The Portland daily press., 1862-09-24
BY TELEGRAPH,
TO THE
Portland Daily Press.
Rebel losses i'm the late Battles.
OF THE INHABITANTS
OF MARYLAND.
The enemy still near the Potomac.
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoToMAc,
Tuesday evening.


Tuesday evening.
Information received to-day from servant
who deserted from the rebels yesterday, shows
their loss in general officers in the late battle
TO be greater than ours Gen. Wright, of
Georgia, was wounded in two places. Gen.
Branch, of North Carolina, was killed Gen.
Longstreet was wounded. Major General
Anderson, commanding division. was wound
ed. Gen. Calquit, of Georgia, was killed. The
rebels admit their loss to be 10000 at the bat
tie of Antietum and 10000 since they entered
Maryland. The Alabama brigade, command
ed by Col. Corning, acting Brigadier General
has not been able to muster fifty men since the
battle.
The residents of this section of MARYLAND
have suffered considerably since its occupa-
tion by the two armies. In many cases fami-
lies which few days ago were in comfortable
circumstances are now wanting the necesssaies
of life. All forage and fuel and also subss-
tence used by the army, whether taken in the
regular way by a responsible person or taken
indiscriminately by those who want, is prompt
ly paid for.
Gen. Ingalls,, chief Quartermaster of the
army, and Col. Clark, chief of subsistence
upon the proper afiidavits being made, the
claims of those whose farms have been laid
waste and buildings destroyed during the bat
tie, are referred to the authorities at Washing
ton for settlement. Apeople SO loyal and who
have sacrificed for the Union as those in this
section of the State, are not only deserving of
the sympathy of every lover of the Union, but
the government should take the matter in hand
and instantly relieve their wants.
The movements of the rebels are mysteri-
Gus. The military authorities here feel salts
fled that the whole rebel army is still on the op-
posite side of the Potomac, information to that
effect having been received to-day. Gen. Lee
is also there. Their intentions are not yet
developed. An attempt to re-occupy Mary
land must be considered impracticable. With
out tents, and in many cases without shoes or
blankets, the present position of the rebel army
would be very uncomfortable if cold rain
should occur with the present weather. Over
coats and blankets are almost indispensable at
night.
Ambulance service was more promptly and
surgeons more energetic and efficient and
hospital supplies mo- quickly furnished than
before. The Sanitary Committee are doing a
work in caring for the wounded that cannot
be too frequently or earnestly commended. A.
ride through the Cumberland Valley, from
Harrisburg to Hagerstown, impresses one
with the wisdom of the rebels in attempting to
bring their iamished legions into that land of
abundance. 1t also suggests the importance
of repulse that kept them out of a region in
which they would have found supplies suf-
ficient to feed and recruit their army for
months.
The army moreover is not still. Large col
umns were in motian to-day going iu direc-
tion that it is not proper to mention. A regt.
Of cavalry crossed the river last night about
three miles from Sharpsburg on reconnoi-
sance. The rebels showed themselves on the
edge of the woods but made no demonstration
This village is literally overwhelmed by the
army. Soldiers swarm everywhere. and regi-
ments and divisions move in so many direbtions
that the eye becomes confused in the attempt
to study or detect the purpose of what is going
on.
Gen. McClelans headquarters are in the
vicinity and he can be seen several times day
moving about, overlooking and directing move
ments in progress.
just outside of Sharpsburg is small en-
campment of hospital tents, accommodating
the wounded left by the rebels in their retreat.
They number three or four hundred and in
clude many severe cases. Two OF their sur
geons remain with and have charge of them.
They have also receive from our surgeons all
the attention and supplies they need. There
are not many officers among them of higher
grade than captain.
The battlefield of Wednesday is daily tram
pied by an army of curiosity seekers from the
West, North and Feast. The field is now
pretty well cleared of all material evidence of
the struggle. The dead have all been buried
except the black and putrid bodies of some
poor fellows who had crept into secluded cor
ners and thus escaped the search of the bury
ing parties.
The wounded have all been removed, and
those who could be were transported to Ha-
gerstown, Chambersqurg, Harrisburg and 9TH
er places.
A number of the more dangerously wound
ed whom it would have been death to have
removed them any distance. still remain in
houses and barns in the vicinity of the field,
which have been fitted up as temporary hos
pitals.
In the last two battles the wounded have
suffered much less from exposure and want of
attention than in any previous fight.