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Highly Exciting News from
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fFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer, June ICth.]
"We are again in tlie midst of a season
of excitements and alarm. We are told
that Lee's anny has invaded Pennsylvania
in force, and it is also stated that an advanced
body of the rebels have sacked
and burned Oreencastle. The enemy ap- j
pears to have moved with lightning-like
celerity, and with a secrecy almost miraculous,
if all that is said be true. We
first hear of him at Berryville moving on I
r Winchester; then of another force at 1
"Bunker Hill advancing towards MartinsBurg.
Then we are advised of a fight at
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Jianmsourg, ana uie xeuxeut ux vxeu. j.y- ;
ler. Next the enemy appear at Hagerstown,
and immediately we hear from
Oreencastle that our troops have retreated
from the former place. Later in the day
there were tidings that the Rebel forces |
were moving iipon the southern borders
of the State in six columns.
All this comes with startling suddenness.
The telegraph can scarcely keep
pace with the rapid marches of the enemy, j
Alarms follow each other like a succession
of earthquake shocks. Public anxiety is j
excited to a degree of painful intensity.
TFrom the Baltimore American.]
Harpers Ferry, June 14.?The rebel
raid, or rather invasion, which has been
so longed talked about, is becoming an
? earnest fact as you already know. There
is no doubt that a fbrce of considerable j
magnitude, under command of General
Ewell, is in the Valley, and that the reb- |
' x?ls have conducted the movement with
their usual celerity and . skill, and are evidently
determined upon a bold movement. :
Their main force, under General Ewell
in person, marched directly on Winchester,
with the view of surrounding and be
^iecincr General Milroy's forces there.?
The main body is said to have numbered
eighteen thousand. The whole rebel
force engaged in the movement is thought
to be about twenty-five thousand men.? j
\ Gen. Milroy had strongly fortified his position,
and was able to hold the rebels at I
bay during the whole of Saturday and J
Sunday. Reports say that in several at- ,
tacks on the works the rebels were severe- *
ly repulsed and lost heavily. Finding
ibat the enemy were heavily reinforcing
and manifesting a purpose to thoroughly
invest the place, General Milroy deter^anined,
whilst it was in his power, to cut
" his way out and join the forces at Helper's
Ferry. The movement was successfully
executed, but not without considerable
hard fighting, in which our troops
acquitted themselves well.
General Milroy prepared for the movement
during Sunday night, and at three t
o'clock this morning commenced to move
oat on the road towards Harper's Ferry, i
The rebels soon discerned the movement
^md followed. A running fight ensued all
the way from Winchester to within a few
miles of the Ferry. So far as the facts
Are known every attack of the rebels was
repulsed, not without considerable loss on j
our part, for which a full penalty was exacted.
The sound of the artillery firing
storing the morning gradually approaching
Harper's Ferry, indicated that Gen.
Milroy was falling back, and an intense
interest was of course excited. About
noon the head of the retreating column :
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reached Hantown, inree mixes iroiii iue
^ Perry, and couriers soon after announced
. that Gen. Milroy had brought nearly the :
whole of his force, between nine and ten
thousand men, safely in, and that he saved :
. yearly the whole of his guns and trains, j ]
Those in the works, which could not be ' ]
moved, were spiked. A strong support- 1
ing force was thrown from Harper's Fer- | (
it, but judging from the cessation of the i ]
tiring, the rebels apparently concluded 11
that they had been foiled, and gave up <
the pursuit. <
The troops from Martinsburg, under j
General Tyler, 'together with those from
North Mountain, under orders from Gen. J
ISchenck, having sent off all their stores <
on the trains, prepared to retreat on Har- j
per's Ferry on Saturday evening. Everything
being removed, about seven o'clock ]
in the evening he took up his line of j
inarch, and had some slight skirmishing, j
which our troops behaved very well.? ]
Nothing of value wfts left behind* and the i
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wnoie unair was mauaycu. ?cu, mo uuup i
.reaching Harper's Ferry early on Sunday j
morning. 1
The first approach of the rebels was on ! t
Herryville, which was held as an outpost ]
of Winchester by General McReynolds.
