The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-09-26

thousand strong, resulting in the rout Of
the enemy. with heavy loss. Our loss
slight.
Quite number of arms were taken.
jackson had recrossed into Maryland.
RfcHnoSD, Sept. 23.-Stonewall Jack.
son routed the enemy, ten thousand
strong. at Shepherdstown, on the 2lst.
driving them over the river, and pursu.
ing them into Maryland.
Enemy's loss very heavy; ours slight.
The great battle at Sharpsburg on
Wednesday, resulting in decided victo-
ry to our arms.
The enemy admit loss of ten thou.
sand.
Our loss was FIVE thousand.
At Mumfordsville, KY, on Wednesday,
FIVE thousand Yankees surrendered to
Gen. Buckner. according to Northern ac-
counts.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 23.-Gen. Bragg
has captured Mumfordsville, Ky. and
taken $500 prisoners, large number of
negroes, and several pieces of artillery.
without firing gun.
Mumfordsville is in Hart county, on
the line of the Nashville and Louisville
railroad, some sixty or seventy miles south
OF Louisville. This would indicate that
General Bragg is pushing on to Louisville.
Ed. REG.
RIcHMoND, Sept. 23.-The New York
Hcrdid of The Goth, contains dispatches
from louisiana announcing the surren .
der Of six Indiana regiments Of 5000 men
at Mumfordsville.
Official dispatches from Mcclellan da.
ted Friday, last, claim victory in Wedns.
days fight at Sharpsburg, though it is ev.
ident that his army had fallen back
He states that the rebel army recrossed
into Virginia, and had sent column un-
der Gen. Alfred Pleasanton in pursuit.
Official dispatches received here this
morning announce that a battle took
place on Saturday on the Potomac near
Sbepherdstown, between the Confeder.
ates under Jackson and q column of the
enemy 100000 strong (Gen. Pleasanton' g
column, no doubt.-Eds. Confed) result
ing in route Of the enemy with heavy
loss. Our loss slight. jackson had re-
crossed into Maryland.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 24.-Richmond papers
of the 23d inst, report that only por-
ton of Lees army had crossed the Poto-
mac; but. a letter from Winchester to the
Dispatch says the whole army crossed
without losing man or any stores.
Gen. Sumner and another Yankee Gen.
eral sent a flag of truce after the battle,
asking permission to bury their dead.
Mr.. Boteler says the evacuation of Mary
land is only temporary-she will and
must be redeemed.
Our loss is five thousand; that Of the
enemy abouttwenty thousand.
The Enquirer says that Maior.General
Anderson was severely wounded. Gems.
Wright. Lawton, Ripley, Armstead, RAN
som, and Col. Aft Cumming were slight.
ly wounded. Gems. Starke and Branch
were killed. Private dispatches says GEN.
eral Toombs was slightly wounded.
RIcHMosR. Sept. 24.-.rhe Lynchburg Re-
publican Of to-day says the Yankee col.
umn recently routed by jackson near
Shepherdstown, was commanded by
Burnside. Four brigades of the enemy
rushed across the river, when jackson
precipitafed his whole force against them.
The enemy were literally moved down.
So many were killed that the stream was
almost jammed up by their bodies. About
fifteen hundred prisoners were taken.
OF the Federal forces, estimated at ten
thousand it is thought not more than two
thousand escaped.
The casualties on our side, two hun
dred and fifty killed, wounded and miss
ing.