The New York herald., 1864-07-24
THE LATE INVASION.
Movements Of the Rebels Alssg The
ehenandsah Valley.
OPERATIONS or rHs UNION TROOPS.
REBEL ACCOUNT or TINE RAID.
A Rebel Victory Claimed st
Snfcker's Gar,


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Oar Maryiaaa Heights Cevvsspssa~Hes.
kAsslssp rssoHrs, ma, July fe, isea
Urtn Iass evening, fos thrtesn days. have
without mail Yoar aasy papers fof the a. sh, ssh,
10th, Ill., i2lh and lsss arrived last ss.nag ana from
them gather the fscs sbsi you totally 70 ms dark
N regards military masters ai fisrpsrs Ferry
sFs
On Saturday, Jufy 2. ws frst learned of cciamn u
rebels being In the sheasnaosh valley. rhsy
ported 10 be twenty ave Thousand 10 thirty thousand
strong AZ Winchester. 90 their waptowards Maryiana,
on Sunday, JulT Colonel Mulsaa attacked A. iss
town, near Martnsburg when tho rsoe sdvsrce gaard
turned back. Al the same me haigsn retiree 10
Martinsburg sigcls forces Aariinsbarg about
three thousand three thousand ave handred al told
with perhaps one hundred guards al points beswssa
there and Hsrpers Ferry. AT ons O'Clock on Sunday
afternoon Earlys advance entered Martinsbsrs. ant
siscl rerestcd pFcty fast" to shephsrdsown arriving
there about dark. ssels trains went 70 Frsderlcx
and thence to Hanover.
rnR ATTACK uAmm's rvRRy--GxEsAL wFHgs'a
D8ErNCa
We hardly expected an attack al Harpers Ferry su,
at half past eight A. NJ on the llh tue Twelfth pennsy
vana cavalry driven In from HAltown and creased
30 this side the Potomac Tho only force had at Har
pcr's Ferry tho 4th Companies T. ., and Of
terry d First Pennsylvania light artillery. ON Maryland
Heights, opposite the Ferry, Companies X and
a. Fifth New York artillery, garrison Of Tho defonces,
wth Miners Seventeenth Indiana battery aud furri's
battery A. First West virginia artillery General Weber
was command At the Ferry, aud Major q. Merriam,
Chic, Of Artillery, was in command Of the Heights Al
nine A. NJ began shellng the enemy, who appeared
across the river, Bolivar in small force but who had
heavy BODY Bolivar Heights and In ~ front Fort
Duncan opened thirty FOUNDER Parrctts and several
other works shslied the front OF Bolivar Heights,
Ittng havoc tho ranks OF the enemy and successfully
dislodgng the batteries which the enemy attempted 70
plant there
General Rhodes entire division In the advance and
consisted of the brgados OF General W. r. Cox General
W. G. Lewis, Colonel j. Elery and Colonel Phil Cook,
with battalion OF light artillery under Lieutenant Colo
mel c. H. Braxtcn. Two other divisions were at Hall.
town Colonel Draxton tried force Bolivar Bcighs with
fifteen guns about one 7. H., but our shells were too
much for him.
AT eleven A. NJ Captain ] T. Standring Company NJ,
Fifth New York artillery made gallant charge through
fty rebel sha pshooteTs ont OF tue town His two
killed. seven wounded and two mssing with this inle
force OF five hundred infantry II HarpIrs Ferry abe the
guns on Maryland Heights us fosgis ine enemy until
l risht
s..er General Weber hee TtnGrawn from The Ferry.
RrrREs
L WcOor
to Maryland heights captain Gardner acting quarter
master saved about three million dollars worth quar-
termasters stores, and gent them by rail safely TO Ba
moro.
Our signal officer Lieut. Thaycr reported large bodies
OF the enemy coming 10 rapidly With this report and
the uncertainty OF sgos movements, General Weber re-
tired General Weber is entitled to great credit for hang
ing on 50 Long % 1saos: such ss odds be
would captured his entire command and
the defences on the Maryland Heights not resulting
their capture, they without inaGtTy support
ARRIVAL oY GENERAL sNEI.
sges arrival with two light batteries and about three
Thousand infantry left us 10 comparative safety. lie
formed line OF battle in the rife pits fronting up the Po
tcmac, his rear towards Bsrper's Ferry The next
morning the enemy, under Drecknrdge having crossed
the Potomac eight miles above at Antstam creek,
pontoon bridge OF their own, came down and slowly
drove advance back to within half mile Of rifle
pits
susIouSDSD-A GOOD .Hor.
