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and heard. On the other hand, soldiers disgusted with the profession of arms, who in Virginia would not have dared to leave the ranks for fear of being betrayed by the inhabitants, finding now a good opportunity for deserting, carried much valuable information to the enemy; so that Ewell's movement upon Hagerstown, which was executed on the 22d, was known to Hooker on the 23d, and on the 25th the latter was fully informed of the passage of the Potomac by Hill's corps at Shepherdstown. Two bridges had been thrown over the river by the Union general at Edwards' Ferry, near the mouth of Goose Creek, and in rear of the positions occupied by the Second corps at Leesburg. The Twelfth, not the Second, corps was at Leesburg.—Ed. On learning of the arrival of Ewell at Hagerstown, he at once despatched three army corps to hold the left bank of the Potomac and to cover Washington. These were the First, the Third, and the Eleventh, which happened to be nearest the bridges, and which Hooke