Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-29
IFrom the baltimore Sum, 2sth.

AT an early hour yesterday morning ,ru-
| NOR was rife that a battle had taken place
between the Union and rebel forces near
Winchester, Va, and that the Union forces
had sustained repulse. Upon inquiry at
official quarters the following facts were
ascertained:
At about II O'Clock on Sunday morning,
| the rebel forces under Generals Breckin-
ridge and Early attacked the Union forces
under Generals Crook and Averell, and
Colonel Mulligan, at or near Winchester.
There was also portion of General Hun
ter's forces in the fight, but General Hunter
was not present, being at Harper's Ferry.
The battle lasted during the entire day, and
when night closed in, the Union command
ers, ascertaining that the rebels had receiv-
ed large reinfOrcements, retired towards
Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry. Yester-
day morning they retired from Mar
! tinsburg to Harper's Ferry, after which
the rebels occupied Martinsburg. Through
the advice of General Hunter, VIM.
Prescott Smith, ESD, superintendent of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, ordered
the passenger trains that had left this city
for the West yesterday morning to return,
and for the present no passenger or freight
trains will be run further than Harper's
Ferry and Frederick. The trains from the
West will run only as far as Cumberland.
This is done merely as precautionary
measure until the actual state of affairs and
the number of the rebels and their designs
may be ascertained. The rumors that pas
senger and freight trains have been captur-
ed are unfOunded. 1t was announced that
Col. Mulligan, (of Lexington, Missouri,
fame) commanding brigade in the fight
of Sunday, was killed. He was wounded
and seen to fall from his horse, and it was
thought he was killed. He was an officer
well known to this country, and his death
will be deplored by many friends. He has
for the past year done much service In
Western Virginia along the line of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. 1t was stated
that Gen. Averill's forces sustained the
heaviest loss, as the rebels massed a large
force against them during the fight, and
succeeded in taking several guns from them,
which, however, ills reported, they succeed
ed in recapturing. The actual forces of the
enemy are not known, but if another raid
is contemplated into Maryland, the military
authorities are prepared to give them a
warm reception. Brig.-Gen. Tyler was in
the city yesterday evening, from the Relay
House, and was at once assigned to import
ant duties in the western section of the
Middle Department. The losses in the fight
on Sunday are said to have been quite Sc
we're on both sides, but in the absence of the
official accounts from the General conf
manding the engagement, all statements
from unofficial authorities are withheld
The reports last evening that the rebels had
entered Maryland by Shepherdstown and
Sharpsburg, and occupied Hagerstown,
were not officially confirmed, and not be-
lieved in military circles in this city. Re-
ports reached this city yesterday afternoon
that Gen. Averill had been killed in the
fight on Sunday, but Gen. Hunter, at Har-
per's Ferry, had not received, up to last
evening, any confirmation of the rumor.-
Up to the hour of going to press there was
nothing later received. The telegraph COM
munication only extended as far as Harper's
Ferry, and nothing could be ascertained in
regard to the movements of the rebels. i