Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-09


lmmolaaon- 1t was agonizing to see tho mel
stand IN the ranks and fight til exhausted na
ture could DO 10 more AT last deep darkness
enoed the light. The enemy Withdrew and sa
himself down 70 watch his prey. We had beat
en- ann back. But the morrow Would the en-
envy stnke our ragged columns again.
an EPISODE.
PerhSps one Of the noblest spectaeles in mar
tai history, was improvised IN Fitz John Port.
as camp, when bis veteran volunteers were
ordered TO the battle field. They had eaten
nothing for thirty-six hours. Thursday some OF
them hsd fought Friday they fought all day
long and INTO night That night they marched
across the nver. Next day they marched again.
That night they kept watch IN White Oak
swamp. And &ozday they marched again.
1n0 nety sun had paTched their feet, hunger and
thirst and labor had enfeebled their bodies, but
Monday afternoon, when orders cSme 10 move
again to the field, the color bearers stepped to
the front with their proud standards, the drums
beat 8 rslying rataplan, and those devoted fol-
lowers OF the banner Of beauty and glory
swung aloft their hats and shouted with soul
stirring enthusiasm. The eyes Of their generals
flashed FIRE as their faces lighted up with sudden
glory, and officers stepped together IN clusters
and sWo7e solemniy that hie should be sacrificed
before thAt flag should fall. MY life. said
one, " is nothing, if have no country And
again the noble fellows shouted their war notes.
Weak as they were, / saw them move to the
held st double quick When they fly, the srmy
OF the Potomac win be no more.
Night seemed &c hring 3 little more relief
Tbs enemy could not press Us then. But would
he tomorrow 1t WAS believed be was msssing
al his power to crush rs in combined attack.
Oh that our soldiers could rest g day, even
Alas they could not rest al night. Their salvs-
ton It seemed depended more upon their labor
T9w than upon their guns. Into the trenches
ye braves, and work til morn summons you to
battle. And 50 they labored, some dropping
Isuessly il the trenches, exhausted nature re-
fusing to endure more.
But there was another picture I had almost
forgot In such q march struggling was una
voidsble. The sick made a long, sad process
sion, dragging along the road feebly and pain
fully Al every step, until at last The goal Of
SAFETY was attained. But besides these were
hundreds who were as feeble from fatigEsfs the
sick were from indrmity. Bat It was eSendal
that they should fight that day. I saw 3 brig
ade Of them organized and msrehed out. Who
Of you VIII 6ght2" No answer, but perfect in
difference. One steps out, " Imay as well die
fighting as die Of exhaustion Those men
were heartbToken- They had fought brsvely,
would light again, but they needed rest so sore.
y. Reader, It was sg0nising to lock upon such
scenes. No man whose sensibiitjes had not
been hardened into steel, could check a sigh, OF
even . tear, 70 sue presence. And now 60
with me under the river b nix and look at the
suffering braves, mangled and torn by shot and
shell But no, The cup is full.
1 cannot detail the battle Of Monday. Brig
AIDES, snd regiments, and companies, and frag-
ments OF each were fought IS they could be
used i matters not who were here or there.
It was q terrible battle. Gen. Mccall was lost,
Zen Sumner Was twice wounded, but not seri-
ously. His wounds were bound en- the field.
and ha wn-mnenmI 80 FL. LII. IL - IL c.
torrent Col hymau, too, of the 18th Massa-
chCseits, was killed. Gen. Meade was severely
wounded How many Others 1 cannot tell 1t
vas a bloody day. There win be weeping at
many a hesTthstone. and many e loved one
was lost who viii be sought for long and never
found.
Sumner, and Heintzelman, and Franklin, and
Hooker, and Smith. and ~Sedgwick, and Frank
lin and McCal-Hancock, and Davidson, and
Meade, and Seymour, and Burns, and Sickles.
and Suly, and Owens, and dead Wyman, and
all The galaxy of brave leaders, won title to glo-
uous honOrs. They tel ne that the rebel Gen. /
LangsTeet was wounded and two other generals
lay dead on the fsld; with long lines Of rebei
officers and hecatombs Of men. Melancholy
satisfaction for such dead as ours.
