. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . , immediately opened fire, the ene-my rushing quickly into the house, which is of hewn oak logs—equal to a block house, a secure fortress against rifle house as it then existed, since removed, was only one andone half stories high and had a rather flat roof covered withchestnut shingles. The position occupied by a portion of theConfederates was on high ground above the house, the Fed-erals occupying the second floor of the house and were exposedto the balls fired by the Confederates into and through theroof, and i
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . , immediately opened fire, the ene-my rushing quickly into the house, which is of hewn oak logs—equal to a block house, a secure fortress against rifle house as it then existed, since removed, was only one andone half stories high and had a rather flat roof covered withchestnut shingles. The position occupied by a portion of theConfederates was on high ground above the house, the Fed-erals occupying the second floor of the house and were exposedto the balls fired by the Confederates into and through theroof, and it was chiefly from these balls that the Federals suf-fered loss. It has already been stated that four of the Con-federate companies had taken their position before the firingbegan, but in point of fact this is not strictly correct. Foleyscompany was the only one in proper position, the otherswere moving to position and the remaining companies had notall gotten up. The intention of the Confederates was to sur-round the house, and compel the surrender of the Federal. CLARKS HOUSE, Mercer County. W. Va. Where engagement on May 1st, 1862, was fought between a Confederateforce under Major Henry Fitzhugh, of Kanawha, and a portion of the Federalforces of Genl Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio, 1861-1865 219 troops that had taken shelter therein, but the unexpected ap-pearance of the enemy in the yard for rollcall prematurelyprecipitated the opening of the fight. The soldiers in the housedisplaced the filling between the logs, and utilized the spacefor placing their guns therein to fire, their bodies being in agreat measure protected by the walls of the house. The Fed-erals boldly and bravely maintained the fight, and just as Ma-jor Fitzhugh had given the order to surround and charge thehouse, the head of a column of Federal reinforcements came insight and immediately opened fire, advancing rapidly at a dou-ble quick, their cavalry at full speed. The Confederates werenow greatly outnumbered, th
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