The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-09-26


u houses were filled. The ladies turn
cd out with commendable spirit. an,
' ministered faithfully to tho poor iel
I lows as fast as thoy arrived.
. Today the wounded are arriving
, here, and the churches OF Frcdericl
5 are being used for the came purpos,
Many OF those but slightly wounded
are leaving by the trains.
PRISONERS.
There were probably over 1900
Iprisonors taken during the fight o
Sunday evening, aud about TOO rtb
el sick were lett in the barracks a,
this place. The enemy have treat.
ed their own eck during tue las,
two weeks with great cruelty. Tney
have left them to die almost any.
whereby the roadside and in the
fence corners. and the citizens oi
Frederick have hitched pp their
teams ard gono down the George
town turnpike, toward the Potomac
whence they came, and picked up
the poor fellows, brought them in
redeemed them from their filth and
rags, and saved their lives.
MONDAYS PURSUIT.
We did not. for some reason, get
n bright and ,rly e,art on Monday
morning The rebels had been
driven into b Iousb1ro on Sunday
night, eignt miles from VI ID ilotown
HDoker's force started about eigh,
O'Clock n IN and his advance cav.
airy soon had u collision with the
enemy's rear ut Bo,rsb1ro, and
drove them handsomely from ID i
piare. Oar infantry followed on.
and iound the roaI' Ills. forests
and hills swirmins with rebel efray
glers. They were speedily gather
ed up and cont to the rear, and bS
10 O'clock II ,uker sent word back
That he had captured 1.0)0 and il
The army Immediately pressed on
the whole rebel force would he ours
Gen. Hooker may have been too
sanguluo, but at any rate no dc
cided ad vance wAs made unit near,
~ noon some time being necessari
ally consumed in ascerlainirg the
ro.ds and the lay OF the counrry.
VALUABLE AID
was rendered our Generals in this
respect by dozens OF loyal oiliz ms
who came on horseback and by
mountain paths from the direction
the enemy bad taken, aud gave lnil
and reliable inform ,lon OF tue rebel
movements. This was one OF the
~ o. -'"'''i-a S;ens ~hich we me-,
with anywhere. - yns...- :. -.
all tho other way; the enemy knew
all about ns, AM we knew nothing
OF them. But here yesterday morn.
ing it was cheering indeed to soc
these honest and loyal men flock to
headquarters, each corroboratingt the
others story, and rendering their
information positive. For instance,
a large body oi the enemy break 'ast'
ed at Keedysville at about 7 o'clock,
and within two hours afterwards
Tour or five men irom that village
had arriYcd with the information ut
Gen. McClellan's headquarters, elk
miles distant.
ON THE MOVE.
Hooker, 90 | have alIeady said
moved by tho main pike to Boons
boro, followed by Sumner, while
B4nks moved by ver crooked
ruuo away round to TIE right Of
Boonshoro, evidently to ascertain II
the enemy had any further force III
the direction oi Hagerstown. il
was rendered positive that he had
not, and Banks again struck the
Boonsboro road, and followed Hook
or. At the latter place, branch
pike diverges from he main road 10
llagerotown, and, lnrnins abruptly
TO The lett III the center ol the V'l'
lage, runs nearly due S'u'h okae'
'dysvilie, SharpsDurs nnd Sn,pp"rds'
town, on the Potomac. Tncse three
corps pursued the enemy 10y tnat
route.
Ryuo's and Porter's corps took
the rough, winding road; winch ran
over the mountain crest through the
battlefield 0. Sunday, as snnSn IN
the ekelch, aud lo olowed On to kee'
dyevil,e, striking the pike u short
distance SouIh Of that place, ana
pushing toward Sharpsburg, tom
whlch the enemy were driven just vi
sundoWn.
!, FRANKLIN's MOVEMENTS.
After Franklin had driven the en-
envy from Burliit,sviIle GIp, he too
was occupied some in picking VI
, killed and wounded, aud seniinl
3 both them and prisoners to the rear
, But he promptly struck oil down IN
0 to the valley, between South Mount
Q ain and Elk Mountains, called b,
: the people "pleasant Valley. "
h Down this alley some fifteen t.
!, twenty thousand Of tho rebel troop
It had fled during the night and morn
= ing, AMI had Harper's Ferry held on
n until Monday at sundown, Franklin
y would not only have made magnlI
;, icent haul OF the enemy, but coul
10 have rstaken Maryland Heights
y and thus have saved the Ferry.
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