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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 283 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 274 14 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 168 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 147 55 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 94 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 82 8 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 76 0 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 76 0 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 70 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 66 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1862., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Sharpsburg (Maryland, United States) or search for Sharpsburg (Maryland, United States) in all documents.

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The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Things about Washington. (search)
ate prisoners--great Union victory at the Creek of Antietam, all of which are greedily devoured and believed. After Pope's defeat, there were 25,000 wounded brought into Washington. --Once the Confederates crossed into Maryland and the ght at Sharpsburg, eight thousand have been brought into Washington, one thousand into Baltimore, one thousand into Philadelphia, the same number into New York, and it is said that there are five thousand scattered about Frederick, Hagerstown, Boonesboro', besidt perate cases require desperate remedies. That was to take all the men — spare note. So be saved Maryland he might sacrifice the of them. Let it not be said this time that we were whipped by overwhelming number. Before the fight at Sharpsburg, 000 or 000 mostly new recruit, left Alexandria thinking to pries Richmond, but before they had proceeded at South they were recalled, fearing that McClellan's army would be defeated and Washington ered. The word has been heard from Mc
The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Maryland--her Sympathies and Ation. (search)
he Potomac, after having spent but a few days in two of the extreme western counties of Maryland, during which he captured a large and splendidly equipped army at Harper's Ferry, and rained a brilliant victory over the main body of the enemy at Sharpsburg. I only participate in the universal hope and belief of the people that the of the commander and the unbroken spirit of his troops will soon fulfill the promise of his proclamation to the people of Maryland. The people of Maryland had no the limits of the corporation. The advance of the army reached Frederick on Saturday, and on the Wednesday following the army moved off towards Hagerstown and became engaged in the movement of Harper's Ferry and the battles of Boonesboro' and Sharpsburg, after which it immediately returned to Virginia, where it now is. Thus the fact simply is, that the army made a hasty passage through one of the remote counties of the State, namely; Frederick and Washington, which together with Carroll and Al
The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Northern news. (search)
se it to be read on the quarter deck at general muster, together with the accompanying reports, and enter both upon the vessel's leg. The plan of truce at Sharpsburg The flag of truce for burying the dead, after the battle of Wednesday, at Sharpsburg came from the Federal, though they allege that it was sent through mistaSharpsburg came from the Federal, though they allege that it was sent through mistake. The following letter to the New York Herald gives an interesting account of the mistake. It appear that some tender hearted Colonel thinking that provision must immediately be made for the s ccor of the wounded who were lying on the field just beyond the picket lines, authorized one of his Lieutenant to display a flag of The of the greatest battle of the War. The correspondent of the New York Tribune gives a highly interesting account of the close of the great basic of Sharpsburg. It shows how narrowly the Federal army escaped utter defeats. In another moment a rebel battle line appears on the brow of the ridge above them moves awf
The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Views before the battle of Sharpsburg. (search)
Views before the battle of Sharpsburg. --The public felt an anxiety to know why, if the Confederate army defeated McClellan at Sharpsburg, he should not have been destroyed. The intelligent army correspondent of the Savannah, Republican wrote the following to that paper the day before the conflict: We are on the eve of a terrible conflict, and Heaven only knowns what the result will be. From all I see around me I feel certain that one of the greatest battle of the war will be fought here tomorrow. The enemy are in tremendous force — not less than 110,000 men. The river is in our front; the Potomac in our rear. If we are defeated the army must perishably if the stream in front and the Blue Ridge, of whose base with proven any . It is an awkward position but the genius of our leaders and the valor of our troops, with the favor of Providence, will yet deliver us. The source of greatest regret is that we shall probably have to recross the Potomac.