Order
Brigadier-General Loring to Carter L. Stevenson, October 7, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST,
October 7, 1861.
i No. 11. Sewell Mountain, October 7, 1861.
The general commanding has the pleasure to announce to the Army of the Northwest a signal defeat of the enemy from the fortifications of Cheat Mountain by the division of Brigadier-General Jackson.
After three attempts of four and a half hours to force our lines in front and on both flanks with a superior torce of artillery, some with longer range, he was repulsed with a considerable loss.
The general commanding tenders his thanks to Brigadier-General Jackson, his officers and soldiers, for their gallant conduct in this engagement, and assures them that they will have the grateful remembrance of our people.
By command of Brigadier-General Loring:
C. L. STEVENSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
OCTOBER 3, 1861.—Expedition to Pohick Church, Virginia.
Report of Brig. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, U. S. Army.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
OCTOBER 3, 1861.—Expedition to Pohick Church, Virginia.
Report of Brig. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, U. S. Army.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5
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