Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-22
BY TELEGRAPH.
DISPATCHES RECEIVED SATURDAY NIGHT.
Reports and Rumors from the War OH
the Upper Potomac.

Saturday morning, Sept. 20.-The rebel army
has succeeded in making its escape from Ma
ryland. They commenced to leave about
dusk on Thursday evening, and by daylight
yesterday morning were all over except a
small rear guard. They saved all their trans
portation and carried off all their wounded
but about three hundred. Between three and
four hundred rebel stragglerS were taken dur
| ing the day by Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry who
took the advance. Nearly every house in
Sharpsburg was struck by our shells. Two
were burnt and also a large barn located in
the centre of the town.
The citizens who remained, escaped injury
! by staying in their cellars. One child was
| killed. Two rebels, while cooking their sup
per on Tuesday, were killed by one of our
shots passing throug the kitchen. The name
! given to this battle is the Antietam. After our
| forces occupied the whole field, the rebel loss
found to be far greater, particularly in killed,
than was at first supposed. Fully twenty-five
| hundred were found lying on the field, while
larger number had been buried the day before
by their friends. Their loss in killed and
wounded will not come far from eighteen to
twenty thousand. Gen. Stark of the rebel
army was killed, and Gems. Ripley, Walker
and Hayes were wounded. The rebels on
| Thursday night burnt the railroad bridge and
| several houses al 1arperS cry.
The citizens of Sandy Hook were fleeing
into the country on Thursday night to escape
being impressed into the rebel service and
carried into Virginia. Large details of men
were made this morning to bury the remaining
dead. The troops are all in excellent spirits
over the result. The rebels are still visible
on the opposite shore in force. They have
posted large amount of artillery to prevent
| our troops from crossing the river.
| The officers Of this army are unanimously
OF the opinion that Gen. Hooker, for his gal
lantry and bravery, should be made briga-
| der general in the regular army in the place
made vacant by the death of General Mans
| field.
HARRISBURG, Sept. 20.-No informationhas
been received at headquarters here, up to
noon to-day, from either Of the armies in Ma
ryland. Private dispatches say that the enc
my is not to be seen at any point, and that
Gen. Mcclellan is still in pursuit. The sick
and wounded of our army are expected to
reach here to-day from Hagerstown.
AFFAIRS AT HARPER's FERRY
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-A letter to Phladel-
phia Press contains the following &c Monday
afternoon the COMMANDMENTS chief ordered
Gen. Burnside to relieve Franklin on the left,
and move rapidly on Harper's Ferry, to save
Col. Miles, who had sent word that he could
not hold out much longer than Monday
night. Gen. Burnside's corps bivouacked by
the roadside Monday night. Before day on
tuesday our whole corps was in motion for
Harper's Ferry, where we arrived about II
o'clock; and Gen. Mansfield with Gen Rcno's
old division at once engaged the enemy on
this side, driving him across the iron railroad
bridge and our temporary pontoon bridge.
The truth at once flashed upon us, as our
men pushed on, that Miles had surrendered.
On went our troops until the iron bridge was
reached, and here a battery was ordered for
ward to clear the way for charge of twelve
| picked regiments under Gen. Parke The
rebels retired on our advance, and our troops
entered the works. They found the guns safe.
secured most Of the stores and arms, and in a
short time were following the rebels towards
| Winchester. Several hundred of Col Miles
command were standing drawn up in the town
OF Harpers Ferry, ready to surrender and be
paroled; and their JOY knew no bounds when
they discovered that we had retaken the place.
Our loss in retaking Harpers Ferry was
slight, and it was evident that the rebels only
| captured the town in order to secure q passage
| south. On the appearance of the national
| troops, the retreat of the rebels was precipi-
| tated INTO regular rout; but as Gen. Burn
side had more than executed his orders, and
as ms men were worn out, the pursuit ceased
at Martinsburg. | was soon satisfied that
Harpers Ferry was not to be held by the reb-
| els, but that an advance was to be made bv
| them up the river, where the roar of cannon
was heard continually in the direction Of
Sharpsburg. Our whole corps was soon in
motion, to form the left wing of the army of
the Potomac in the great battle which we
felt confident would soon take place"
The same correspondence contains the fol-
lowing = "Harper's Ferry was taken by
Jackson's ten strong brigades The rebels
reported that Sigel was laundering in their
rear; but that jackson would cross the Poto-
mac that night at Williamsport, and reinforce
Lee. The rebels acknowledge that their loss
up to this time had been fearful in killed and
wounded, but that no account was taken of
TINS by the generals, who in their desperation
were determined to sacrifice the entire rebel
army in the present issue.
Our loss in prisoners has been small ey-
erywhere, except at Harper's Ferry, where
our forces surrendered in a most unfiatterng
manner. We have lost in killed and wounded
during the past week not less than 9000 The
enemy acknowledges a loss of 5000 killed
and wounded, and we have nearly 1000 pris-
oners. Our captures in munitions of war and
stores from the rebels are very heavy, and
they often exhibit want Of many articles ON
the field, but cover most of their shortcom-
ings with remarkable craft. General Lee,
suffering much from his wounds, received in
a fall from his horse and from a Mimic ball in
the thigh, has retired to Winchester for lit
tie rest. Gems. Longstreet and Hill are both
wounded, and Gen. Anderson is sick, so that
Stonewall jackson is left in command.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.-The Washing
ton Star Of this evening says that IA reconnois-
sance in force to Harpers Ferry was made
last night by part of Gen. Stoneman'S
forces. They found only three hundred sick
and wounded rebels there. They learned
that the rebel army had been crossing the
river above Harper's Ferry into Virginia near
y all day yesterday, and at nighttall Gen. Nc
Clellan's advance was close on the rebels
rear. a gentleman who left the front yester-
day noon assures us that among the rebel
dead left unburied on the battle field of We'd
nesday last was a major general, besides
many officers Of all grades. Yesterday the
last OF the rebels took their departure from
Harper's Ferry, after having burned all the
government property they found there that
they could not carry off, including the pom
tOOn bridge and storchOuses. They made
five distinct attempts to blow up the five piers
of the railroad bridge there all of which
| proved unsuccessful. The superstructure
was, however, much damaged by those van
dial attempts.
| GEN. HooKER's WOUND.
The wounds received by Hooker were
through the teshy part of his foot. Symptoms
of lockjaw have caused uncasiness among his
friends.
FROM WEDNESDAYS BATTLE FIELD.
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