THE INVASION OF MARYLAND: Rumors of a Heavy Battle Below Hagerstown; FIGHTING AT HARPER’S FERRY (9/14/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 9/14/1862

[Homer_J_Simpson]

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Sept. 13.

The Chambersburgh telegraph operator says that he heard firing all the afternoon from the vicinity of Martinsburgh.

The Bulletin is out in an extra with the following:

HARRISBURGH, Saturday, Sept. 13 -- 4 P.M.

Men are wanted in companies. Philadelphia should respond immediately. There is no time for delay.

A heavy battle has been progressing south of Hagerstown for the last four hours. It is supposed to be between JACKSON and the Union forces at Martinsburgh. We have been telegraphing all day for Home Guards and Grey Reserves, and hope they will report in companies, as all others do; after that is done, they will be formed into regiments to suit them if possible, but in accordance with United States regulations. Send along the men.

The above dispatch has been sent by T.A. SCOTT, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and has been politely handed to us by Mr. E.C. WRIGHT, one of the Directors, who assures us that the Company are prepared to forward 10,000 men to Harrisburgh to-night.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Sept. 13 -- 7 P.M.

A dispatch has just been received from Col. THOMAS A. SCOTT, from Harrisburgh, stating that a battle is going on below Hagerstown between MILES' and JACKSON's forces, and calling on all troops to rush to Harrisburgh. Our citizens are making a prompt response -- hundreds of armed men are rushing through the streets to the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Sept. 13.

The following dispatch has been received from Gov. CURTIN:

HARRISBURGH, Saturday Sept. 13 -- 1:30 P.M.

Contradict the report that no more troops are wanted in Harrisburgh at once.

I want troops at once, and in companies; cannot wait for formations of brigades or regiments.

We are pushing forward troops every hour.

A.G. CURTIN.

BALTIMORE,

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The Invasion of Maryland: Rumors of a Heavy Battle Below Hagerstown – 2-4
The War in the Southwest: Nashville Menaced by the Rebel Army Under Bragg – 4
Important from Cincinnati: The Rebel Army Retreating in Confusion – 4 (repeated on 6. Oops. – HJS)
Postscript-The Rebels in Maryland: Latest Reports from Harrisburgh and Chambersburgh – 5
The Army of the Mississippi: Rumors of a Coming Movement – 5
The Battle of Britton’s Lane: Five Hundred of the Twentieth and Thirtieth Illinois Defeat Five Thousand Rebels – 5-6
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 6
The Indian War: Terrible Battle with the Indians – 6-7
More Indian Atrocities: Four Persons Murdered Yesterday – 7
Editorial: Dissolving Views in Maryland – 7-8
Slavery in the Indian Territory – 8
Editorial: Military Accountability – A Demand for Rigor – 8
The Mississippi River to Save the West – 8
Editorial: Rebel Recruiting in Maryland and Kentucky – 8-9
Editorial: The Pay-Roll – 9
Payment of Troops – 9
General News – 9

[Rufii]

I predict that the battle near Hagerstown is going to get a lot bigger in the next few days.

[rxh4n1]

It seems they are getting nervous in PA.