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The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our army correspondence. (search)
eral thousand strong, and which some estimated as high as ten thousand, were encamped near the town, Gen. Ewell set out in that direction to cut off and capture them. He succeeded in arriving within sight of their camp fires, at a distance, when Early, with his division, was ordered to make a detour to the left, for the purpose of flanking and getting in their rear. Unfortunately, before the movement could be consummated, the enemy got wind of it, and illustrated the science of "skedaddling" ounded confidence reposed in them by their able leaders. A little over 300 prisoners were started to-day on to Richmond. Most of them are Milroy's "weary boys," who were "picked up"during and after the storming of the fortifications here by Early's division. A considerable number yet remain in the hospital, physically unable to be removed. They have been paroled. P. S.--During Gen. Ewell's late visit to Martinsburg a portion of his corps were occupied in completing the destruction