Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-09-18
LATEST NEWS
BY THE NAILS.
GREAT BATTLE At SOUTH
MOUNTAIN.
Tho Rebels Badly Defeated.
RuM0RS FROM HARPER's
More Military Arrests in Iowa.
MOVEMENTS AROUND CINCINNATI.
More Military Arrests in Iowa
MOVEMENTS AROUND CINCINNATI.
From BoonsborO.

From Bo0nsboro.
BooNssoso, Nd +, Sept. Is.
| battle At South Mountain WAS fought yester.
day, resulting in complete victory for the army
Of the potomac. The battlefield y located in :
gorge OF the mountain, on tue turnpike road be-
| tween Middleton and Boonsb0ro About twelve
o'clock Reno ordered his tro ps to ascend the
mountain on the left, and made On attack on the
sneny's 6ank At o'clock. keno's troops got into
action. the battle, with musketry for ha:f IL
hour, w.s terrible, when the snemy gave way,
leaving his men in possession OF that portion Of
the ridge. The loss on both sides is considerable
W . had not General or feld officer injured 1t
| this point, exc, ping Reno, who vas killed BY .
minnie ball passing through his body.
Hooker, conn anding McDowells corps and the
Psnnsylvania reserves ascended the mountains on
the right for the purl oss Of making IN attack Oh
the rebels lett. He got his troops into position
| and moved upon the enemy two hours before sun
down. Here, as in tho mountains, our troops sue
ceeded in driving the enemy before them With
great slaughter. The rebels suffered more here
than 1T any other psint of the battlefield.
Ha'ch, commanding q division under Hooker,
was wounded in the leg.
Gibbons brigade, composed Of the Sec nd
Sixth and seventh Wisconsin, and Nineteenth
Indiana were ordered to move up sgorgo of the
mountain. THIS division did not get into action
till after dark, which lasted till nearly o'c ock
The brigade lost l2O killed and wounded. Among
the wounded is Capt. Caldwell, Of the Second
Wisconsin.
The rebel troops engaged were Longstreet's, d.
Il. Hills, and A. p. Hills corps. Had our troops
had Two hour's longer daylight. the greater Dor
ton Of the rebel army would have been taken
prisoners, as they were surrounded on all sides
the only mode of escope being . narrow defle .n
tho mountain, " hich the artillery would soon have
made impossible.
Among the rebel ofi,es killed are Ger. Gar
land OF Leesburg, and Col. Strong, Of tho Mn
to.nth Virginia. The body Of the latter was ob-
tained to-day by Gag of truce.
At daylight this morning our worst fears we're
realized. The rebels, under cover af night, haa
lett on their wa, to the Potomac. They went to
this place, tw miles from the mountain. and th ere
took the road to Shaipsburg. They left ali th.l.
dead on the field, and those of their wounded not
able to walk were found in the churches at Hoons.
bore.
Mcclellan was on the field during the whole
day and night, conducting all the movements in
lerson.
Between twelve and fifteen hundred prisoner.
were taken during the day, mostly by Hookcr's
troops
Yesterday, Frankln's corps advanced to a
mountain pass, six mites nearer Harper's Ferry
and engaged the enemy, holding that pass about
hours, resulting in aeompiete rout Of the enemy
with heavy loss. Our loss in this action was
about $50 killed aud wounded. The r,bel loss
during the day and night was fully 5000 killed
wounded and missing. Lee &C nowiedged to q
CITIZEN of B0onsboro that they had been defeated
with terrible loss, Our loss in wounded will pro-
badly reach 5000. We lost but very few pris-
onerS.
Ihs morning, At day Wight. Piea.anton. with
the Sth Illinois Cavalry and F,ncLall's bat
terry. started after the enemy at Boonsboro.-
He came up with the 9th. Virginia Cavalry.
With battery. acting as rear guard. The
Illinois Cavalry charged through the TOW and
two miles out on the Hsgerstown turnpike.
capturing two guns. They killed. wounded
and took prisoners 80 cava!ry.
Richardson's division being in the advance
took the rosd from this place to Sharpsbrrg
two and half miles from which town BE-
came up with the enemy in large force, who
occupied long ridge Of hills. They eho " ed
q line Of battle . mile and half long. The
afternoon was epent IN aecertaining the posi-
tion and force Of the rebsls. not . su6icien,
lumber Of our troops having come up to bring
on an engagement.
LArER.-Iuesdsy Norning, l6th.-During
last night the larger portion Of the army ar
rived on the ground. 1t is now n.ne o'clock.
and no engagement has taken place
The rebels are rapidly moving across the
river.