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A number of passengers arrived from Winchester on the Central cars yesterday, who report that early on Tuesday morning the Federal forces, estimated at 32,000 men, under command of Generals Cadwallader and Patterson, crossed the Potomac at Shephard's Ferry and Williamsport. They state that Col. Jackson, in command of a detachment of Gen. Johnston's force, variously estimated at from one to four thousand men, was at the latter place and attacked the enemy while they were crossing the river. Col. Jackson is said to have killed some forty or fifty of the Federal troops, and to have taken about seventy prisoners; but being unable to cope with so large a body, retired back towards Martinsburg, for the purpose of forming a junction with Gen. Johnston. Our informants state that when they passed through Winchester, about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, General Johnston was then on the way to meet the enemy with his entire command, supposed to consist of from 12 to 15,000 men, and the prisoners taken by Col. Jackson were momentarily expected to arrive at Winchester, they having been passed on the way, and their coming announced. Col. Jackson writes, we understand, that if he had 5,000 more troops he would have continued to engage the enemy, instead of falling back on the main body. These facts are abundantly confirmed, and it is reasonable to suppose that there was an engagement yesterday in the neighborhood of Martinsburg. From indications, the Fourth seems to have been selected as a day for the advance of the Federal troops at all points, and we shall expect to hear of numerous engagements.
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. July 4, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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