Sept 24th 1861

Meadow Bluff

This morning at 5 o'clock Gen. Lee started
to support Gen. Wise in case he should be
attacked. He took Cols. Ector's, Heth's,
Clarke's & Tompkins regiments. About
11 o'clock Col. Russel's Mississippi regt.
arrived -- about 800 men. Early in
the morning reports of cannon were
heard It pro Gen. Wise, we learn, had
some heavy skirmishing, losing one
man. all we want in future is men.