POINT OF ROCKS, July 3, 1861.
I have just returned from Sandy Hook, opposite Harper’s Ferry, to which point a division of the New York Ninth and the First Pennsylvania Artillery have been advanced. A messenger came in to me there from Sharpsburg, bringing intelligence that there was an affair at Falling Waters yesterday, in which the Government troops captured five hundred prisoners and six pieces of artillery. Our loss three killed and some wounded.
The messenger states that there is a battle going on to-day on the road between Falling Waters and Winchester. Harper’s Ferry appears to be deserted. I could see but half a dozen people in the town without my glass. Shall I have any further instructions?
CHAS. P. STONE,
Colonel, Commanding.
Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series I, Vol. II. With additions and corrections. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902.
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