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The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Washington Volunteers. (search)
was passed. News from Gen'l Banks's Army--Gen'l Jackson Shelling Williamsport. Point of Rocks, Dec. 20. --The rebel Jackson left Winchester on Tuesday, with 5,700 men, and 100 boats, each calculated to carry 12 men, and marched to Martinsburg, where he was reinforced by 2,100 men. He was also reinforced by upwards of 2,000 men from Charlestown yesterday. He advanced on Williamsport and commenced to shell the town from a position three miles below it. The fire was returned by Best's battery, and both fires ceased in the evening, after lasting several hours. At the latest accounts all was quiet up there. Jackson left five hundred men at Winchester, and forty-three at Charlestown. His object was to make a dash for the supplies of salt, sugar, &c., at Williamsport. He has lost his opportunity. Gens. Hamilton and Williams, and several regiments from Frederick, have arrived at Williamsport to checkmate his plan. The shells thrown at Col. Geary's camp yeste