The New York herald., 1862-09-24

ceded TO- and short time troeps marched In ara
took possession OF the ensmy's works.
ten thoas md prisoners ty pieces q artillery large
amount OF ordnance. cemmissary and quartermasiers
and one 10 sSe hS
publish the following extracts from letters Tecsved by
him yesterday
After the advance Of our army 70 Frederick and the sa
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ana sssn I.pidy behind HARPER. Ferry
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Ferry The investment Of Harpers Ferry effected ..
was renswed yesterday morning. ana ne result
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dred wagons quarermaster and commssary stores and
This important conquest effected without
loss Of our side 30 much Is official reported
led that s. an sis
Of 5000 in Killed and wounded. 6y q. hsary Our
easily Jackson WIN rscross The Po.emss
the whole aGs % Hs kea
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nss sayy As &c. . ana a held his
son until the advance Of arrived when the enc
back Gen meant for Gsrsna ad
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esossins ;ly the river shspSsrd..o.n An
thew we wee nsarS starved The force
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The train from the Nort, on yesterday brought US oas
little OF additional interest that may be deemed resOio
The fight Boonsboro, though resulting in severe oss y
General D. H. Hills division, causing him 70 fai Dack,
wes not reverse The object Of MS position was g
point while operations at Harpers Ferry were oeing
contaminated 1t is reported that many Of our srssgeFs
The surrender Of the enemy Harpers Ferry was fol-
lowed Immediately by the parole Of both ocers ana men,
tho being % s. sds
occurred there between wises command and The
enemy Nothing reliable could be ascersaned In relation
TO 1t.
Information which reached this city last evening IRON
- officer Who was engaged in the hgh at Aarpers Ferry
that captured Al that place II 900 privates ~
officers 1000 negroes Is 900 stand Of small arms and
- pieces Of cannon Our loss in the engagement was
battery from this city alone took 500 horses The on
GERS and captured all paroled and sent home
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 20.
As far as we can understand the operations from the
very imperfect which We have received they
were somewhat as follows: Our army in Maryland y
divided into three corps, commanded BY Generals Jack
O these corps Jacksors was engaged in the siege OIL
Harpers Ferry, and the ether two covered hs opera
tions Conceivng Of great Importance to raise hs1
siege ana TO relieve the beeagucrcd forces, which
amounted in numbers almost - corps drmee AcCel-
Ian resolved to mike powerful effort.
He left Washington. II Is said, with force OF 70 OOOo1
men From the correspondents Of the Yankee papers we
heard Of him at Rockville and other places on the Naton
his army marched upon that road IN ths alrectoa W1
Fr cdericktOwn.
The road passes through Fredericktown but whether
Mcclellan kept that far have Of ascertain
ing The frst we hear Of him ID at BoonsborO inY
washington county, which is nearly equidstant from
Wsn snd ssu 'no sc eud
lit e north Of west from the FIRST ely due north rOA
she second and nearly southeast from tho third.
force eighty thousand men) upon the corps
General D. HILL which was the rear guard d the army
The battle was long, furious and bloody but General H
although attacked by vastly superior forces, stood
ground without yielding an inch.
m the night General Iongsrests corps arrived and o.
Monday the two combined attacked Mcclellan, asd}
totally defeated him. driving his forces before them for
fve miles. But for the intervention Of night 10 said
that the rout would have been complete.
From participant In the engagement we have obtain
ed particulars with reference to the investment and
subsequent surrender Of Harpers Ferry Our niormans
states that General jackson left Frederick on Thursday
taking the Hagerstown road and at the same time the
divisions Of Goneras McIaw and r. H. Anderson moved
overlooking the OF Harpsrs Ferry. On Wednesday
the division Of General Walker sent down TO destroy
the canal aqucduct NJ the mouth Of the Monocacy and
arrived at the point during that night TIE next morn
ing early before they had accomplished their purpose
order was received from General Lee directing Gen.
Walker to proceed with his forces, by forced marches
the enemy At Harpers Ferry from escaping In thae
direction. The division crossed the river at Point
Of Rocks nine miles below Harper Ferry and on Friday
evening reached the position assigned them General
Jacksons force reached Wiamsport, on the Potomac
Friday morning and Immediately crossed and moved
on Mariinsburg twenty miles above Harpers Ferry,
where there some three or four thousand OF the
enemys forces. On the approach Of General jackson hs
force fell back and united with the force at Harpere
Ferry. believe to number about nve thousand. Gen.
jackson pui sued and Saturday morning reached Hail.
town, four miles southwest OF Harper's Ferry. From
this point he despatched courier to General Walker,
then in possession Of the Heights south OF the town
directing him not to open his guns upon the enemys for
ications until he General got In position, Of which
he promised TO notify General Walker.
Meanwhile the divisions Of McIaws and Anderson, after
the Maryland side the enemy leaving them, and join
ing the forces their intrenchments the Virginia side
of the river On Saturday night General Walker received
orders from General Jackson TO open fire the
daylight Sunday morning In obedience to this ordcr
day the stiffness OF the Sabbath broken BY
the opening Of Walkers guns upon the fort6cations Of
the enemy on Bolivar Heights, two miles above the
railroad bridge at Harpers Perry. At the same time
the attack was made by the forces under General jack
termined continued throughout the day-MeIaws
and Anderson shelling from the Maryland side
their guns Of which they had large number
in position were handled with great effect upon the
column Of General Jackson which had 10 approach thcm
through open space where their guns had an unob
struced play The shslls from walkers batteries and
the mpetuous attacks Of Jacksons rendered their
entertainments Bolivar Eeghts too for the ene
my, and late in the evening they fell mack 20 Camp Hill
mile in Of the Bolivar ort6cstions Here they
had heavy planted aud strong enrenchmens thrown
up but within Of the batteries Of Mcaws and
Anderson, the opposite heights Night coming on the
struggle ceased forces occupying the deserted
entertainments on the hills of Bolivar. That night old
'Stonewai sent message 70 General Walker that his
forces possession OF the enemys first line Of
trenchmeuts, and that with Gods blessing, he would
have Harpers Ferry and ne federal forces carly next
morning.
At daylight the next morning (Mondayl the fight
renewed the enemy stiil osrng obstinate resistance
until about O'Clock A. NJ. when their coors were
struck and capituation proposed. o. the terms Of
this capitalization have learned particulars but
conclude that they involved the unconditional surresdsr
OF the whole force negroes we'll Yankees About
nine O'Clock entered the second line Of en-
trenchmcnts the enemy having surrendered everything
guns ordnance and commssary stores &c. The number
oI the enemy Ia variouslv estimated from 10
twelve thousand and the from fifteen hundred TO
two thousand
OF our losses not apprised but judge from re.
ports that General Jacksons column suffered pretty
heavily. In Walkers division had 1--WE killed, three
by accidental explogiOn n shell.