HARPER'S FERRY, W. VA., September 20, 1864 — 11.40 a.m.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Just received the
following official from General Sheridan, dated 1 o'clock this morning:
GENERAL:
We fought Early from daylight until between 6 and 7 p.m. We drove him from
Opequon Creek through Winchester and beyond the town. We captured 2,500 to
3,000 prisoners, 5 pieces artillery, 9 battle-flags, all the rebel wounded and
dead. Their wounded in Winchester amount to some 3000. We lost in killed
General David Russell, commanding division, Sixth Army Corps; wounded, Generals
Chapman, Mcintosh, and Upton. The rebels lost in killed the following general
officers: General Rodes, General Wharton, General Gordon, and General Ramseur.
We just sent them whirling through Winchester', and we are after them
to-morrow. This army behaved splendidly.
I am sending
forward all medical supplies, subsistence stores, and all ambulances.
JNO. D. STEVENSON,
Brigadier-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
43, Part 2 (Serial No. 91), p. 124
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