Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-29
a-s col4espOndsnos. Of the Gin. Commercial
LoxpoN. a.. NovembeT "A, l8l

From .i.e correspondence Of the Gin. Commercial
LONDON, KY, November Ia, 1864
There is a current rumOr in camp that the aP
meals of urOminent TenneSseans Tor an lmmel
ate movement into il2ast Tennessee Is about Z
be granted by the War Department lion
ANDY johnson and Hon. Horace Maynard have
bcep urging this movement vehe'Lently, as eS
sential 10 the salvation OF the Union men o
East Tennessee. Readers are supposed 70 DC
familiar with their arguments. L VIII not theTe
fore. racapituate. But the rumor OF movements
caused much enthusiasm among the Iennesseans
,yIosa anxiety 10 return 20 their homes is intense
This desire Is paramount livery otheT ieehhg j
merged ia it.
placed no confidence In the report, becaus'
we cannot move. This column is not strons
enough % invade Iennessee. To be sure there
Es no enemy at the Gap, excepting small gaITl
son. and If we should move forward It IS no
likely tehra would be much lighting at that point
Our latest information from the Gap,-beheyeC
bv the general TO be perfectly Tehabe,-ls tha
the rebels have obstructed the Gap with laTG'
masses or rock and fallen timber to an exten
which makes it impossible, either by us or by
themselves. Advices are also received that they
lrave obsrueted Big Creek Gap, below Williams
burg iu "a similar manner. and thai the man
norton of Zallicoffer's forces have moved q
some other point not known t
CHANGE or DESTINATION.
An order has Just been ISSUED ordering every
regiment in this brigade TO move at O'cloci
this evening The object of it IS not generally
understood Those 10 whom il has been ex
rlafnel are surpyiscl and chagrined. The col
lmn is ordered TO move back As rapidly as pos
sible 20 Crab Orchard, and to transport all th
sick who can be removed. The order was pre-
dicated upon an order from Gen. Thomas, wh,
forwarded It by express relays from Graf
Orchard. Ii is reported that heavy column
divegt-1 from BucllneT's command, is running
rapidly forward upon Somerset, to cut US off
Thus you perceive that big scare is at-the bot
tom of the retrOgade operation IL is not neces
sgrv TO speculate on the subject / suspect
however. that this is out brilliant cover Tor the
ridiculous termination Of the great Cumberland
Gan expedition. 1t may have been devised
also, ss decent apology for recalling the Ten
uessoe regiments
AFTER THE MARCH.
CEAr ORCHARD November I5.-After q
march of almost unparalleled severity, consider
inc tiere was no apparent necessity for it, part
Of the Wildcat Brigade arrived this evening al
a apoint within two miles Of Crab Orchard, and
went into camp. Many OF our poor fellows are
stiil struggling and Struggling along the road
painfully striving 10 reach haTbor OF rest
Tins march 1cas as disastrous as battle and de-
feat / have no time now, even if | were not
severely fatigued, to depict the wTetched picture
/ viii do IL hereafter
The l4th, 18th, and 36th Ohio will encamp
here The Tennesseans and Sd Kentucky Tegi-
ueut were ordered Back to London, after the ad-
vance OF the former had reached a point three
miles beyond Mount Vernon. Many Of the Ten.
riesseaus went back before orders were issued tC
that effect proclaiming then intentions to return
home OuI march has temporarily disabled the
entire brigade, and large numbers viii be in
hospital in "a day or two. So ends the great
Cumberland Gap expedition
Last night the 3Sth Ohio enesmped FIVE miles
souti. Of London. During the night decayed
tree was blown down in camp, and several men
were dangerously wounded-one said to be fatal
ly hurt. ". u. b.
The same correspondent gives a lengthy state
luent Of the incidents Of the march. We extract
the following from the diary Of the writer:
LONDON. KY. NovembsT I5-LOng before
o'clock. p n, most OF the troops OF the Wildcat
brigade. with three DAYS ratiOns in their hayeT-
sacks, were prepared TO march. The sick who
could be remoyed-and there were Inany too fee
Die to walk. yet able TO ride-were transferred to
these yyretched instruments of torture 10 the Ill
or the healthy-two-wheeled ambIlsnces-and
70 common army wagons, some Of which
were uncovered, thus exposing meI 60 the raw
1fc-bt air. But many poor bed ridden fellows
who were necessarily left, remained confined to
the hospitals. prey to narrowing appfehensions
of captivity. OF course surgeons and guards
were detailed to minister to Their wants and pro
feet them uutil they should be removed But
how MANY men were closely packed ia smbu-
Iances and wagons, ] could not learn. Col.
Steelman would not leave any, and he had over
100 stored away as comfortable as possible. The
surgeon of the 3..d Indiana, hOrrih6d at the or
der. protested vehemently, but he was informed
5ecfSivelv. the order from headquarters is that
al the sick must be removed and orders must
beObeyel
lie still protested that a removal would result
in the death of some Of his patients, and he was
told to quarter them with private families al
london Bus the SD Indiana brought away
one hundred and eighty-nine sick. ! did not
INQUIRE how many agere removed by other regi
Yneufs but The number was large. Besides
many feeble fellows Just discharged from th'
hospitals. but unfit for duty, shOuldeTed thel
rnllszets and donned their heavy knapsacks, pre-
farriuo the crueites Of a forced march TO th'
hazards of captivity
The l4th Ohio had the right Of the column
Shortly before eight o'clock it marched solemnly
Inv tbe camp Of the 18th Ohio its band mourn
fully playing the dead maTch-thus expressing
the emoti0ns OF the troops 1t was followed by
STANDARDS and Kenney's batteries, with tht
baggage trains of each Of the foregoing corps
The 18th Ohio fall in their rear, and its sRrcss
tie lads, lzeenly approaching the occasion, burs
into satirical paraphase Of their favorite regi
mental ditty, one strain Of which runs some
what thus
- Old Z1lisaiiEr can't f7sr rs,
Csu'l take us. can't take MS
On long summers day.
Twas impTomptu at the Wildcat fight, so wa,
the song as they retreated;
ola zolicoHrr cart catch rs.
Cant catch us, can't catch Us,
-i.su-s we're running away"