Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-06-16
FROM THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
lmPsrtant frsm Winehester-Geu Hilrey
IT hsrPer's sFsrry-kueess.fui Retreat
Cats his Way Through the Rebel Armv.

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| Cats his Way Through the Rebel Army.
| Correspondents of the Baltimore American |
| HAEPHR's FERRY, June 1.-THE rebel raid,
| or rather invasion, which has been so iong
| talked about, is becoming an earnest fact rs
! you already know. Itfs d. nc nit In the oon-
| fnsion sndexcitement prevailing here, 70 ascer-
tain the real facts, or to separate the true from
| he score Of false and exaggerated reports ny-
! ing about There Is no doubt, however, OF the
| ona great fact, that force Of considerable
| magnitude, under command OF General EvelI.
| i in the Valley, and that tho rebels have con :
! Quoted the movement with their usual eeIer;tv
and skill, and are evidently determined upon
| bold movement
Their main force, under General Eweu in
person. marched directly on Winchester, with
| the view OF surrounding and besieging Gen
hilroye forces there. The main BODY is ssia
| to have numbered $1,000 men. The whole rebel
| force engaged In the movement is thought 10 be
about 25,Oeo. Gen. Alroy had strongly forti-
| fisd his position, and was able to hold the
! rebels at bay during the whole Of Saturday and
| Sunday. Report sass that In several sttaoks
! on the works the rsbsls were severely epulsed,
and lost heavliy. Finding that the enemy
| were heavily reinforcing and mar ifssune n
purpoee TO tho: oughly invest the place f}en
F, Milroy determined whilst it wss In his I'd jySkr
| 10 cut his way out and join the forces ut Hsr-
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| executed, but not without con nsidsrable fiphtinS
IN which our troops acq uitted themselves we'll
General MilIoy prepersd for the movement
during sunday night, and At three O'Clock ihis
morning commenced TO move out on tbs road
| toward Harper's Terry. The rebels soon dis
cerned the movement and followed A run
| ming fieht sneued all the way from Wincheete Ter
| to within a few miles OF the Ferry So far ss
| the facts are now known every attack OF .ae
| rebels was repulsed: though not without CON
| siderable loss on our part, for which q fuu
penalty WAS s1aetsd The sound OF the artil-
lery firing during the morning gradually sp
| proachiEg Harpsr's Ferry, Indicated that Gen.
! Mliroy was falling back. and an intense int
| est was OF course excited. About noon the
! head OF the retrenting column reached Hall.
| town, three miles from the Ferry, and coursers
| soon after announced that Gen. Milroy had
brought nearly the W hole of his force between
| zine and ten thousand men, safely in and TIA,
| he saved nearly the whole OF his guns and
trains. Those in the works which could not
be moved, were spiked. a strong supporting
force was thrown from Harprr's Ferry, but
Judging from the cessation OF the firing the
rebels apparently concluded that hey had
been foiled, and gave up the pursuit
The troops from Martinsburg, under General
Tyler. together with those from North Noun
tain, under orders from Gen. Schenck, having
sent OF all their stores on the trains, prepared
TO retreat on Harper's Ferry on Saturday eve
ming. Everything being removed, about ven
o clock III the evening be took up his line OF
march, and had some slight skirmishing. in
which our troops beha we'd very we'll Nothing
OF value was left behind, and the W hole affair
was managed WELL his troops reaching Har
per's Ferry early on Sunday morning.
