Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-01

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CorresP5nde1cs Of tie Richmond DsDatcL.T
.. WiNcCnGsrER, September %.
Ol Saturday, the n of September. lhs Con
iederate army reached Frederick City in Mary
land, eucsmping, for the most part. a mile OK
two southeast Of the city, on the side toward
Washington Bat few forces actually entered
Frederick until Tuesday, The OH Ou hat dav
/ snd the next our whole army took up TIE line Of
march, passing through Frederick westward Oh
| tHe turnpike leading to H4gsrs50wn. A part Of
the army proceeded as isr As the latter place.
/ A few days aissr. one portion crossed the P0
! t1nec al or near Wi'iamsp0rt and marched to
I Hsrpsr's Ferry, via @arins5urg The YANKEE
I forces at the latter place iell back % HlrDers
I teuy-whicL placs was invested by our forces
! on both sides Of the river. The et;sck was be
! gun ou Sunday, the 18Th, and on Monday morn
Iug, thu IA h Ihs entire Yankee army aDI5u!stsd.
/ l. was c1mIaadsd by General White. The
/ Federal general, D. S Hies, was killed We
[ took over lloOJ pdvasess beside about 1000
runaway slaves a large lumber Of Union re-
/ fugees, over 1900 small arms, from fifty 10
seventy pieces o. artillery, AMI stores a1dam-
muniuoa TO the value OF several millions Of dol
lars.
The prisoners, iueluiiug officers. were paroled,
and the captured slaves, arms, and other prop
eTty, sent back 90 places Of safety
On Friday, the - ID, 1.-TWO days af.ar our main
army had passei westward from Frederick
Mcclellan approached Frederick wilh bis grand
army from the direction OF Washington bis f-s-
object being the rescue gf his aruy "a. Hqrpsrs
FeyTg
La this he was completely f3iIsd by the genius
Of cur noble chietLaiU, General Lee. he hsd so
arranged thai Genera. LJuEs.rzzt, with his CON
manf, held young Napoleon" in check until
tts Yankee forces at The fa7g Ind caDif4lqssd-
and tlIs almost IN sight of Mcclellan L0ag-
street then tel. back 10 unite with Jackson and
Hill, who, having finished their 70 a. ;as ferry,
marched TO JON bin.
On Iues0sy, the 10th Of September. the two
grand armies encountered escH other near S aarDs-
burg, IN A4ry Iaud- The s. enc Of conflict " ssa A
valley about two miles vide, running south rom
B0onshofO' % the Potomac river. mar sha-Bs
burg the latter place being near the Mary aud
SIDE Of the Potomac, and some miles ug the rlver
from SdapGrdst5W1- Tie valley Is divided by
the AHtis;am creek. " hica runs down fl into tbs
Potomac few miiss below Suegsrist0wl Ou
the east side Of .he valley and ot the A1ti=tam
lag McClsL-8n, with the a5aUJ- Bus igs
mountain behind him. On Ia west siis uf tie
Antirtam lay General Lees army. with hfeh
mOultlius rising in his rear
the battle commenced en- Tuesday afternoon
Wss renewed Wednesday, and was continued
until the night OF that day. At that lime jack
son had driven back tho enemy's right wing for
also forced back Els center and .at-Es holding
the battlefield, but Mcclellan sliU holding a Do
sltOu between the Autetam aud Blue IL lre
The battle was one Of the hsr3ss. fought OF
the war. The Hon. Alex r B5-=lsr. in speech
made here last night jgss after his arrival fr0m
the army, stated that II was estimated tLat our
losses would not exceed, In killed wounded s7s
missing 5000, while tia. Of ths enemy was esd-
mated 81 10000
There was I'D. II -I+f-.. ON rT7r,-.-5g--- G,..r-.
night our army crossed, wlthousm m1lsststi5u and
in good order, 10 this side Of the river. near
Shepards.own- OF the plan. for their future
movements l know nothing. Whether we are
to TecrCss after the equiu0otial storms are over
or whether tnis is to be the end for this season,
OF our trsns-Potomac campaign, General Lee
knows bat not l.
If this Is 10 be tia end fIr the present. .ts
two weeks across ihs Potomac has been so fun
OF success and glory th-t every S5u-hau heart
should feel fuil Of pride and ~ The csptUrs
OF the whole Ha-pef's Ferry armv-lLe greatest
capture Of prisoners, etc, ever made at one time
Oh this c0uu1=ut-vas sUIE1 1ieug reward for the
crossing of the P0tomsc.
One @Ord as to tie reception Of our army On
the Maryland side. Many may be disappointed
Recruits csme by hundreds, VIXEN t6-y were
expected by some b have i5iuei us by th0u-
sands. But we mUsi take into consideration that
tae army remained al Frederick bus three days;
the whole route through weich We passed was
that part Of the State considered most strongly
Union; that even the southern men Of that sec
tion before joining our army aud riskiug ih6ir
all, wished TO know whether the movement was
to be g mere temporary raid or an effort for per-
msueuL relief When we consider these things
we can we'll understand why il was idle 20 ez-
pect any more fiom Mary land than we actually
received Even as things were, large numbers
were on their way TO j,in our army At the very
time it was leaving. Since We leu, every man
who made any show Of 0psn welcome 20 the
Confederate army Las been arrested by Lin
c1lu's miui1Hs.