CAPTURE OF HARPERS FERRY.
At midnight on the 14th, Jackson massed his batteries on the heights
overlooking Harpers Ferry, and at daylight on the morning of the 15th
opened a fire which fairly shook the surrounding mountains. Just at
sunrise General Miles, the Federal commander, was struck by a shell
and his left leg carried away. At twenty minutes past seven the white
flag was waving over the Federal position, and a few minutes later Miles
surrendered 11,583 men, 73 pieces of artillery, 13,000 small arms, 200
wagons, and an immense quantity of supplies. But Jackson did not
wait to receive the surrender; leaving that to Hill, he hurried across the
Potomac into Maryland to join Lee, and assist him at the
