, 1861-11-18


Especial Correspondence Of the Memphis Appeal
Co1unBus, Kx., Nov. Z, Il O'Clock P. \.
have inst returned from the battlefield,
and an too much fatigued to glve you any.
thipg Ike detailed aeeount OF the great and
0forfoue YictQfy We haze achieved here to
3av, Suffice it to SAY the defsat Of tho enemy
vas overwhelming sNd DISASTROUS, leaving
Tcunaed,: sng1 % to ~ nothing: OF the over
es,;ie' ease' he better to faciiffate their in
glorious flight. We pursued them about ssVen
miles to th6ir boats, where We captured lA:ge
Quantities ID. An m1nition, etc. The ghllsnt
Dne Hpndred and Fifty-foufth regiment
charged up to H3thin ffty yards OF the boats
on Hhich they ernh lked, under the most ter
fttc cannunade fto their gunboats, which
fortunately ovenbot cur men, doing no dam
age whatever, with the exception Of ColoRel
Smith having his hoF "a shot from under him.
and were commanded BY Gen MeClernand IN
peraon, assisted by Gen. Bowling, who Is
amorg the prisoners. Gen Bowling Was esp
tued By Rev. James Rogers, OF somerville,
who at the same time captureda Il stand OF col
ors. Col. DoughertY Is also q prisoner, and
Col. Beaufort! who came down IT'LL 1iag a e.
s:ain, and several others Of their field officers
are either killed or captured.
Onr forces actively engaged at first consist
cd of the Thirteenth Tennessee Volunteers,
commanded by Col John Y. Wright; the
Twenty second, commanded BY Col Thomas
J. Freeman; the Second byJ: Knox Walker,
paris Thirteenth Arkanas regiment. These
four re2imenfs, making in all abou.. twenty
five hundred effective -men, bora No
most ga1lantly against three to one for
more than two hours. General Pillow bad
chief command, and deserves al the praise
tor doing come Of the most desperate fight.
ing ever done Or this continent. General
Chestham, however, when our men hsd been
beaten back with the loss Of one battery, Gap
tain Watson's,) carried over Colonel Rqsselrs
Ninth TennesseeEregimeat, Colonel Marks's
Eleventh LonisIana, and Colonel Smiths One
the battery, and carried death and destruction
among them everywhere The Fourth COM
| mauded By Lient. Colonel 0. P. stahl, Ras
| also ordered over, but was held in reserve
and did not actively engage: in tha fight.
This ~ss owing to . simultaneous attack
made on the batteries by the gunboats,
as well SIS the apprehension that q 1and force
| Ha6 moving On us from the Kentucky side
| 4 portion OF this regiment, however. Was de
tailed to bring in the wounded Of the Lin.
co]nites who we're left on the field. 4 great
number were thus taken up and cared for
and the men are Just now returning to thei,
encampment. The scene il sad enough
spectacle by moonlight, and how much worse
it will be in daylight cannot tell
Our loss is considerable, the heaviest being
sustained By the four regiment first engaged
Captain ]. WelbJ Armstrong, Of the Secont
regiment, Kas Killed, and Captain Safszran!
severely wounded. No other commissions:
officers, except Lleut. Walker, either killef
or wounded.
Lieut.. Walker is not considered dangerous
Capt Taylor, Of Picke:ts Tegimeat, AMI
Capt. VIM jackson, Of Jackso1's battery, ar
61fh GarpPTnus1y wrHnHF8
Cspt- Burton's company, Thirteenth req
ment, Was literally cut to pieces, Lieut.. Ra
being killed. We have lost few com mmissio1
ed officers, but am unab1e, at this tim
to Learn their names
Our totsl loss in killed, wounded and miss
iIg, will amount to one hundred and fftJ
while that Of the enemy In killed. wounde
and prisoners, must be from five to eight hui
dred at least. We alto captured sever.
wagons, two sta=d Of colors, and some piece
!; Of artillery. The battle lasted nearly all da,
and waa terrific throughout.
Yours, in haste, JUyEN1s.
J ANOTHER STATEMENT.
| We are permitted to make the following e:
! tract from letter written by one Of our ye
unteers, member Of Col Pickett's regimen
who participated in the battle near C9lum5u
to his brother in this city:
CoLUasUs, Nov. I'll F. n.
IL i The battle lasted from II o'cIo:
+ 4. II. till 4 o'clock r NJ, and resulted In gre
. less on both sides. Col. Tappan's Arkans
t | regiment lost fifty or sixty ki1le
| aud about two hundred wounded. O
) regiment (Colone1 Pickett'e Tennesse
5 sustained the next heaviest casua1ties-o
. killed being sixteen, and wound
: about one hundred. Col Pickett had his hor
g shot four times. Our force, when ne were
7; tackled, was about twenty four hundr
{ strong, under command Of Gen. Pillow 81
J. after maintaining our position against the
G saulta Of eight thousand for tWo hours, 0
ammunition being exhausted, we 1etseated
b tie river, where ne were reinforced by &c
t Chestham's brigade
!. Watson's battery, which had been taken
= the enemy, Eas then recaptured, after grs
e loss, and the complete rout Of the Fedora
r The vicinity Of the battery was strewn nj