Thursday, Sept. 18, 1862.
This is Thanksgiving day, appointed by the Pres-
ident on account of recent victories. The people are
taking holiday, but I have been at work since breakfast.
A letter from A. R. Boteler, received last night, puts a
rather different face upon the news from Mary-
land. The dates are important. He says Hill was at-
tacked at Boonsboro on Sunday, and held his ground
till Longstreet came up, when the enemy retired. It
is supposed that the Federalists were moving to relieve
their army at Harper's Ferry. Lee fell back, prob-
ably to sustain support Jackson, who took Harper's Ferry
on Monday. Thus the plans of the enemy were de-
feated, and ours were successful. Gen. Loring's last
dispatch is dated at Charleston, Kanawha Co. He had
driven the Federalists before him at all points. —
A large number of conscripts from North Carolina
arrived this morning on route for Maryland — prob-
ably 500. A fine company from Hardy, reorgan
ized here, marched out this morning. They were taken
prisoners last summer in the West (Va), and have recently
been exchanged.
[transcription by the Valley of the Shadow project]
MSS 38-258
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