We now found ourselves between two bodies OF the
enemy twice the strength Of our own The enemy
brought battery TO bear on our skirmsh line, three
suns They bad Tine to Are six rounds when Captain
B. Wilder threw thirty pound shot from Fort Duncan
which dsmounied one gun and blew the carriage TO
splintefs. The battery iimbercd up aud lert at run
No other battery showed itself that day. except on
Bolivar Heights and that hundred FOUNDER psrro,t
shell quickly sent back. one hundred FOUNDER shell
fell at Hatown into the rebel park OF artillery causing
general stampede The distance these shells were
thrown and the eccuracyo The IRE emarkable.
Haltown Is fully four and half miles from the gun and
| only two shots were nred.
RECoSyoIgsAvCs.
The evening OF the General sgel advanced some Of
his regiments to feel the enemy the Sharpeburg road
and met General when spirited
haif an hour ensued 10 the woods From the position Of
forces Major Merriam could assist wh his art
ery The day ended with the feeling that night assault
would eusue Every precauton was taken TO repel
BOLIVAR AND HaRrERs TERRY surrrrp
wednesday began and ended ia skirmishiug and occa
sioual frng from the heavy guns with thrilling cpl
sode. just before sundown General sigc ordered MAJOR
Merrism 10 open hre from his guns half hour on
Harper's Ferry and Bolivar, which hied with
ahafpshooters.
without the slightest warning TO she citizens among
whom were some wives and children OF officers
aud men, of the mos, terrible fires from guns
the town Roofs FELL brick crashed, whole sides OF
houses were swept away by the breath OF hurricane
and that half hour bell isel prerera
bic TO those towns. The result OF the nrirs was the
death white woman, The mother Of Coles
esvarymeu (Union) ana negro woman at the Ferry
In Bolivar two three women aud child
terribly wounded. Three wagon loads Of doad rebels
were carried away from the Ferry alone that
night BY this time The rebels had became In such
al fear OF heavy that they did not dare show
themselves In squads of over bali dozen within three
miles but kept In tho woods and ravues Wednesday
afternoon twelve guns brought out by the rebels
about 800 yards from Fort Duncan but, bong sesn
stOuo tort ON the heights, few shells quickly
rnr REprL GENERAL rzwis Killed.
thursday, about eight A. NJ. several borsemen
seen on Bolivar Heights Major Merriam directed three
shcs be thrown at them simultaneously. The shells
burst directly over Their heads An hour after
buauce approached under cover OF tho n and per-
we're carried away in blankets TO the amou-
lance. We have since learned from citizens that the
lrrty consisted OF General W. G Lewis colonel luame
uuknown), Lieutenant Graham, Ffty.seventh North
Caro- ns aud nine orderies Citizens say all were killed
outright except one orderly
The lighting on thursday confined TO ssirmshng
The ~bsrpeburg road, with considerable sbeing tho
snemys position. one shell, thrown from the extreme
heights struck in the midst OF q wagon train Ave miles
up towards Antietam creek, blowing up a wagon aud
killing seven men. The rebels we're In Harper's Ferry
ana Bolivar on tuesday, "wednesday and Thursday ia
sgall numbers bnt many killed by shar pshooters
from the Ihrd battalion, Fifth New York aruIiery aud
by atwelye pounder mountain howitzer, when
down the Heights, until almost directly over the Ferrs.
MAJOR MvssiAn.
Tbc haas yOuu
Third battery tith United States srtnery leaving the
Second battery IN support Infantry ASIDE from this
support of the ors, haor Merriam had twn regiments
Of lnantry, two dismounisd light batteries Of three
hundred men, sad some four hundred dismoupted
cavalry, under hr command as support In Of a.
sault, Tor picket and other duty.
IRIS IN naassR's fsRRy--ruR RassD