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The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], The latest dispatches. (search)
The latest dispatches. A dispatch from Hagerstown Sept. 17th, though not later in date than some others, is given by the Northern papers as containing the "very latest." --The following is the dispatches: A battle has been raging furiously for the past two days on the Autistam Creek, a tortuous stream, having its source in the mountains and running down to the Potomac midway between Rohrersville and Sherpsburg. The rebels, cut off from the iron bridge at Harper's Ferry by the advance of General Franklin's corps, and fearing to cross the Potomac at any of the fords, with Gen. McClellan pushing down hard upon them, took this creek for a line of defence. During yesterday the battle raged with great spirit, and the firing on either side was very heavy until-towards sundown, when the rebels were flanked by Hooker and Porter, and were being severely punished. Their firing became desultory, and it was evident that their ammunition was giving out. This morning the b