His force numbered about three thousand 1 i
men, including the Sixth Maryland Regi- ! s
ment, Colonel Home, and Captain Alex- 1 t
under's First Maryland Battery.- Bern'- ! c
ville is about half way between Snicker's 1 j
Gap and Winchester. Longstreet'& rebel i i
corps is said to have advanced on\ this ! c
small command from Snicker's Gap, j and 11
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THE FREE SOUTH, SA1
was lield in check for nearly six hours on
Saturday, when they were overwhelmed
by superior numbers and fell back on
Winchester.
The Sixth Maryland Regiment and the
First Maryland Battery bore a large share
of the heavy lighting at this point, and
sufferad severely. Capt. Alexander,^jith
his battery, supported by the Sixth, nad
pliaroro nf flio wnrlfo ami ronnlacl tlio
enemy several times with great slaughter.
They maintained their ground until the
balance of Gen. McReynold's troops had
started for Winchester, and had made good
their retreat, when night coming on, and
the rebels closing around them in great
force, they were compelled to abandon
their guns, and retreat. The Sixth Maryland
was cut up and captured, but a small
number escaping. Captain Alexander and
Lieut. Evans, of the Artillery, with fifteen
men, were all of his fine comnSand who
reached Harper's Ferry. A number of
the missing were*taken prisoners.
General Kenly reports these commands
as having distinguished themselves beyond
all praise. They did not yield until the
enemy brought thirty pieces of cannon to
bear upon them.
HABEiSBrRG/June 16.?A train of one
hundred wagons, which left Martinsburg
on Sunday, arrived here this morning in
safety.
The rebel advance this morning is five
miles this side of C'hambersburg.
Colonel Smith, commanding a regiment
of Infantry at Hagerstown, fought the
rebels yesterday an hour and a half, when
being surrounded, he was forced to surrender.
The banks removed their deposits yesterday,
and workmen were engaged all
night in removing the Covernment archives.
Hundreds of people are removing from
the south side of the river, bringing in
all their horses and cattle.
Working parties are still busy on the
nnrvieit/j cirlo r\f tlio riroi1 uromrinor irnrlra
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of defense.
The people in theintenor are thoroughly
aroused by the peril of the State capital,
and within the next twenty-four hours
thousands of militia will probably arrive
here.
The refugees are now coming in by
thousands. The railroad depot is crowded
with women and children, waiting for
transportation east. The train to start at
two o'clock will not be able to take more
than half that are prepared to start.
Most of the merchants are packing up
Uioir goods, and iJiippfng them as rapidly
as possible. Adams' express is overrun
with freight
Habbisbubg, June 16.?Midnight?
Despatches received up to this hour from
Shippensburg, show that the rebels are
still at the later place, but in force not
exceding 2000 cavalry, with no infantry.
General Jenkins, who commands the rebel
force, ordered all the stores in Chambersburg
to be opened at 8 o'clock this morning.
which was complied with. The mer
chants were forced to take Confederate
money in payment for their goods.
At one o'clock to-day the rebels were
drawn up in line of battle on Colonel
McClure's farm, anticipating an attack.
The rebel cavaliy, to-day, occupied
Littletown, eleven miles from Gettysburg ;
but at last accounts, they had not advanced
bevond that point
The farmers in the Valley are sending
their horses and cattle into the mountains
to avoid their falling into the hands of the
rebels. The rebels are gathering up all
the negros that can be found, with the
intention of taking them along. So far as
heard from private property has been
respected.
Stuart himself is not in Pennsylvania,
according to the latest advices, but in
Shenandoah Valley. The fortifications on
the liills oposite Harrisburg are considered
sufficient protection to the city, and an
Dffensive movements on the part our troops
is not improbable.
The Pennsylvanians are fiocking to the
State defense. Every county has responded
and troops are now being fowarded
in great numbers from all points.
