Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-29
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Advance into Sirgisia-Charle>t >town occu-
pied Remembrance at Shepherds
town-The Situation,

Advance into rirsisia-Charlestown occu-
pied ReconnoiSSance at Shepherds
town-The Situation.
tCorrespondenceo OF the Baltimore AmeriCan.l
CAMP FIFTH NEw YORK ZoUAvEs, near
Sharpsburg, sept. 26.-(ieneral Griffin. whose
brigade pIckets the river at Blackburn's and
Reynolds's Fords, opposite Shepherdstown,
keeps strict watch on the Rebpls, and is active
in reconnotering the country along the Sir-
ginla side of the Potomac. This morning bat
talon of cavalry crossed, and soon afterward
sent back as prisoner a Rebel cavalry officer
whom they captured at Shephertlstown. Soon
after, q boy appeared ON the opposite bank and
shouting 10 the pickets not 10 fire, came over.
He said that he had enlisted with the Rebels at
Frederick, 'bnt becoming Disguised with the
service. desired to come home. The Rebels he
/ reported 10 be in strong force ten miles back
from the river. lie also said that jackson had
had his arm amputatcd, in consequence OF a
wound received at Antietam. These stories Of
Reeel deserters are. however, inotoriously nn-
reliable.
with the Hh Massachusetts and the LIST District
Of Columbia regiment, crossed the river. They
threw out skirinishers, advanced up the hill,
and, proceeding cautiously, passed into the
woods. Shortly afterwards they sent back a
piece OF artillery and an artillery forge, which
the Rebels had left behind. They remained
over during the afternoon, but as there was no
firing il is 10 De- presumed they did not find The
Rebels III force.
1 was in error in stating that the three or four
hundred rifles brought over by q prryious
They were the rifies OF the Philadelphia Corn
Exchange Regiment, thrown away Ia the grand
skrdaddlc of that regiment from the other side
OF The river on Saturday last. The Rebels had
gathered them together for the purpose of re-
moNai, but our people Were too quick FOR them
The hve English cannon, brought over at the
sane time, We're yeritablc Rebel property and
IL was believed was placed where it was cap
tured fur the purpose of tempting our men into
a trap. II 80, the trick failed.
POSITION OF THE ARMY.
The general position Of the army has not
been changed except at Harper Ferry, where
our advance has been pushed out io Charles
10" n; and nav" found the rebels in front.
TIE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
l DO NOT know whether the facr has been
sra'ed. but | learn il from reliable authority
that Nc captured in The battle over thirty rebel
rt@imcntal colcrS. Twenty->ix OF the - have
Been returned 20 he3dq u:lTtrrs, and ven others
are known 20 have been sent 10 their States by
parties who supposed they had right TO dis
pose ct Them. They viii be reclaimed lly the
" ar Department We lost no artillery I'm thp
Hight, though one battery was furiouslV fought
over. The rebels abandoned two guns i'm their
:at!'a'. and Eve other pieces have since been
brought Over tie river by rcyonnoiterTng par
ties.
NO GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF THE VIC
TORY.
Much surprise is expressed among officers at
The failure Of The Government 10 anG WAY malx,
an official recognition Of the importance of the
victory won By our troops n the battles of South
MoGntai III and AnIetanI. II is reasonably urged
THAT an official bulletin recognizing the bravery
OF Our troops. and expressing an appreciation
o. ilif skill of The generals who led them, would
he timely as well as appropriate, and that the
entilr silence OF the War Department srflns TO
indicate that battles NOT there regarded as
deserving OF thanks. Such official recosniIions
have The hest effect with the soldier, who sees
IN Them formal expression of the public ap-
probation of tie work he is doing for the prr-
rtlNaiioE OF the Consultation and the Union.