The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-27

,oasEsroSpEscE OF ruR McRnosp prsrArcH
FREDERICK Co., Va, q miles from /
winchester, Sent 02d. l062.

You sAould have heard from me ere thia os the
.sirnr svents iusa transacted In this part Of the
stsss, but for m unfortunate woand received In
,hs battle Of sharpsburs. September 18th. ON &C
count OF which have since been 70 situated - to
b unable 70 write until st present.
The particular Of the march through Naryisnd
~ well known TO every one that Il h useless
70 repeat One circumssancs, however, have not
yet seen u print. and will mention Jsekson's
corps marched from Frederick via Doonesboro' 10
WliliAmspoet Just Ia sight Of Booneshoro', the
whois army stopped to camp and cook t&tions. A.
usual ssvsrai soldiers mad. thsir way oa to town
in s~arch q sonsthing good TO eat. No danger was
apprehended Cen. Jaskson and staff rode Oh in
froot not dreaming Of danger but just ~ they had
reached The centre Of the town Capt. Russells CON
soldass saw the cloud of dust, but could not for
. moment divine tts meaning, until saw the horse
men come dashiug back. Fortunately NO injury
was done. though ball pierced the hat Of one Of
Jaakson's aida heard In Williamspors-his resi-
dsnss-thas Capt Russell wss wounded in the
moush. Capt J. n. Payne and = doctor. whose
nams did not learn, lost their horses. They were
saklne dl2nw q . hotel. The enemy He'd before
- from Aazsinsburg 70 Harpers Perry; We pur.
sasl; part Of Loasstrest's forces captured the
Maryland HeiGhss; others got possession of the
Le1doun Heights, and ws Surrounded them. Thus
sAs words ef Gen. Johrston were literally verified,
,hss Marpsrs Ferry would prove q man trap to any
party Who might attempt to hold IL. Their iroops
were living on half ratious. "A large number of
:sss9 ~sr. :sS ESTIMATED q.
srsacks with three dsys rations Of crackers Jack.
sons corps started . little after twelve O'Clock on
shs night Of the surrender directly for epherds
he hssvisst Of the nshs on the extreme left Of our
Inca The second brigade was that evening ex.
posed TO severe caunonade from the enemy for an
hour. Capt. Kelly, who at that time commanded
the brisado, slightly wounded and retired from
shs Asld. Capt. Dobyns. of the A2d, was wounded
in the arm besides eight or ten Others whose
did not learn. The command Of the brigade then
dsvolved upon Capt. Penn, Of the 42d We lay all
njaht on the Geld and the morning Of the bloodiest
DAY Of American history still found us in the sams
position We were in IN uucommonly exposed po
dtson, on . ridge Just between two depressions,
about 100 yards In front, and the other about the
msncod early in the morning, even before light
About sunriss It commenced along our lines From
,hs Aryt our men began to fall from their long range
guns. The enemy were about 400 yards distant bs
hnd fAuce and were covered by the position that
Ne could see them only when they rose to shoot
Many Of our men thus fell from their long range
Suns-six around me whom could have touched
without rising. Up to this time the cannon had
been doing but little execution, nearly every charge
passing entirely above us, About 10 O'Clock we
were ordered to fall back to the woods, where we
we're we'll protected by the nature Of the ground
In this movement was wounded and left the field
The hrina continued necessarily during the day aud
tui o'clock ct night The right of the enemy :
line was turned, and We drove them back to the
n tie Sunday hGLt.
Il was horrible In the extreme to witness the men
with usuaied limbs and bodies making their " ay
% the rear. A. esrly 10 o'clock tho whole fac q
Of ths eountrv seemed covered with them our
los must have been much heavier thsn in any pre-
vsoas battle. though much less than that Of the
enemy. The number wounded was extremely
largo compared with those killed. The Confeder-
stsa held the field for more than day to bury their
dsad, md they fell back this side Of the river
Saturday evening the enemy attempted to cross
but Jackson moved down whole columns OF them
10 the river. Two bTigadss, ! understand, lad
crossed before he sttseked them. but were soon
driven back, many ot them finding Wstery grave
before reaching the opposite shore;
Our army Is increasing every dsy, and uOf~i iik'
standing the numbers lost In the late battles aow
numbers more than II has for solns time Tn0u-
sands who were broken down aud left sick on the
road during the late marches, srs once more max
Ing their way to their companies. Hundreds, too
sE coavAlsscsnts from hospitals who We're stopped
st Lsesburg and sent on to " Winchester, are rejon
Ing their commando
Specuistors constantly follow 10 the y axe of sn
army; scarcely had our army passed before the
country wss swsrminG with them. Nearly all goods
fer sale in the country was Immediately bought up
and sSht TO Richmond for speculation. The nlsr
ehauts here not thinking Of such exorbisnt PRICES
sold ct reasonable rates This Is subject to which
The attention Of the authorities should be called
for now those very articles which have bern ear
ried of are much needed by our toilwon soldiers.
The country rom 6hepherdstoNn To Htsunfon il
,hickly dotted with the sick and wounded Win.
chester, and the several towns on the road, have
large number of them. The ctizeus along the
route are sorsly tried, snd 1t astonisbes to
with how much fortifuds they bear up under the
many calls made upon their hospitality. l have
row q family before my mind who, since the fight
have never turned away the 1rst one from their
door unfed, often having twenty to thirty at meal
The Lord who permitted not the widows cruise of
oil 10 fail, will surely bless them in the end.
A. T*ax
r. S-Ws have in Winchester about lJO prison
srs, besides 500 who were started on toward Rich
naud yestsrday. Most Of these have once been
psrolsd and viii no doubt receive their lust
deserts They profess to have been forced into ser
vice again.