Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-15
TUE RATTLE or SANTA ROSA.


about two o'clock. At twenty minutes past
four the first gun was fired, and in forty
six minutes all that was left of the numer-
Gus camps and immense eommissary buildings
was a mass Of sm0uldering ruins The hospital
structure is the only building now on the island.
Wilson'S camp was the first reached its SEN
tinels were either killed OF captured, and the
command. with its redoubtable chief, found safe
ty in nglorious flight beyond the eastern walls
of Fort Pickens.
The scenes when this camp was first invaded
are represented as ludicrous, beyond belief. The
colonel took 70 his heels with nothing but a brief
sllrted shirt to conceal his nalledness; and be-
tween him and his braves no hotter or closer
contested struggle ever occurred over the Mag
nolia-the Bull Run was nothing in comparison.
Our men pursued them with determination
never excelled in history, pausing for a moment
only, now and then. 90 fire a building or camp,
OF drive home rat tail in the huge guns that
met them af almost every step. Our troops ad-
vaucrl ,0 within % mile, or perhaps less, of Fort
PicAcH,-H6t @ gun rom who's gampaTtS was
fired 90 stay our 0U tgd on advancing column,
and near rhe very mound that goes down 90 her
heavy swinging gales, EraeTa, -ruTics WgIr
sent 20 their long account
The expedition having now succeeded beyond
the hope of its most Sanguine advocates. our
brave and dashug soldiers turned their fiices to
the eastward, the rising sun welcoming their
enterprise with a splendor found only beneath a
Florida sky. On their return, corpse after
corpse met their eyes, and not q few of the
wounded but living. During all this carnage
bv land, not a gun was fired hy that feet that
has so long insulted as with IFS presence and its
threats. oar troops were ON the Island from
TO 6 o'clock IN Che morning. The boats OF Che
expedition were lowed back by the steamers
Ewing, Capt. Rowe, steamer Time, Capt. Win
gate and Nea6e, Capt. John KEYS.
W. had a dozen or more killed, and twenty
nine wounded who ar, now in the hospital in
this citv Among the killed are Capt Bradford,
of the Fioridians, and Lieut. Nelns, of the
Georgians, that know Of Mobile has lost one
killed, certain, john Burgess, and probably
Walter Tuggle, who was shot through thc neck
/ saw him taken from the boat and conveyed to
the ladies' hospital, where the wounded are most
kindly cared for. Lieut. Nelms, adiutant of the
Georgia regiment, died Just as the boat reached
the wharf; a Drawer or more ehivalric gentle
man or soldier never breathed the air of heaven
His body is to be- conveyed % Georgia Bur
gess and Tuggle are spoken of in the highest
terms by those who witnessed theiracts perhaps
their deaths. Lieut.. Calvin Saver, volunteer
aid 20 Gen. Anderson, was shot through the hip
/ am sory cannot give You this evening
list Of the killed, wounded and missiug-it shall
be done ar the earliest moment, and correctly
There Is no doubt some OF our exhausted men
were overlooked and left ON the Island.
Major Nordes who surrendered TO Capt IIol-
inquist, and some twenty othc- FedealistS, are
prisoners In our hands.
The following are the Continentals engaged in
the fight: Corporal Walker Tugglc, desperately
wounded John Burgess, killed and left on the
field; PrivaJes, ". Z. Brown. Hugh Mooney
Benz. Wilson, John Bell. ". L. King, Thomas
Wheelan. J. =. Powers, G.. " LeGettee, p !.
Kiiduf ". II. M.udiu. Thomas burke AID H.
p Brown
must close this to get it in the mail. Look
out for the big tight. Your readers must excuse
this short and badly written account. have
bosom friends Ge0rgians and AlabamianS
among both the dead and wounded
Lieut.. Slaughter taken captive under a white
flag at Fort PickenS has been released He went
over for the relief of our wounded and 10 bury
the dead.
LATER FROM PENSACOLA.
Special Dispatch to the Mobile Register
PENSACOLA, October lO.-The Confederate
steamer Cushnau has lust arrived from Santa
Island, bringing some of our dead.
There were Eve companies Of Mississippi
troops engaged IA the fight under command of
Col. Chalmers, with Captains Benton MCGOWAN,
Peake and Miller; Lieutenants Watson, Miclle,
johnson, McGowan, Banks and Smith. OF
these companies, s0 far as vet advised, the casu-
alties are:
KiUcd-Private w. F. Weber
H0aaded-Captain Benton, privates SGllInan
and Day.
f5ssei and Missiag-Surgeons Gholson and
Lipscomh
The Georgia troops suffered most severely in
the fray
Walter Tuggle is reported improving.
Lieut.. CALVIN Sayre is an inmate Of the e ne
my's hospital from which he writes his mother
by the mail to-day.
Col Brown, in command al Fort Pickeus, al
low, our men, who have fallen into his hands, 20
write % their friends, and treats our wounded and
the prisoners kindly.
Pensacola, October TO- AaI-Drs. Lips
comb. GE0son and Roche have returned hitheT
from Fou Pickens, having been released upon
parole. These gentlemen report that the enemy
have twenty-five of Cur men prisoners, including
the wounded ia their possession.
Lieut. SsyTe is doing tol.rably well. His leg
has not yet been amputa ed and there is hope
that il may b- saved
SECOND DISPATCH
PENSACOLA. October I0.-Coi Brown, Of Fort
Pickens. viii Hoi respect our hospital.
DR.. Foard, of the hospital, viii not remove the
sick until fired into.
Wslter Tuggle is now quite comfortable.
Sixteen of 0ur dead have been brought over.
PENSACOLA, Oct. l0.-Ihe following Is the
list Of killed and wounded as .sr as heard from:
ClinclI Riiles-Killed-T j. Cooke and j. H.
Adams W0unded--Wm. H. Smith and New
ton Rice, both slightly.
Georgia Grays-Killed-Tho Everett
Irish EolunteeTs--Kiiled - Johu Staunton
WOunded-Edmmd flynn. Missing-Thos.
0COnner.
Dawson Voluntecrs-Wo Womded-R J. HAYS.
badly.
Thomas Caldwell, Company A, 9TH Alabama,
killed; two wounded and six missing. One or
two members Of the Madison Rifles, attached to
this company, are killed.
Col. Pealle's Company, 10th Mississippi
WOunded-J. ". Kincaid, badly
Company @. 10Th Mississippi-Sergeant J.
Barlssdale, wounded; it is thought MORALLY
McDufiie Rehabilitation, Nelmes, Ser
} geant Beddo, ID. J.. Cody, Jas. 5. Jones and
Corporal Cation. W0unded-C. i. Wheelerand
priyates Allen and Csson.
Griffin Light Guards-Kilied-A e Cau-
thorn
ist Alabama regiment-Killed-Capt Brad
ford and two oT three others whose names are not
vet ascerancd.
The killed viii reach nine and the wounded
thirty or more.
Col. Brown has about thirty Of oug men, in
cudng wounded.
The loss Of the enemy must have been im-
mcuse.
The dead are brought from the Island fast,
and some commissioned officers released ON
parole.
The list Of the killed and wounded is not yet
complete.
Murder sF Ikentuckian.
james NJ Saufey, who was killed in Fcntress