Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-20

tightly packed aud heavily loaded Ana Grace and Dick
were creeping mp 20 their Etrle beds
There's been something put on the altar Of liberty
to night hssu there, DiCkY
be said But. mother what did You give q.
To- said the mother. musinEly.
Yes yen, mother. What did you give to tas coun-
. All that Isva dssrs' slr SAIL laying her hands
gently their beals-.ay husband aud MY children
Another Description Of the Battle of Elk
hOrn-0PeratieaIs o. Price, Column
The Richmond Hing has been permitted to
make the following extracts from letter ad
dressed to the HON. A. II. CCuroo. one Of the
representatives from Missouri 90 the present
Congress:
Van buren,. Arkansas, March 10, 1862.
Cor. A ii CcNROW-Dear Su. You viii
doubtless learn, by tel graph, before this reaches
you, of our battle at Sugar Creek, in this State
but, as you viii get none Of the particulars, 1
will detail some Of them to 5Ou.
We lett our camp OF Cove Creek-tweuty- i've
miles south Of Fayettevile-0n the morning Of
the 4th inst the army being divided into two
divisions, one Of ten thousand men under Gen
McCuliOch ard the o her under Generals Price
and Van Dorm, Of eight thousand men,
We eucamped the Erst night at Fayetteville
The next day we moved to the Elm Springs
"A
place. we learned the enemy were unaware of
our approach and were eucamped some miles
apart; but they soon learned OF our approach
and concentrated their forces. Before tley had
succeeded, however, in getting their forces to-
gether, We overlook their rear guard, command
ed by the celebrated reIeating officer, Cen
Siegel, from whom we captured some fifty pTis-
oners and two hundred muskets SiegeI re-
treated to the main body Of the army, which
was encsmped between Elkhorn tavern and Su-
gar Creek
We followed on 10 within a few miles Of their
camp and rested until daylight When morning
came We moved to the attack-Geu. McCullOchs
division attacking the enemy from the west and
Gen. Price upon the north Gen. McCUlOch /
drove the enemy befO. him, and he fell, captur-
ing seven guns, but, upon his fall, his column
became dishsartened and were forced to fail
back
Upon the side Of the Missourians the enemy
was defeated at all points, the troops under the
command Of Gen. Price sleeping 81 night in the
camp which the enemy had occupied the night |
before. During the night Gen. McCulOch's /
command was ordered around TO where the Mis- |
sOuriaas were, but tOT some cause unknown to |
me, were not brought into the fight the next |
morning. About One hour after We commenced !
the fight, the next morning, we were ordered, /
from some cause unknown TO ne, to fall back, !
and continued to do so until we reached this |
place.
On the first day Of the fight Gen. Slack was
wounded in the same hip wounded at Springfield, |
though not so badly. He is ia the fhancs of !
Yankees they treat him, we leayn, with tie rs-
spect due 10 bis rsee. The saddest occurrence !
IS the death Of Col B A Rives, who was killed !
on the second morning of the fight, as he was I
bringing his regiment from the field. We lost |
in the two days fight about one hundred and /
twenty-five killed. about four hundred wounded, /
and two hundred prisoners. The enemy 5 less, /
Gs admitted by them to Col. Slamb ugh, were |
three hundred killed and Lime bundled wounded, /
and we brought with Us to this place three hun !
d-sd and Fifty prisoners and three pieces Of can [
non captured BY the Missourau5. The seven
pieces of cannon captured by Gen McCuilochs
forces were lett on the field, after having burnt
the carriages and rendering them useless to the
enemy.