GREBLE. 



GUYANDOTTE. 



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sengers was held, and resolutions passed com- 

 plimentary to Mr. Towle, to whom also a gold 

 watch was presented. 



GREBLE, JOHN- TROUT, an officer of the U. 

 S. army, born in Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1834, 

 and killed in the battle of Great Bethel, Virgi- 

 nia, June 10, 1861. He acquired his early edu- 

 cation at the Ringgold Grammar School and 

 the Central High School of his native city, re- 

 ceiving his bachelor's degree at the latter in 

 1850, and immediately entered the U. S. Mili- 

 tary Academy at "West Point, where he gradu- 

 ated in 1854, with high rank in his class. On 

 his graduation he was immediately commis- 

 sioned as brevet second-lieutenant in the second 

 artillery, and stationed at Newport, R. I. In 

 September of the same year he was made sec- 

 ond-lieutenant and sent to Tampa, Florida, 

 where he served in the Indian troubles for two 

 years, when he was compelled, in consequence 

 of a severe fever, to return home on sick leave ; 

 but in the beginning of 1856 resumed his duties, 

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acting a part of the time as quartermaster and 

 commissary till Dec. 1856, when he was ap- 

 pointed acting-assistant professor of Ethics in 

 the Military Academy, the duties of which pro- 

 fessorship he performed with credit and success 

 till Oct. 1860, when, at his own request, he was 

 detailed for active duty at Fortress Monroe. 

 There he rendered efficient service in prevent- 

 ing the seizure of the fortress. On the 26th 

 of May, 1861, he was sent to Newport News, as 

 master of ordnance, superintended the fortifica- 

 tion of that point, and trained the volunteers to 

 artillery practice. When the disastrous expe- 

 dition to Great Bethel was planned, he was un- 

 expectedly detailed to accompany it with two 

 guns, and though in his own judgment it was 

 ill-advised, and would probably prove fatal to 

 him, he did not hesitate, but took an active 

 part in its duties, and when the Federal troops 

 were repulsed, by his admirable management of 

 his guns, protected them from pursuit and utter 

 annihilation. Just at the close of the action, 

 when he had given the order to withdraw from 

 the field he was struck by a cannon ball on the 

 right temple and instantly killed. 



GREENBRIER RIVER. On this river, in 

 Pocahontas Co., Western Virginia, 13 miles 

 from Cheat Mountain summit, and the same 

 distance from Monterey, at the point where 

 the Staunton turnpike ascends the Alleghany 

 Mountains, the Confederates had an advanced 

 camp after their flight from Tygart's Valley. 

 Their force was said to be about 9,000, with 

 about 5,000 near by as a reserve. Brig.-Gen. 

 J. J. Reynolds, with a force of about 5,000 

 Federal troops, left his camp on Cheat Moun- 

 tain summit at midnight of Oct. 2, to make 

 an armed reconnoissance of this camp. They 

 reached it shortly after daylight, drove in the 

 Confederate pickets, and advanced regiments 

 approached to within TOO yards of his intrench- 

 ments, and opened fire. A battle followed of 

 about 4 hours' duration. The Confederate force 

 at the camp were driven from their guns, three 

 of which were disabled, and lost heavily in 

 killed and wounded ; their reserve came up 

 after the action had continued about two hours, 

 and, thus reenforced, they maintained their 

 position behind their fortifications, but did not 

 sally out to attack the Federal troops. Gen. 

 Reynolds, finding his ammunition exhausted, 

 and having accomplished his purpose, withdrew 

 in perfect order, without being pursued, and re- 

 turned the same night to his camp. The Fed- 

 eral loss was 8 killed and 32 wounded. The 

 Confederate loss was much larger, and was 

 estimated by Gen. Reynolds as at least 300. 

 Gen. Reynolds brought away 13 prisoners, and 

 completely disabled 3 of the Confederate guns. 



GUYANDOTTE is a village in Cabell Coun- 

 ty, Virginia, situated on the Ohio River, at the 

 mouth of the Guyandotte, 228 miles below 

 Wheeling, and 360 miles west by north from 

 Richmond. It contains from 1,000 to 1,500 

 inhabitants. A small body of Federal troops 

 occupying the place were attacked by a con- 



