Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-24

The Surrender OF Harper's Ferry-Cum-
berland Gap Evacuated by General 1Ior.
gan. ...-...--
Our readers will find below accounts from
the Richmond papers Of the capture of Har.
| pcr's Ferry, and the battle at South Mountain
Evidently they had not heard Of the retreat
/ from ''My Maryland" Harper's Ferry is
| their hobby now, and the Southern people win
| have that to glory over and be. satiated with
| for the next three months. or the result Of The
invasion, they VIII be kept in blissful igno-
|. rance. z4 -.-.s : 81.
lFrom the Kichrnond Dispatch of Sept. 2o.1
/ CAPTURE OF HAMPERS FERRY-THE BATTLE
= IN MARYLAND. - ''' 80 --'..
their great superiority 70 the yankees at Bethel
/ and Manassas, we saw and said that their Tue
policy was to assume the offensive and never to
| A contrary policy preduced series of disas-
ters which brought the Confederacy to the verge
Of destruction, and had it not been abandoned
at last, we are not sure that we should not, in
me END, have become subjugated and an
| enslayed people. - t'1't - #.tf; Fi,' =
From the moment the defensive system was
abandoned, we began 10. reap the fruits OF our
! superiority in Yalor and endurance. Victory
followed victory in such rapid succession, that
the whole civilized world stood amazed AT our
successes. Each successive victory seemed to
rise above the last in orilhancy and import
Kernstown was eclipsed by Mcdowell,
| Mcdowell yielded 10 Front Royal, Front Royal
was surpassed by Winchester, Winchester gave
| way 10 Port Republic, Port Republic bore no
| comparison with the seven battles around this
!. city, and they in their turn We're oyershadoWed
| by the second battle OF Manassas. .....
| We have this day 10 record an achievement
| which throws them all in the shade. An army
besieging another army in a position strong by
nature and strongly fortified, has been assailed
ar the same time by q third army, and has not
only succeeded in defeating that third army
-lox rxI,f az
compelled The besieged army to surrender az
| discretion.
| We remember but three exploits similar to
| this. One of them was that of Julius Caesar at
| Alesia-m comparably the greatest of all that
| mighty Generals Observation-Disclosures, with
| $1,000 men, he kept in an equal number who
| enormous slaughter 2OO,0O0 who attempted 10
| relieve them. Another was that of Marino Fa-
liero at the siege Of Zara, where he kept in the
| besieged and defeated a Hungarian army of
So,eeO men. The third was that OF Prince Eu.
| gene at Belgrade.
| As far as we can understand the operations,
| from the very imperfect accounts which we
| have received, they were somewhat as follows:
| Our army in Maryland is divided into three
corps commanded by Generals Jackson, Long
| Ofthese corps Jackson's was engaged in the
siege OF Harper's Ferry, and the other two GOV.
| cred his operations. Coneeiving it to be of
| lieve the beleagueredi forces, which amounted
In numbers almost to corps ddrmee, McClel-
Ian resolved to make n powerful effort.
| He left Washington, it is said, with force Of
| $1,000 Ren. From the the correspondents of the
| Yankee papers we hear of him at Rockville
and other places on the National road, some
time last week, from which we conclude that
| his army marched upon that road in the direc.
lion OF Fredericktown. --f
The road passes through Fredericktown. but
whether Mcclellan kept il that far we have no
means of ascertaining. The first we hear of
HIM is at BoonsbOro', in Washington county,
which is nearly equi distant from Frederick
town; hSS marper,s t Ferry and and Hagerstown, being
and lying little north Of west from the frst,
nearly due north from the second, and nearly
southeast from the third
At this place, on Sunday, he fell with his
whole enorrnons force lso,0O men) upon the
| corps.of Gen. d. H. Hill, which was the rear
GUS and bloody; but Gen Hill, although attacked
by vastly superior forces, stood his ground
without yielding an mca.
In the night Gen. Longstreet's corps arrived,
and on Monday the two combined attacked
Mcclellan, and totally defeated him, driving
his forces before them for five miles. But for
The intervention Of the night, it is said the rout
would have been complete.
AT ten oclock, While the battle was still ra-
ging in Boonsboro', Gen. Miles, with his whole
army, yariously estimated at eight, ten and
twelve thousand men, surrendered to General
Jackson.
Vast quantities of stores, - 900 small arms,
5opieees Of artillery, and at least 1000 negroes,
isome say 2,5U1,) We're captured. Having dis
posed of Miles and his army, Gen. Jackson was
marching rapidly down the Potomac with the
intention Of crossing below and getting in the
rear OF Mcclellan, thus cutting him off efectu.
ally from Washington These operations shed
an almost unparalleled lustre on the Confed.
crate arms. ..
In the battle Of Boonsborough or in the
operations before Harpers Ferry lit seemed to
be uncertain which, Gen. Samuel Garland was
killed. He was but thirty years old, and was
army.
His education was military, he having grad.
mated at the Virginia Military Institute, and
! from the time the war commenced, he adopted
the profession OF arms, with an arCor that
| amounted almost TO passion. He was pos
sessed OF fine talents, and was as fearless the
1 sword he wore.
| While in one command of a regiment he was
/ severely wounded at the battle Of Williams
I all the battles around Richmond, in which he
| brigade. s.
4 In private life he was most agreeable and a
| most amiabIe man. He ewas the only son OF
| widowed mother. We have heard of no other
officer of high rank who was killed in the late
| actions. -..
Further Rebel Accounts Of the Surrender
Of Harper's Ferry.
IFrom the Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 2O.l
SURRENDER oP HARPBR's FERRY. ..
From a participant in The engagement, we
have obtained some particulars with reference
I 70 the investment and subsequent surrender of
! Harper's Ferry. Our informant states that
Gen. Jackson left Harper's Ferry on Thurs.
| day, taking the Hagerstown road, and at the
| same time the divisions OF Gems. AcLaws and
| r.. H. Anderson moved from the vicinity Of
| Frederick for the Maryland Heights, overlook
| ing the town of Harper's Ferry. On Wednes-
day, the division of Gen. Walker was sent
| down 70 destroy the canal aqueduct at the
mouth Of the Monocasy, and arrived at the
point during the night. The next morning,
early, before they had accomplished their pur-
1 pose, An order was received from Gen. Lee,
1 directing Gen. Walker to proceed with his
| forces by forced marches, to London Heights,
4 via Point OF Rocks, to prevent the enemy at
Harpers Ferry from escaping in that direc-
4 ton t...i - - -ts .'..f#
\ The division crossed the river a. Point OF
1 Rocks, nine miles below Harper's Ferry, and
| on Friday evening reached the position
4 signed them Gen. Jackson's forces reached
1 Wilhamsport, on the Potomac, on Friday morn.
| ing, and Immediately crossed and moved on
I Martinsburg, twenty miles above Harper's
Ferry, where there Were some three or four
/ thousand Of the enemy's forces. On the approach
Of Gen. Jackson this force fell back, and united
| with the force at Harper's Ferry, believed TO