Lancaster is the first to send her five
liundred men. Two regiments are expected
x>night from Reading. The One-hundred
md-twenty-seventh, (Jolonel Jennings, nas;
reorganized and is now armed. It is the
irst militia armed troops in tlie intrenchnents.
The authorities have information which
las not been confirmed up to the present
ime, that the rebels are ac New Market^
Pa., with a force of 20,000 or 25,000 men.
A train of powder has been laid to blow
ip the barracks at Carlisle, if necessity
hall require it, to obviate any advantage
he rebels might gain by reason of its
iccupation. A very intelligent refugee
jives it as his impression that the enemy
s pressing into his ranks all able-bodied
litizexs of Pennsylvania along the line of
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'URDAY, JUNE 27, 1863.
Baltimore, June 1(>.? Tliere is mucl
: excitement here, and many rumors o
rebel cavalry, seen at various point
within twenty-five or thirty miles of the
I city. Several of the old military organiza
tions of Bhltimore, it is thought will b<
i immediately revived, and their ranks fillet
up with volunteers.
There are many military movements ii
progress, and rumors of others, but tliej
cannot be mentioned, from prudentia
motives.
The people of Baltimore feel that the
I efforts of flie Government to proted
Washington will necessarily include Baltii
more, but nevertheless there are enI
couraging evidences of a determination od
the wart of our people to rally at once tc
rerel the invasion.
wovernor Bradford has issued a proclamation
calling upon the citizens of Baltimore
and the people of Maryland to rally
j to defend their soil from invasion.
I Washington*, June 16.?The following
official despatch has been received from
Gen. Milroy, at Harpers Ferry :?
" I am in with the greater part of my
coaftnand. The fortifications at Winchester
were invested by about fifteen
thousand rebels and twenty pieces of
artillery. They carried my outer works by
t storm at six o'clock on Sunday evening.
I I spiked all my guns on Sunday evening,
| and left with the whole of my command at
one o'clock on Monday morning, bringing
! away all my artillery and wagons, and was
intercepted by an overwhelming force,
with artillery, four miles this side of Winchester,
on the Martinsburg road, and,
after a desperate fight of two hours, I cut
through. We were pursued by a large
cavalry force, who picked up a number of
my weary ooys. I think my loss will not
exceed two tliousand in killed, wounded
and missing."
Bal*hore, June 17.?Reliable information
relative to the invasion is that a small
force of rebels, not exceeding 2,500, crossed
the Potomac at Williamsport on Sunday,
evidently in pursuit of General Kelly's
baggage train, which arrived at Harrisburg
last evening. This force passed through
Hagerstown and entered Cumberland on
Monday night They did not proceed
further than Scotland, five miles beyond
rniomncraliiltcr wlioi-o tjior v>nrna^ a
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bridge. ,
Baltimore, June 17.?Noon.?I learn,
from an undoubted source, that our forces
have evacuated Harper's Ferry, and that
we hold Maryland Heights, wluch are
strongly fortified, and capable of standing
??jge agains^prastly superior numbers.
Tietters received torday fromTlfarrisburg
intimate that the guBfls and attendants of
Milroy'dfcrains, on the way up from Martinsburg,
were mistaken for Lee's cavalry
advance, and stampeded the villagers and
farmers on the way.
Philadelphia, June 17.?The Inquirer
has a special despatch from Washington,
dated last night which contains the following
intelligence :
" The latest advices from the army show
that Gen. Lee has pushed a very large
force up the Shenandoah Valley.
Gen. Ewell'8 Corps is in the advance,
accompanied by Gen. Stuart's cavalry.
Gen. Hill's corps is close behind, and
Gen. Longstreet is bringing up the rear.
There no longer seems to be any boubi
but that Gen. Lee is throwing the, whole
of his forces up toward Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
Our cavalry has been skirmishing with
Lee's rear guard for two days, and all in
formation now tends to snow tnat tne
Rebels are not moving to give us battle on
the old field of Bull Run, or in that vicinity.
