Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-11
THE BATTLE OF RICHMOND.

J. THE BATTLE OF RXCHMONO.
# From the Richmond EXAMINER
: Ine battle OF Richmond was aaEuAlly i.ICl
= on Saturday, aud may be cOnSidsred slill
progress. While il Is undecided, We decline
give either full details Of tia iacis or 10 EXPIRE
decided Judgment on them.
Friday was marked by one of the beAYiel
storms OF Tsin ever known in this country. I'll
Chickahomny teing swollen, aud the swamp
lmps S;ab.e, it was wisely cHoseu by Gsnerl
Johnston as it opportunity to sttscx and Al
hlhilsta division OF she enemy, some thi :
thousand strong, which rad passed the Chick,
homny at Bot:oms bridge and inten-ha1 i
White Oak swamp
he Confederate forces attacked on Saturday
and gained C0snple.e victory. ThS right /
call the action 8 cOmple!e victory 70 the Con
iedsTates is establish by these iacts; Is,
ihsi the Coniederatss drove tbe enemy from al
their lines, distance OF three miles back -
That they took all the enemy's artillery tina
vas in those lines y. That they took ID,
enemys camps, with every thing in them, tent
standing, baggage undisturbed, letters, publ,
aAd PTiVa.e, md retained possession Of ths said
| camps: 4th. That t5e COME lerstes carried
a's0 HE Federal tOr'ifcsiions redoubts, n
/ uenchmentS, and retained possession of then.
! These facts give indisputable tight to claim
! !or the COnisderates victory of me mos, entire
Kind
! Al the close of ikv cay The enemy nais q
-eeb!e attempt 10 t.nk, and so recapiure their
| camp. 1t failed, utterly and gncmiaiously, and
nght iell without moon or stars, with the Con
| tedrIate Tag eroTyEheEe triumphant The Cd
vent OF darkness prevented tho victory from
/ 5eiHg IS signal and decisive Of tate 70 all a. it
was complete Of its kind. That is 10 say, dsrk
LeSS A'ere ought 10 have prevented tho des re
lion or capture Of ell he Federal troop. ou .hs
side Of ths ChickshOdliny.
That night found them ia . terrible pasitinu
They must have passed sOule OF the mo-, nm.
comfortable hours in those swsmps b tore the
daylight came that soldiers ever endured The
neat day should have witnessed tbe,: anuihls-
hon. Saturday, was QsantTe Bfss Sund,y
m'gh' baTe been thtic Waterloo
We regret to say that Eo such SPLENDID
event occurred on TsS,eslay. The lighting
commenced on SUI 'ay .Go!ning; tie Confr,i-
-,S:s again drove the Fedrrals before then, " irA
ease, till they reached new in,reuchmentY. h,s
t'y thrown Up Tor ihri! protection, and u I'll the
matter ended. After ten o'clock the two aTInies
remained al distance, occasionally exchanging
shot from rih-d cannon. TIE enemy seft
up several balisons, aud it Is no news IL :ell
them that heavy r'int, rcsmens we're mo1 log
daring the d.y
LOS AOpea mat those IN command have well
'slei la'"d the nseQuencsS Of this strange de-
lay ID the Hsulis of tha, great success ON
>ataiisy should be lost, ike that Of Manassas.
by similar and second folly, neither rlr-f lives
ia tAis world nor sll eternity afitrEsII., wOuld
afford Ssr iiicisnt Time for atOreneuL
se enemy we're ia no condition to Il Ekt Sa4-
day, tor they did nOs night, though t!riT camp
wss in the Confederate hands Ii some Of oar
regiments had met with considerable lOaS-
always more tTO1 c0uSrdly strsgglsrs. shn
ought 10 have been shot without mercy BY IAe
guard. saIksr than by Tie trs-vs alay bs surs
that rNsny regisSsnts Of The enemy ver- 10 yst
HOrse plight Or troops we're s6ls bJ uhIp
hem easily oil Saturday; ! fgytipi they we're
able 70 whip tAeDa again on Ssmisy; ard that
secoad whipping wuald have ben destruction.
Bu' IHday was . los: day.
IA tie whole facts are Jrt unknown. nv csH
10 nothing nrurs han 81 hope and pray shat fhe
suspension ot sctiUu vss caused by good Trs-
sons, ard that IL viii ia Il out to have b-- ia
dici u'. Another battle is certain aud :Iame-
diste it will probably b. fought tO-dSy. Il 50.
this iS the most important morning that hos
daTned on the new world Defeat Is imPossi
hle, defeat by our present to is absolute de
s;TuctiOn the time has come when every
Southern MAJ, however humble, knows lhat he
must 10 ur die.
BILE, but il WAS very h-sVy saturday. The eouI.
age displayed by the men whO never broke and
lever quit their cOlOrs, vas splendid qtIal
TO anything syeT Witnessed on any teld Yet
moTe vile by conlTss. MAS the cswdardite Sf the
uTetCh,s who lid leave their ranks, quit their
colOT' and went Struggling of toward the city.
These fellows wss numerous on yesterday Some.
times two armed men might be met PTsiendiDg
to guard one una!med Yankee prisoner; sonJ-
times eight or ten affected to be occupied in the
transport Of one wounded; now and then a s.ur-
dy villain might bo seen TO bang down bis inns
ket in the read and walk of toward town with
out even pIetenee. These are sights 10 be seen,
we know, in tie roads leading from every battle
field in tbs whole world, and particularly in
America where one OF the most marked chsraG.
,sTistics oI the volunteer is esgernsss 70 hurry
off a. soO1 - ha has seen Q little action,
to brag and show his trophy. But in . battle
which may sx,end over . week, IL becomes =
serious evil and if Any violent cure exists, il
shou' a Be used without hesitation.
Stopping by picket in a main road Is Of no
account. It il the usage Oi some armies now
sXtant TO shoot all st sggleTs during action with
cut inquiry Or report; aud there Is Sandman
general Of very great fame who hRs been irs
Yently knsHa while riding the field, 10 dis
msuns himself, on meeting lellOE OF the deg
STipiiOn above given, and 10 pass bis small
sword through his body without a vOTd, aud
then Ieuount and co tinUs ss ii usught had hap
penGd.
There are many details Of the late action At
our command which We will not publish now;
for the enemy are too neSr, the means Of eommu-
nication toe iAcie. aRd the possible sVils which
might come sf = small pi'ce OfintellisIse TOO eV-
idsnt. 10 permit us TO CRAFTY the uatarsl desire
Si The public, at this time, lur;her han ne have
dOue