The first approach of the rebals was on Bar
ryFilie' Wnlch was held as An outpost of Win
chester by Gen. McReyn nolds. His force num-
bered about 1900 1Sen, Including the 9th MARY
| land regiment, Colonel Horne, and Captain
Alexander S ist Mary land hilltrry. Barryyille
is about half way between Sni ckers Gap and
Winchester Long streets rebel CORDS is said To
have advanced on this sn'all command from
| Suckers Gap and was held in che ck for nearly
six hours on Saturday, when they were over
whelmed by snserior numbers, and fell back
On Winchester
The 9th Maryland regiment AVID the Ist Mary
| land battery bore large share of the heavy
fighting at this point, and suffered severely
Capt Alexander. with his battery sunno-fas
by the 9th. had charge of the works and re-
pulsed tha enemy several times with great
slaughter. They II sintained tiie.r ground until
the balance of en-. Reynolds troops had
started for WlncE stPr, and had made eo4l6
their retreat. whaI night coming On and the
bells closing arou al them in great force they
| were compelled . abandon their guns and
retreat. The 6ih maryland WAS cnt M and
captured, but a small number escaping, and
capt Ale Wander and Lieut. Evans, OF the artil
iery, with fifteen men, were all of his fine com
mand who reached Harperis Ferry. Anumber
OF the missing were taken prisoners
Gen. keniy reports these commands SIS HAVING
distinguished themselves beyond all praise
They dad not yield until the enemy brought
thirty pieces CT cannon to bear upon Lhem
WHEREABOUTS OF THE REBELS-irsy aSI0S or
MARYLAND.
MoEoCACY JUNCTION. PN-while tha,e
is no doubt that the main force of the rebels
which had besiesed Winchester are stiu in
Virginia. ii is generally believed that the cav
airy ard artillery. under Jenkins, who had
the fight with Gen. Tyler III Eartinsbnrp h ave
crossed into Mary land, either above or at VIII
Transport II is asserted here quite ontident-
~ mat rfhel cavalry were in Hagerstown ut :
o'clnck this morning, bpt the only positive fsct
! ha We been able TO learn is that the telegraph
line between Frederick and Hag.rssown has
ceased entirely 10 work As there was NO
stoI m to damage the line, The inference Is thai
il has been cut, and OF course that the rebels
have done it. II was q SO reported al Harnnr,s
Ferry mat small force OF rebel cavalry had
been in Sharpsburg. The stage W hich left Ha-
gerstown early this morning, passing through
Middirtown, arrived at the sual time having
met with no interruption; nothing having been
seen OF heard OF the rebels nj long the turnnile
|. The good people of Frederick have been in
state OF great excitement to-day and Yesterday
II hundreds OF The citizens have made prepsra-
lions 10 leate the town, and beside consider
able number went Ia Baltimore. in trains to-day
other having gone III various directions in nri-
NaIe vehicles toward the Pennsylvanis line
INC Ire" coiored population are in great per-
turbation, fearing that they will be carried
INTO Dixie, and sold slaves. by the rphpls
They crowded two or three burthen cars that
went down to-day, and it is probable there
VIII be general flight OF them from this sec
ton OF the country. The Government has re-
moved its surplus commissary stores from
Frederick, and cleared the hospitals of ali pa
tien1s who could be moved.
The Baltimore Sun of this morning saws.
The following is the substance of an Official
dispatch received from Gen. Milroy by MAJOR
Gen. Schenck last night:
''The Notifications were invested by about
$4,000 Confederates, with twenty pieces OF ar
tillery. This force, after a desperate conflict
carried the outer works by storm about O'clock
on Sunday evening. Gen. Miiroy spiked his
heavy guns and withdrew after night in the
direction of Martinsburg. He marched about
four miles unmolesbed, when he was attached
by an overwhelming force. desperate fyht
of two houls followed, when Gen. MiIroy cut
his way through, and arrived at Harper,s Ferry
with supposed loss of not over 200 killed.
wounded and missing
The road is now open through Martinsburg
to Mary land and Pennsylvania While cavalry
raids may be executed in those States il IS
thought impos ioie for the main body Of the
Confederates to pass over and leave the heavy
force under Gen. Tyler at Harper's Ferry in
their rear The belief last night. however
among the military men was that Gen EWeIIis
force has crossed at Williamsport and pro-
ceeded 70 invest Harper's Ferry. This, how
ever, was only surmise, as no official Informs
tion OF such movement had been received
The latest advices last night were that the