WINCHESTER, Va., March 12.
This place is at length recovered for the Union. The march of our forces to Berryville, and a reconnoisance to this vicinity, succeeded in misleading the enemy, so that they did not know where to expect an attack. Yesterday p.m. they commenced evacuating the place.
Gen. Hamilton, From Bunker Hill, with the Michigan cavalry, meeting 1,200 of the enemy’s cavalry, gave battle, supported by a section of artillery. This was about 5 p. m. yesterday. A battalion of the 1st Maryland regiment reinforced our cavalry, and one of our sections of artillery came up and replied to the enemy’s guns. The fight was soon over. The enemy fled, leaving their two guns, several horses and about 30 men killed and wounded. Our whole loss was 3 killed and 15 wounded, all of the 1st Maryland.
Large stores of ammunition and provisions and many houses have fallen into our hands and the Union flag flies triumphantly over Winchester. The reception of our troops by the people has been most enthusiastic.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, March 14, 1862, p. 2
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