Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-15
The Fish, on santa Rosa ISLAND.

FROM Iit ftiisacoi'l Dusef'ef.i
On night before last party of Confederates
stationed here and at the navy yard, went over
TO Santa Rosa island, under the command ot
Brigadier-Geueral Anderson, commanGeT-in-
chief Colonel jackson, of the 9Th Georgia regi-
ment, Col Chalmers, of the 9th Mississippi reg
/ iment and Col. Anderson, of the lst Florida
! regiment, each commanding their respective di-
visions, TO give Colonel Billy Wilson a surprise.
IL may be well to remark that Wilson and his
| privates have been sometime fixing themselves
comfortably on the island, and that they had
( built a large StOTehouse and filed it with pro-
visions This, our boys thought, TOO good for
such men, and were determined to dcs'rgy
them.
They crossed over the bay and marched up
the beach, killing pickets whenever hailed by
one, and upon arriving near enough opened nre
upon the Yankees who had by this time become
aroused, and returned the fire For two or three
hours the skiunishing was kept mp, when our
! side were ordered 10 charge bayonets. This the
Yankees could not stand. and fed toward Fort
Pickens. Our men then proceeded to burn ev-
ervtliug they could fnd-jcnts, the large store
house, together with the provisions etc.,-mak-
ing complete mass of ruins of the nice en-
campment oftle notorious Billy and his thieves
They even gathered the splendid guns left bY
the frightened and cowaTdly yandals, ana piled
them up and burnt them, besides spikiug num-
Der OF guns found in the batteries, and burning
the carriages of the same. This is just retIi-
button for the act ct burning the schooner
.'Iudah sometime ago.
We cannot state positively the loss on either
side, but the BOYS say they left the ground pref
tv well spotted with them. They brought fifteen
Of the Yankees over yesterday, and hold them
as prisoners ui war, one of them a sergeant,
and another no less parsonage than Major
Yogdes.
Sergeant Rees and private Lapham, Of CON-
pany /, Georgia Grevs took the nag on Billy
Wilson HtargHe, and were the first to put fire 10
the tents.
An honor is due the brave and chfvalrous
southern boys who did their work 50 boldly
and triumphantly. Ii was a complete success
on their part. The property they destroyed was
of great value, and we opine there will be many
hungry Yankee on Santa Rosa before the pro
visions are replaced.
We 90 to press at present with this meager
account of this engagement. This evening we
shall have the tnll particulars, and give full
! statement
A piece of Billy's flag can be seen at our
! office kindly presented to us by Sergeant Rees
Of the 9TH Georgia regiment, who might have
! been seen yesterday morning leading a large
/ live Yankee through this city.
Among the killed we regret to announce Lieu
| tenants Nehns and Sayres, and, have been kind
! " furnished with the following Statement of the
casualties Of the Chnch Rifles by one of tEeil
| leutenants: killed, J. II. Adams, f. J. Cook
missing, Is. X. Holt. wounded, Newton Rice
! w H. Smith--both slightly We regret also to
/ learn that Gen. Anderson was slightly wounded
in the engagement.
Prom the Pensacola Guards we have to record
! that Mr Peter O'Nei was so severely wounded
in the arm that anputation was necessary
which operation was performed yesterday by
| Drs. HaTgis and Green, at the ladies' hospital
/ He is yet in a critical condition.
| We learn that the cowardly and brutal beast,
! Of Wilson's command returned TO the battle field
! after our men had left, and murdered the wound
| ed men left on the field. Their every act goes tC
show that we are fighting base and puslani
/ nous pack whose rotten and cOwardly prin
! ciples prompt them to any act of meanncss anC
cOwardiCe How craven-hearted must have
] been the wretch who gave the order for the muir
/ der ola wounded and helpless enemy A JUS
/ God viii certainly visit upon them just an(
terrible retTi0ution
/ And here We may admonish ou citizens to bl
on the alert Every man and boy in the city oiC
enough to bear arms, should be we'll armed, auC
/ use every pTecau6on to prevent a surprise by tbs
( infamous horde. Those who have been watch
! iul should be doubly so now. The enemy is
moan one, and win take any unprincipled ad
vantage Of u.s. Watch watch Action ac
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