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The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the army. (search)
them and the straggling soldiers. I saw the cloud of dust, but could not for a moment divine its meaning, until I saw the horsemen come dashing back. Fortunately, no injury was done, though a ball pierced the hat of one of Jackson's aids. I heard in Williamsport — his residence — that Capt. Russell was wounded in the mouth. Capt. J. M. Payne and a doctor, whose name I did not learn, lost their horses. They were taking dinner at a hotel. The enemy fled before us from Martinsburg to Harper's Ferry; we pursued; a part of Longstreet's forces captured the Maryland Heights; others got possession of the Loudoun Heights, and we surrender them. Thus the words of Gen. Johnston were literally verified, that Harper's Ferry would prove a man-trap to any party who might attempt to hold it. Their troops were living on half rations. A large number of stolen negroes were also captured, estimated at from five to eight hundred. Having filled our haversacks with three days rations of crackers, J
The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the army. (search)
ons of stragglers and conscripts. Whatever may be the intended future operations of Gen. Lee, he is certainly most successful in keeping them concealed from the public. No material injury can result to the public from this reticence. What is concealed from our people finds little chance of making its way to the enemy. There is general confidence felt and expressed in the management of military affairs, and whatever movement is made will have the sanction and support of the people. Our latest accounts concur in the report that the Yankees have not attempted to recross the Potomac since they were so mercilessly slaughtered by Gen. Jackson, at Shepherdstown on Saturday. Our pickets as late as Tuesday extended to the neighborhood of Harper's Ferry. It is not probable that they will attempt to cross again for the present. Winchester is represented as being rapidly disgorged of the stragglers who have made the town a kind of rendezvous since our army first entered Maryland.