748 VIRGINIA, WESTERN. 



WARD, JAMES H. 



over rugged ridges, guided by the tents, camp- 

 furniture, provisions and knapsacks thrown 

 away, the hot pursuit of the flying enemy was 

 pressed. Captain Bonham led the advance, 

 and General Morris the rear, and after fording 

 Cheat River four times, they came up with the 

 enemy's rear guard at Oarrick's Ford, where 

 the enemy attempted to make a stand, but were 

 attacked on the right flank and forced to re- 

 tire. At another turn in the river, about a 

 quarter of a mile below, the enemy again at- 

 tempted to stand. General Garnett tried in 

 vain to rally his men and gather them around 

 him. "While he was thus standing with his 

 back to the Federal forces, he received a Minie" 

 ball on the left of the spine. It made a terrible 

 wound, piercing the heart and coming out at 

 the right nipple. He threw up his arm and 

 fell dead. The Confederate rout was now 

 complete. Only about two thousand of the 

 troops with which General Garnett left his 

 intrenchments, escaped. General McClellan's 

 despatch was as follows : 



HUTTONSVILLB, July 14, 1861. 



To Ed. Townsend: Garnett and forces routed. His 

 baggage a_nd one gun taken. His ariny demoralized. 

 Garnett killed. 



We have annihilated the enemy in Western Virginia, 

 and hare lost thirteen killed and not more than forty 

 wounded. We have in all killed at least two hundred 

 of the enemy, and their prisoners will amount to at 

 least one thousand. Have taken seven guns in all. 



I still look for the capture of the remnant of Garnett's 

 army by General Hill. 



The troops defeated are the crack regiments of 

 Eastern Virginia, aided by Georgians, Tennesseans, 

 and Carolinians. 



Our success is complete, and secession is killed in 

 this couatry. G. B. McCLELLAN, 



Major-General Commanding. 



Meantime Colonel Pegram, hearing of the 

 retreat of General Garnett, surrendered the 

 remnant of his force to General McClellan, (see 

 BEVERLY,) who now issued the following address 

 to his soldiers : 



WESTEBX VIRGINIA, BEVERLY, VA., July 19, 1861. 

 Soldiers of the Army of the West : 



I am more than satisfied with you. You have anni- 

 hilated two armies, commanded by educated and ex- 

 perienced soldiers, intrenched in mountain fastnesses 



and fortified at their leisure. You have taken five 

 guns, twelve colors, fifteen hundred stand of arms, one 

 thousand prisoners, including more than forty officers. 

 One of the second commanders of the rebels is a 

 prisoner, the other lost his life on the field of battle. 

 You have killed more than two hundred and fifty of 

 the enemy, who has lost all his baggage and camp 

 equipage. All this has been accomplished with the 

 loss of twenty brave men killed and sixty wounded on 

 your part. 



You have proved that Union men, fighting for the 

 preservation of our Government, are more than a 

 match for our misguided and erring brothers. More 

 than this, you have shown mercy to the vanquished. 

 You have made long and arduous marches, with in- 

 sufficient food, frequently exposed to the inclemency 

 of the weather. I have not hesitated to demand this 

 of you, feeling that I could rely on your endurance, 

 patriotism, and courage. In the future I may have 

 still greater demands to make upon you, still greater 

 sacrifices for you to offer. It shall be my care to pro- 

 vide for you to the extent of my ability ; but I know 

 now that, by your valor and endurance, you will ac- 

 complish all that is asked. 



Soldiers ! I have confidence in you, and I trust you 

 have learned to confide in me. Eemember that disci- 

 pline and subordination are qualities of equal value 

 with courage. I am proud to say that you have gained 

 the highest reward that American troops can receive 

 the thanks of Congress and the applause of your 

 fellow-citizens. GEO. B. McCLELLAN, 



Major-General. 



The disaster at Bull Run occurred at this 

 time, and General McClellan was called to the 

 active command of the Army of the Potomac. 

 On the 1st of August he undertook the ref- 

 ormation and reorganization of a defeated 

 army. 



The gaps of the Cheat Mountain formed the 

 key to Western Virginia, and they were now 

 held by a strong Federal force. No further 

 attempts were made by the Confederate Gov- 

 ernment to recover the country, until later in 

 the year, when their forces reappeared under 

 General "Wise, and subsequently under General 

 Floyd ; and although many skirmishes took 

 place, no material success was obtained, and 

 finally, at the approach of winter, both gen- 

 erals had retired, the former to Southeastern 

 Virginia and North Carolina, and the latter to 

 Middle Tennessee, and Fort Donelson in Ken- 

 tucky. 



WARD, JAMES HARMATST, commander in the 

 United States navy, son of Colonel James Ward 

 of Hartford, Conn. ; born in that city, in 1806, 

 killed in the attack on Matthias Point, June 27, 

 1861. He was educated at the Vermont Mili- 

 tary Academy at Norwich, and from thence en- 

 tered Trinity College, Hartford. On the 4th 

 of March, 1823, he received an appointment as 

 midshipman on board of the Constitution, com- 

 manded by Commodore McDonough ; rose to 

 the rank of lieutenant on the 3d of March, 

 1831, and was attached to the Mediterranean 

 squadron. For several years he was on the 

 coast of Africa, and while there compiled his 



" Manual of Naval Tactics," published in 1858. 

 In 1842-'3, he delivered in Philadelphia a pop- 

 ular course of lectures on Gunnery He urged 

 upon the Government the necessity of establish- 

 ing a Naval School, and upon the opening of 

 the school was appointed one of the professors, 

 and gave a series of lectures, subsequently pub- 

 lished under the title of " Elementary Instruc- 

 tions on Naval Ordnance and Gunnery : " a 

 work which has accomplished much in its 

 effects upon naval science. 



Soon after the introduction of steam into the 

 navy, he gave the result of his observations in a 

 work entitled " Steam for the Million," subse- 