Our forces evacuated Frederick, Md.,
and that vicinity, and fell back to the Relay
House this morning. No enemy pursuing
them, they returned to Frederick
this morning with strong reinforcements.
Some rebels appeared at Poolsville last
evening, but withdrew without doing any
damage.
An extra train went to Harper s Ferry
last night and returned this morning.
Soon after the train passed the Point of
Rocks, some of Gen. Hill's corps came in
on a tour of observation. ?
It is said by some who watch military
matters closely, that the next little will be
fought in Maryland, and perhaps on the
old field of Antietam again.
Gen. Lee is moving on a longer line
than Gen. Hooker, but he has not succeeded
in out-marching him very far.
A despatch from Harrisburg says that
there are twenty-five hundred rebels at
South Mountain, MJ., and that there are
thirty-five hundred at and near Chambersburg.
The latter have made no show of
advancing to-day.
Business is mostly suspended in tliis
city, and the merchants are devoting their
time to the enlistment of troops for the
defence of the State.
H.vkrisburg, Pa., June 18--1-30 P. M.
?The rebels under Jackson evacuated
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i Chambersburg at one o'clock to-day,
f taking the road to Hagerstown.
s The authorities here now are in telei
graphic communication with Ch&mbers
j burg.
J j During the stay of the rebels there all
I private property was respected, except so
far as horses and cattle and the necessaries
i of life are concerned.
r Jackson's old division, under Ewell, is
I reported to be at Hagerstown.
Troops for the State are arriving rapidly.
> A despatch has been received from Get;
tysburg to the effect that a resident of the
- ; southern part of Franklin county states
- j that Ewell was in Hagerstown yesterday.
i Another states that he was in Greencacua
> this morning, and has with him a largo
I body of infantry.
' Reliable information has reached hero
that the rebels are now in force at Com'
berland, Maryland.
A company of colored men arriyed this
; evening from Philadelphia, whose services * ,
were declined by Major General Couch, on
the ground that no authority had been
granted by the War Department for the
muster of colored troops into the service
of the United States for a le5s period than
f three years.
The following paragraph we find in the
Wheeling Intelligencer of the 16th: " Gentlemen
who came in from Clarksburgh last
evening say scouts reported there thai a
: force of several thousand cavalry was ad'
vancing from Lewisburgh on Charleston,
Kanawha."
The Seventh, Eighth, and Seventy-first 1.
regiments 6t New Yory City, with full ,
ranks, left on the 17th for the seat of war
in Pennsylvania.
The report that Gen. Milrov had retired
from Harper's Ferry and established him- '
self on Maryland Heights, is confirmed.
A train of five hundred Government
wagons, loaded with stores, and accompanied
by contrabands and refugees, arrived
in Harrisburgh on the 16th from Martinaburgh,
Va., having left that place on the
14th. A rebel force of 4,000 mounted men.
were held at bay at Martinsbnrgh by 50?
of our men, until the train got safely off.
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WM. H. JONES, Private, Co. E, 8th Maine Voto^
Jane 15, typhoid feverr
CHAS. CLAPSON, fiwporal, Co. A. 115th New YoriC
Vole., Jane 1(5. ^
JAMES WICKEN8, Private, Co. C, lL">th New York
Vols., Jane 17, typhoid fever.
JAMES BOYLE, Captain of schooner L. B. Mtdfortf,
Jane IS, apoplexy. c
DANIEL M.wOH, Private Co. D> 174th PennsylvOaW
nia Militia, Jm* 9th. -1,
WILLIAM FlEXER, Private, Co. A, 176th Pennsyf?
vania Militia, Jane 7th.
SAMUEL A. GUNSAX8, Private, Co. P, 176th Pean*?
sylvania Militia, Jane 9th.
JEFFERSON H. PIKE, Private, Co. B, 11th MaMm
Vols., J tide 10th. . .. ; .
PETEH SHIFFEBT, Sergeant, Co.'F, 176th PenasyU
vania Militia, Jane 7.
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