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The Daily Dispatch: September 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Camp star Martinsburg, Sept. 12th, 1862. (search)
o notify General Walker. Meanwhile the divisions of McLaws and Anderson, after but little resistance, had become masters of the Heights on the Maryland side, the enemy leaving them, and joining the forces in their entrenchments on the Virginia side of the river.--On Saturday night General Walker received orders from General Jackson to open fire upon the enemy at daylight on Sunday morning. In obedience to this order, at day-down the stillness of the Sabbath was broken by the opening of Walkers guns upon the fortifications of the enemy on Bolivar Heights, tow miles above the railroad bridge at Harper's Ferry. At the same time the attack was made by the forces under General Jackson, and the fight, which was desperate and determined, continued throughout the day — McLaws and Anderson shelling from the Maryland side. The enemy resisted with great spirit, and their guns, of which they had a large number in position, were handled with great effect upon the column of Gen. Jackson, whi