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The Daily Dispatch: November 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
State.--The extracts given below from the Times are o importance: From M'Clellan's army. The Times, in its "situation" article, says that Ashby's Gap was taken quick possession of by the Federal on Monday evening, the Confederates retreating and leaving them in undisturbed possession of the mountains, from which a good view of the Shenandoah Valley and Winchester could be obtained. No large body of the enemy was discovered. Piedmont was occupied by the cavalry and artillery under Pleasanton and Averill on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning they pushed on, and after a spirited skirmish, occupied Marquette, and obtained command of the approaches to Manassas and Chester Cap, on the left of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It adds: In the extreme front, toward Gordonsville, that portion of Gen. Sickles command sent forward to look after the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, report having found it in much better order than expected. The bridge at Broad Run is so little injured tha