Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-10-08
WAR NEWS.
GEN. MCLEILAN's OFFICIAL REpoer or
THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND ANr1Er.M
BATTLES

"A
BATTLES.
The following official report of the bat
tie of Antietam, from Gen. Mcclellan.
has been received at the War Depart-
Taent:
NEAR SHARrsBURG, Sept. go, 3 p. NJ
10 Mag. Gen. Halleck, Commander-in-
Chief L. : A: i have the honor to re-
port the following as some of the results
OF the battles at South Mountain and An
tietaHa. AT South Mountain our loss was.
Killed, 443; wounded, 1.SO6 missing,
&c; total :, 1925, AT Antietam our loss
wasS Killed, 1000; wounded. 9.4l6:
missing, l,O43 total, 12,469. Loss in
the two battles, 4,794
The rebels IN the two battles, as near
rs can be ascertained from the number
of dead found upon the field, and from
other data, will not fall short of the fol-
lowing estimate. Major Davis. Assistant
Inspector General, who superintended the
burial of the dead, reports abcut three
thousand rebels buried upon the field of
Antletam by our troops. Previous to this
however, the rebels had buried many of
their dead upon the distant portion of the
battle field, which they occupied after the
battle, probably at least five hundred.
The loss of the rebels at South Noun
tam cannot be ascertained with accuracy.
but as our troops continually drove them
! from the commencement of the action.
and as a much greater number of their
dead were seen upon the field than of our
! own men, it is not unreasonable to sup
pose that their lost was greater than ours
Estimating their killed at 500, the total
rebel killed IN the two battles would be
1000
According to the ratio of our own killed
and wounded, this would make their loss
! In wounded 1912. As nearly as can
| be ascertained at this time the number of
| prisoners taken by our troops in the two
| battles, will, at the lowest estimate.
amount to 5000. The full return will
/ no doubt show largernu Of these
! about l 200 are wounded. This gives
the rebel loss in killed, wounded and pri-
soners 25,542.
! 1t will be observed that this does not
include their stragglers, the number of
( whom it is said by citizens here to be
/ large. 1t may safely be concluded. there
fore, that the rebel army lost at least 3O,-
| 900 of their best troops during the cam
paign in Maryland
/ From the time our troops first cncoI,l-
tered the enemy in Maryland until he was
driven back into Virginia, we captured
twelve guns, seven caissons. nine limbels.
thirty-ninc colors and one signal flag. We
have not lost gun or color On the
battlefield of Antietam l4,OOO small
arms were collected, besides the large
number carried Off by citizens, and those
distributed on the grounds 10 the recruits
and other unarmed men, after the battle.
At South Mountain no collection OF
small arms was made, owing to the haste
of the pursuit from that point. Four hun
dred were taken on the opposite side OF
the Potomac
GEO. Il. MCCLELLAN,
Mai. Gen Commanding
. FIFTY THOUSAND REBELS TO MARCH On
WHEELING AND PIrTSBURG-ALIE-
GHENY ARSENAL To BE DES-
TROYED, &c.
The Washington Star of Tuesday says
1t is generally believed here that JEFF
Davis is about to send fifty thousand Of
his best troops on forced march ovel
the mountains to Wheeling, in hope Of
being able to take that city, and destroy
the Government arsenal, &c, near Pitts
burg, and then take Cincinnati, cross ovel
into Kentucky and form junction will
Bragg and Kirby Smith-all before om
troops, that are really soldiers, can bc
placed in position 10 interfere with any
position of this proposed striking enter
prise.
They also calculate on seizing sufficien
steamers to transport an army of fifty
thousand whittier they choose ON the Ohio
This programme is represented as havin:
come to Washington in whispers of Rich
mond gossip
Whenever Mcclellan crossed in larg
force into Virginia, the balance of tn
rebel army is to fall back on Richmonc
as soon as possible, and there, garrisonini
its defenses, now claimed to be stronge
than those around this city, TO wait tn
, approach of our army by any route ii
commander may select 10 march.
An important feature of this allege
rebel programme is for their force in Ken
: lucky, Immediately after its combination
to sweep the State bare of every horse