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The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Yankee history of the attempts to blow up the Ironsides — Excitement Ashore. (search)
the shells passing through the building. Discovering that they were surrounded and that resistance was useless, the white flag was run up, and the whole Yankee force surrendered. The number of prisoners captured was 440, all of whom were safely brought off. Soon after the surrender, Gen. I. was informed that a heavy force was moving against him from Harper's Ferry, and he prepared to fall back towards Winchester, taking what is known as the old road, by way of the White House. At Summit Point, seven miles west of Charlestown, his rear guard was overtaken by the enemy, with whom they became engaged, and the fight was kept up for four or five miles, when the Yankees gave over the pursuit. Gen. Imboden did not remain in Charlestown long enough to gather up all the stores the enemy had accumulated at that point, and only brought off a portion of those captured. The Yankee loss in killed and wounded in the town was not large. Our loss in the retreat was about twenty-fiv