New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-20

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The Latest News I'm washingten.
WAsHIssroN, Friday, Sept 1911 50 p. m n
Up to II O'Clock there wss nothing from Gen.
Mcclellan later than this mornings dispatches.
Several Of or wounded o&cers arrived in I, 10
city from the battlefield near Sbarpsburg to.Digi ;
among them Lieut.. Col. Thomas 8. Allen Of tie "a
Wisconsin wounded in the right arm by rife bail.
lie also suffers kness in the left from wound
il received It Bull Run. Capt. d. W. Gibson,
wounded in the foot; Capt. George B. Ely, wound
ID in tho arm both of the I'd Wisconsin, and aid
Of Gen. Hartstuff have also arrived.
All agree that no battle since the Rebellion broke
ont, has engaged more men or been fought with
more desperation. Our soldiers behaved like heroes,
new recruits fighting as well IS old ones. II there
was faterng any here, it the fault Of the reg
mental officers, some Of whom exposed their men
unnecessarily, but rarely exposed themselves
The impression among the wounded officers here
10 that the victory Of Wednesday would bava been
much more complete one had not Gen. Hooker,
who're leadership was having wonderful effect in
inslirpg our army, been wounded. As ne was being
borne from the field Gen. Hooker exclaimed that he
would rather have been shot in the bead at the close
OF the DAttIe In An In tuo i1Ob ~ stot huics
There are at least 900 Rebel prisoners at or
Frederick.
We held the field, these men say, after the battle
OF Wednesday along the whole right and center and
brought off all our wounded and buried our dead.
They were told that we possessed the sdvan.
tsge on the left st the close Of the fight.
Rebel prisoners captured acknowledged that ney
hsd been terribly beaten.
These officer. left Keedysviue. which is about two
miles from tie battlefield at O'Clock this morning.
There was sharp artillery firing from the time they
started until their arrival at Frederick, two hour.
There seemed TO DO no musketry, and it was impos-
able for them 10 form opinion a. to Whether thc
ssnnonadpg indicated renewal Of the conflict, or
retreat and pursuit, as it probably wss.
They understood ut the time of leaving that no
practicable ford wac open to the Rebels and that
they were surrounded by our Army drawn up in the
shape of crescent crescent, stretching from Ante
tam Creek below its ford and bridges around on the
right to the Potomac.
Yesterday afternoon the Rebels sent IN flag OF
truce, for what purpose it is not known. Immedi-
atey after their return they drove in our pickets by
concert along the whole line, which would seem "
have been intended TO cover a retreat
a cDhpitD Oh tDo htUci SoAoh liisolci AZ
Gibbons's brigade, told Lieut.. Sexton Of the %
Wisconsin, that Stonewsil Jackson was certainly
dead He declared that he had himself seen him
brought of from the field.
The town Of Sharpsburg, Inhabited mostly by
Union citizens, but in possession Of the Rsbels Wal
burned on Wednesday night.
An aid If Gen. Hartsuf who arrived here thin
evening from Frederick where lie bias been taking
carr Of his General says that bis wound, which Ii
from nLie ball. in the feshy part Of the thigh, i;
painful but not serious.
Gen. HartsufFs Brigade which went into the battle
1900 stron, lost half its number in killed apt
wounded.
A telegram was seen today at Frederick purPort
Ing to come from surgeon at Harpers Ferry, and
ssting another surgeon to send medical supplies to
him at that place. If this fact may be relied upon
and Is certified by Gen. Harsus aid as Of bis owl
knowledge. Harper's Ferry is onrs. Such also il
She general opinion in our army at Shsrpsburg.
The following lie list Of killed and wounded il
Cibbonss brigade: