Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-19
War News.


n Isancc. evacuated Frederick Friday, pt..
Ing through Boonv-boro' and lIaeerstosn.
towards wilIiam.por,. An eye wi,nc.,
state. tina, the rebel column wa. from o..
clock in the morning until dark passing n
given point. I, was estimated a, $1,000
ini,nry. GOO0 cavalry. and 30 pieces Of ar.
,illery. They had al.o quantity Of g,,I,
and provision. stolen In the vicinity.
Gen. Plea.antou came up with their rear
guard. and opened upon them. driving thcm
beyond the mountain. 10 Middletown. from
which place they were driven IN tho after.
noon They vero again attacked, before
night, beyond Booncsboro'.
RATTLE At sourn MOUNTAIN.
BooSESBoRo'. nd. Sept. Is The ba,,la
oil South Mountain va. Tough, yesterday.
and resulted in complete victory to tho
army Of the Po,om.c.
The battle field wa, located in the gorge
Of the mountain. in the turnpike road.
About o'clock the corps under Gen.
Reno va. ordered TO ascend the mountain
on tho lett. and make an attack on the enc.
my's flank. AZ o'clock Gen. Rsno's
troops got into action. The rattle OF musk.
etry for abou, half an hour was terrible.
when the enemy gave way, leaTiD; our men
10 possession Of tina, portion u the ridge.
Gen. Hooker. commando < Mcdowell.
corp, and the Pennsylvania reserves. ascend.
ed the mountain on the right Tor the pur.
pose OF naking an attack on the rebels left.
IL 90, hi. troops into position and novel
upon the enemy abou, two hours before 'uu.
down.
Here our troop. were successful. driving
the enemy before them with great slaughter.
The rebel. suffered tho mos, here
Gen. Hatch, commanding the division IN.
dor Gen. HOOKER. was wounded in the leg
zen. Gibbons brigade, composed of -.
9th and 9Th Wisconsin. and the lgth lnii.
ana regiments. were ordered to move up tho
gorge Of the mountain. This brigade I'D
no, get into action ,ill after dark, which
lasted tall near 0 O'Clock. Til. brigade lo'!
about 100 killed and wounded.
The rebel. were driven hack Tor about q
milo. when Gibbons brigade vas relieved
by POI ton OF Summers corps, who held
the position during the night.
The rebel troop, engaged were Long
streets, ID. II. Hills aud \. +. llill's
corps.
Had our troops had two hour. longer Of
daylight. tho greater portion OF the rebel
army would have been taken prisoners, a,
they were surrounded on three sides, and
the only mode Of escaping being narrow
d,fle in the mountains. which tho artillery
would have made impossible.
Among the rebel oiicers known TO be kill
Ell were Gen. Garland OF Lsesburs, and Col.
Strong Of the 10Th Virginia.
At daylight our wors, fears were realized.
The rebel, under cover OF the night had Ieft
on their way to the Potomac. They took
the rad toward. sharpsbur;. They left all
their dead on the Geld. and those Of their
wounded no, able to walk were found IN tho
, churches at BoonesJoro'.
Gen. Mcclellan wa. on the field the whole
day and night, and conducting all more
ments in per.on.
Between 1900 and 1900 prisoners were
taken during the day. the most OF them by
the troop, under Gen. Hooker.
Q Yesterday Gen. fraukIin'- corps advanced
, TO mountain pass six miles nearer liar.
: per-. Ferry. where he engaged the enemy.
Q holding tha, pass for about three hours. re-
. sul,ipg in q complete rout Of the enemy ani
heavy loss.
Our 10. in the action was about go
, killed and wounded.
, The rebel loss during the day and night
0 w, fully $1,000 killed, wounded and miss.
I ing.
Gen. Leo acknowledged to the citizens OF
4. Boone.boro' tba, they had been defeated
{ with terrible loss.
Our los. in killed and wounded will pro-
? baby reach 5000. We Lost but few pFis'
/. oncrs.
E A special dispatch to the World states
{ that after the battles Of South Mountain
gap and Burki,t.yille gap.fough, on Sunday,
the enemy having been driven from their
positions, fell back ON Bjone.boro', AMI
, thence southwark to sharpsburg. AMI begun
crossing the Potomac above and below Shep-
4 ard.,own. Tho parsnit Of our troops was
rapid. Hooker following by way Of BONES
boro.' supported by sumnerand Banks, AMI
, capturing q thousand prisoner, Daring
the morning the enemy breakla',ed at kee'
dy.yille. three miles from Bjonc-boro', but
our cavalry soon droTe their rear guard
, from tha, place. POrter's and Reno corps
took n shorter road over the mountain aud
arrived a, Sharp,burg at Sdndown, captar.
m, hundred. OF prisoners on the way.
, Pranklins corps fought brilliant battle
:, Sunday evening a, Burki,tsyill. gap. Tho
enemy va. terribly repul.:d. though having
rrra, advantage, OF position. ilancock'
brigade made charge up bill and cap
tared battery Of ak pieces. Howell Cobb
and 900 OF his Georsian'. Cobb Is wound
cd. The l6lh Virginia va. taken entire
On Sunday Long.,rcct marched back lr'"
naear.town to reinforce those troops h.'''
ing a, the gaps. aud arrived in season T. 'n
the rout.