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The Daily Dispatch: October 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Second crop of apples. (search)
Latest from the South. operations of the Federals at Hatteras--Interesing trial in New Orleans — the late fight near Harper's Ferry, &c., &c. Our Southern exchanges bring us but little of interest. The following summary is presented to the readers of the Dispatch as comprising everything of interest which coulith shuddering feeling we think of such men; our souls revolt — and we spurn them back as the refuse and offscourings of creation. The late fight near Harper's Ferry. A correspondent of the Lynchburg Republican, writing under date of "Front Royal, Oct. 18th," says: Col. Ashby attacked the Federal troops about a mile and a half south of Harper's Ferry yesterday, and drove them back to Bolivar, where the fight continued for three hours and a half. Ashby had a portion of four companies of the McDonald cavalry, and about three hundred and fifty militia — making a force of five hundred and fifty men. The Yankees were forced to retire beyond t<
The Daily Dispatch: October 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Mecklenburg. (search)
The engagement near Harper's Ferry. We have information that the enemy evacuated Harper's Ferry on the night of the 16th inst., after burning the foundry at the Gulf Mills, and retreated to the Maryland side.--A volunteer who participated in the late engagement under Colonel Ashby furnishes us the subjoined account of that aHarper's Ferry on the night of the 16th inst., after burning the foundry at the Gulf Mills, and retreated to the Maryland side.--A volunteer who participated in the late engagement under Colonel Ashby furnishes us the subjoined account of that affair: "On the anniversary of Brown's raid, 16th of October, the gallant and brave Colonel T. Ashby, with about 300 cavalry and 700 militia, (infantry,) and two pieces of artillery, marched down the turnpike to what has been called Moler's hill, (now the School-house hill,) where the enemy had pickets the day before. They ng and steep hill in the face of the enemy, and under their fire. The Yankees gave way, leaving their fortifications for shelter in the houses at Bolivar and Harper's Ferry. That charge for the distance of near one mile up the hill, must have been a grand move to test the and courage of the troops. It was equal to any charge