one of his lieutenants. These two kept up a lively and good-natured conversation with the bystanders at the depot
The Daily Dispatch: September 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Terms of the Dispatch. (search)
was turning his attention to the operations in Greenbrier county, and that, with an escort of twenty-five men, he had gone over to 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 dispnly that the Government has resolved upon a new programme for Western Virginia, which contemplates a forward movement, with a strong force, from the direction of Lewisburg upon Clarksburg, Parkersburg, and Charleston, in Kanawha. Provided a competent force be put at the command of our Generals on that line, much may be expecteshall receive advices of further reinforcements being forwarded with much satisfaction. The only fear to be apprehended for the success of operations beyond Lewisburg, is from the too great circumspection of General Lee. In mountain warfare the learning of the books and of the strategists is of little use. In a country where i
The Daily Dispatch: September 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Chance to Cagr the Baboon. (search)
General wise relieved. --The evil and danger of a divided command in the army of the Kanawha operating beyond Lewisburg has been felt so sansibly by the authorities, that they have determined to relieve one of our Generals in that quarter, and devolve the whole command upon the other. Accordingly, Gen. Wise has been recalled, to be assigned to another field of duty, and the command of the army of the Kanawha devolves upon Gen. Floyd.
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