The enemy was beaten sgain, thank Cod
beaten badly, driven back, slaughtered fearful
y. The gunboats had at least a moral agency
IN the fight. It did not appear that their guns
could d. more than protect the left flank, which
was much, and the enemy were shy Of that
point. But an officer Of Gen. MeCsl's staff
told meHel lost twenty guns that day. Howl"
" By the enemy IN overwhelming masses march
ing up and taking them Il was said Heint-
zelman's command captured twelve hom the
enemy, and a whole brigade OF the enemy. /
think the latter doubtful Gen. AiagTuder was
certainly not captured. Prisoners assure me
Jackson was not hurt. Hereis question. Bet
ter err on the safe side. Inquired and was not
satisfied. No one kHe0- It was so reported. 1
can't take reports. War bulletins are not relia-
bic. IsaW about 500 prisoners-eCuld not learn
the whereabouts Of the " brigade" said to have
been captured by Heintzslman. Think it a
false report, invented to keep up courage, which
was not necessary, for the men, jaded as they
were, noble fellows, cheeTed when summoned to
battle, and swOre % die game. Said l to a rebel
officer, 4" 90 your men respect Yankee fighters ~
" Yes, sir, they surprise u.s. Said 1 " others
have broken and retired the genuine Yankees
Of New England have never falteTed on the
Chickahomlny.' Il is true and Massachusetts,
nouns more dead soldiers, comparatively, than
any S.ste's quota IN the army Of the Potomac.
Tuesday AED BATTLE.
TUESDAY, the Isl Of July, was not q cheerful
day. Tie prospect was not happy. The Prince
e JOinTile, always gay ard active as g lad,
znd always WHARF there vas battle, had gone.
The Count De Paris, heir 70 the Bourbon throne,
and the Duke De ChartTes, bis brother, the two
eklTalrc and devoted aids to Gen. Mcclellan,
whose courage, fidelity, intelligence, and &C [,
ivity be safely relied; who served with him 70
earn the art Of war, suddenly, without pre-
Vious warning, took passage On q gunboat and
iuttered softly down the river. bhE did they
zo7 Two officers Of the English army, who q
lad accompanied Gen Mcclellan 70 study The
ri OF var, and who had intended to remain with G
army until Richmond was ours, announced c
heir intention to depart On the first boat. The 2
.3aynlasiers were advised to deposit their treas Il
lre on a gunboat. People looked glOomily. &
Ahi / forgot: correspondents at Fortress Mon d
-ce, deduciDg facts from their fertile imagina-
ions, told you that when the army reached .
Malvern Hill. the river at that point was fall Of d
Monday noon there was not one b
here-excepting a schooner laden with hay. a
Tuesday evening several steamers had arrived p
nd a few forage boats. Bot reason Tor your b
1t was gloomy a. headquarters. The Ii
roops were intTenching the bill and standing 70 O
rms. Tie enemy were reported massing their s
We were preparing to repel them n
At noon silence was broken by hostile cannon L
a the extreme front. As afternoon wore away,
bombardment increased. At five o'clock
here vas a battle and the ATostoOk was hurting A
he'll into tho woods. At about seven O'Clock I
be firing was heavy. but it was cOHfaed to a
iauow circle. Ayres was driving the enemy =
ron lis batteries. At dark we moved from
I~srrison's Landing. seven miles below The
rmy had not moved there. The trains had. {
con after We steamed into the channel, The OIL
ombsrdment grew heavier TIE gunboats Il
-ere thundering into the forests.
When / left the prospect was cherries. That
iebt we met reinforcements. Bsfore morning =
army was strengthened. Pray God it was 7
,ade strong enoueh-to 20 to Richmond. b
People, YOU may still rely on Gen. Mcclellan. A
further displays Of capacity. His retreat 81
as mastery. lie carried all that army and all
IS trains successfully through one narrow roaS
lille e-ncompassed by enemies two-old as strong n
his army. LIB :.
aor TO RIcHmoxD Ger. Reynolds, Of i