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The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
Pleasant Valley moved on Sunday and Monday to wards Lovettsville. The advance is general along the entire line below Harper's Ferry. Gen. Sumner's corps remains at the latter point. Our latest information from the army in front of Washington ise of the rebel pickets the other night their pickets shoot at ours at every opportunity. A dispatch, dated near Harper's Ferry, Wednesday night at 11 o'clock, shows that the rebels were not very far off, It says: No news of importance hasshington yesterday in answer to a summons to testify before the Commission appointed to examine into the surrender of Harper's Ferry. He returned to the city last night, and will leave again this morning. It was ascertained that he Lad had up commuhings have been managed in his Department, superadded to investigations growing out of the causes of the surrender of Harper's Ferry, acting upon the infirmities of extreme old age, have impaired the mind of the General — for surely taking this trans
The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Northern Virginia. (search)
tack Gen. Lee with an army thrice as numerous as the letter had at the time. His progress was so slow that he allowed the Confederate General to lay siege to Harper's Ferry and to out it off from all external communication, before he came up with any portion of his army. He came up with and fell upon one corps of it only the dayd and brought before him. After they had refused to reveal anything, he said to them, "Well, gentlemen, I have the pleasure to inform you that I shall relieve Harper's Ferry and capture Gen. Lee, whole army, to-morrow. "Not exactly," answered one of them "Harper's Ferry has already surrendered. I was present, yesterday, and sawHarper's Ferry has already surrendered. I was present, yesterday, and saw the garrison lay down their arms. " McClellan was utterly astounded, and would not believe what he had heard until it was made so evident that he could no longer doubt it. He tried to carry out the rest of his programme next day. He attacked General Lee with a force three times as numerous as that which the latter brought into th