Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-13
~ ,no,rHER BATTLE.

Passengers, VINO calric u1"n upou ~ wv
trail train yesterday evening, report that Gen
Lee and ep/:Ronsencrantz, on Tuesday, ut
tempted to gain the advantage Of each othel
in an advanced position. General Lee reached
the point in dispute with two regiments s ie"
hours in advance of his adversary, who mac
four regiments. i baltic ensuod, IN winch
the enemy were driven from The field with 4
loss of forty killed, while there vas little or nc
loss on our side. General Leo commenced
certifying the pass he had gained, near Big
Spline, in Pocahontas county, fifteen miles
from Huntersvillc. Big Spring commands The
turnpike road from Randolph TO Lewisburg,
and also to the Central Railroad.
Particular Of the Ladies' OF East Tonnes
zee.
We find the following appeal. to the ladies oil
the East Tennessee, in the Knoxville Regis.
teri of the Goth July:
To the Editars Of Ms EnozvWe Register.
] find it extremely difficult, if not inpossl-
BILE, to procure blankets for the wounded and
sick Of the army, having purchased all in this
neighborhood that are ava,llble, and as am
charged with the duty Of supplying the medI.
cal necessities Of the whole army, you can i'm
! ssins the great number Of beds ! have to pro
vide for.
l therefore write to ask your assistance in
the following plan: I propose to request,
through your paper, each family to furnish one
blanket or comfort Thus, with little indiVid'
ual Inconvenience, Z great deal Of aggregate
-1oJ ia tho .t,l> op1 ,rn,nlol onn ka done -
These blankets should be- collected by o com
mittee Of each church and shipped to me Il
paying the freight t, Richmond) with tie num-
Der Of blankets, and source from which they
come-what congregation or society aud town
or county marked on the bale or boz. Simi'
lar contribution Of blankets is being made in
this State, and will be requested ofall who will
be willing to assist in the care OF the sick
and wounded.
When l passed through East Tennessee, some
time since, I saw numherless lovely faces along
the railroad line, and know ,ha; where there
are SO many lovely faces there must be great
numbers OF blankets, and furthermore believe
that each Of the lovely ones would DO willing
to share a blanket with a gallant soldier wound,
ed in battle. therefore confidently look ioE
q cheerful response to my request
VIII you d. mt the favor 10 present the
natter through your paper!
Though personally uuacqHaintei, you may
possibly ~recollect my Dame as that OF G sub
scribcr to your paper Ut Fort Laramie, NeoraS'
Ia Territory, where | WAS Stationed, being
;hon in the medical STAFF Of the late T.. ).
army.
Very respectfully, your otdedi=at servant,
E W. JOINS.
Surgeon aud Medical Purveyor, Z. ; Army,
To this appeal, the ladies of Elst Tennessee
made q liberal response, one which called forth
the following acknowledgements from Surgeon
Johns
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERcA,
MEDICAL PURrEYoR's OFFICE,
Richmond, Va, August s. 1857
I respectfully tender my ,harks, for their
very generous response to M appeal for blank
cts or comforterS for chr gallant wounded SOL
diers,, to Miss f. c. WHITE, and
Twenty other ladies OF philadelphia, Tennessee.
The LADIES OF
Athens. East Tennessee,
TEE LADIES OF
Lsnolr, Tennessee,
THE LADIES OF
Rosersviile, Tennessee.
E. W. JOHNS,
Surgeon and Medical Purveyor,
G. S. Army.
The ladies o! East Tennessee are nobly dis.
charging their duly. To their sisters and
brothers and lovers and friends and couatrymen
and countrywomec, all o7er the South, they
say Ego and do likewise"