Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-27

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7 TO extend bis own froht as fer as possible,
> oFdeTed tho 34th New York 10 move BY ths lei
9 hsnk. The maneuvsF Fss attempted undsr
FIRE Of the greatest intensity, and the rsKimer
: broke. At ths sEr1s moment, ths enemy, re-
t ceiving thsir adssntags, came round on ths
lark, Crawford was obliged 10 give way on d
D right and bis troops pouring IL confusion tire
the ranks Of sedgwiek's advance brigade th1oug
. ut into disorder and back Ou tao second al
3 third lines. The enemy advanced, their fr
9 increasing.
t General Ssdgwick was three times Houpded
e in the shoaldor, leg and wrist, Ant he persists
in remaining On shs hsld 90 long Is there y xas
chsncs Of saving IT, His sdjutsnt-gensTsl, Msio
3 Ssdgwick, braYsly ysllying and tying 70 reform
the troops, Wss shes through ihs body, the bulls
} lodging in the spine and fsll rom his horse
Severe IS the wound IL, it is probably not morsa
Lisutenant Howe, Of General SedgUck's stat
endesvorsd ysinly 70 rally the sab New York
They we're badly cut Up and would not stand
Hall their officers Wers killed and wounded
thor c0lors shot TO pieces. tbs color seTEean
killed, every one Of the col0r- guard wounded
Only thirty-tvo were afterWari got together.
The 18th Massachusetts, went into action
with ssVenteen officers and nearly 600 men
Nine officers were killed or wounded aud soms
Of the latter are prisoners Captain simons
Captain Samples Of the sharpshoOters Lisutsn
ant Barley ez5 LisuteHsnt Berry are killed
Captain Bartlett and Captain Jocelyu, Lieutsu
ant Spur, Lisutensnt Gale, end Lieutsuant
( Bradley are wounded. One hundred and thirty
four men 7src all that could be collected Of this
splendid regiment.
! General Dana was wounded General How
ard, who took command Of the division sf5sl
General SedgWIck was disabled, exsrtod himsel.
70 restore order, but it could not be dene there.
General Sumner ordered the liDe to be reformed
u r4r, No~ -
! teer troops under such a fire. Sumner himssh
attempted to arrest the disorder, but to little pur-
/ pose. Lisutenant-Colohel Revere and Captain
Audsnride Of his staff were wounded severely,
but not dangerously. Il was impossible to hold
the position. General Sumner Withdrew tho
division to the rear, and cHce more the corn field
was abandoned to the enemy.
! French sent word he could hold bis ground.
! Richardson, while gslahtly lea6ng a regiment
under heavy FIRE, was ssTerely wounded ia the
! Bhoulder. General Meagber was wounded at
the sad Of his brigade. The loss in general
| oAieers Tas becoming frightful.
AZ O'Clock affairs or the right had a gloomy
/ look. H0oker's troops were greatly exhausted,
/ and their general away f-om the field Mans
( fsld's we're no bstter Summers command he'd
/ lost hesvily, but two Of biz divisions we're still
/ comparatively fresh. Artillery vas Jet plEyiaz
vigorously in front, though tho ammunition Of
I
/ had been compelled TO retire.
I Doubleday held the right iBdsIiblys Sam
/ nsr's headquarters were row in The narrow field
Uhers, tbs night before, Hooker bad begun She
/ fght. All shat had besn gained in front bad
/ bseu lost. The eHemy's batteries which, if
advanced and served vigorously, fright have
nads sad work with the closely msssed troops,
were, fortuaslely, sither partially disabled OF
! shoFs Of aramaRiton. Sumner was confident
/ that Re eoUld hold his own, but another advance
was oat Of tbs question. The enemy, on the
( ether hand, seemed 10 Be too mach exhausted 20
attack
! At this crisis Franklin came up with fresh
| troops, ana commanding ore division Of the
! corps, formed on the leh Slocum was sent for
ward along tbs slopes lying undsr the first
/ ranges Of tbs division Of rebel hills while Smith
Wss ordsfsd 70 rs-tSks the corn-Aslis and woods
which AL day had besD 50 hotlY contested. Il
was dOns IN the hAndSomesi style. His ksins
and Vermont regiments and the rest vent for
ward on the run, and, cheering a. they went,
swept Lie al avalanche through the c9rn- fields
fell upon tie woods, cleared shem IL ten minutes,
and held them They were uot again Te-taken,
! The field and its ghAsty harvest which the
reaper had gathered il those fatal hours rsusissd
| fnsly witA rs. -Four timas il had been lost
and won. The dead are stTswn so thickly that
a. you ride sFsr il yoE cannot guide your horses
steps too csrsfuly Pale and bloody fsces are
/ svsfyBhsrs uptUrned. They srs sal and terri
BE, bat thsrs IS nothing which makes ones
! bssr3 ksas 90 quickly a. tbs impioring look Of
sorsly Wosaded men who beekon yearly FL!
! help which yea cannot stay 10 give,
General Smiths stack was 60 sudden that his
success was accomplished wisk 20 Eraas loss
/ He had gained point, however, which com
peiled Ain 10 expect syery moment al sstsck
and 70 bold which, If the eDemy again brought
up reserves would take bis best energies and
best sEoops But the long STRIFE ihe heavy losses
1 ineessaRt fighting over The ssms field repeatedly
| lost and won, ineh By ineh, and more than al
perhAps, the fear Of BInsids on the lsfs and
| Porter in front held tie enemy in check For
I two or three hours thsss vas lul svsn 10 the
oannonAds on ths right which hitherto Lad
/ been ineessEnt, Mcclellan had been over on the
! field after Summers Tspulse, bus bad speedily
returned 70 bis hsadquArhers Sumner again
sent word thas he vas Abls 10 hold his position,
/ bas be eeEld not advance with bis own corps
Hssnims where vas Buresids and what was
be doing On the gkt Whsrs had spent the
! day uBhl Two e'elock, Ettls was ksoaa OF the
! general forsuDee Of the hol5 We bad hssTd
| PofssF's guns in The csnts7, but nothing froEn
Burnside on the leh The distance wss too great
/ TO distinguish the sound Of his artillery nom
/ Poftsrs left Ihars was no immsdiate prospect
Of moro fighting on the right, and lsfs the nsld
Which all day long had seen the most obstinsss
contest Of the var, and rode over to AcClell=n's
lheadqasrters. The different battle fields where
shut ont fTom each others view but eli FATALLY
visible from tbs eental hill which General Nc
| C.ellan bad occupied during the day. But I
vas more than ever impressed, on returning,
with the completely decsitful appearance Of tha
ground the rsbsls had chosen when viewed from
I the front.
Rockers and SINNERS struggle had been
caTIied on over sn uneven and wooded surface,
their owR line Of battle extending in = semi
/ circle R0t less than mile snd half PERHAPS
better notion OF their posi5ioa car be Eot b.
considering their right, center and left ss form
| ing three aidss Of a square. So long therefore
e sith1 wing vas driven bsck the esnter be-
ease exposed to ; very dangerous enflading
/ Ire, sRd tks further the center was advanced
tbs worse Of It was unlsss the lines on its side
and rear were firmly held. This formation re-
/ sultsd originally from tho efforts Of the enemy
| 70 ia bosh tanks Hooker, at tho very outset,
| threw bic column 50 far into tho center Of the
rebel liBes that they were compelled to threaten
| him on the hank 70 secure their own center
I Nething Of ell this was percepiible from the
/ hills in Iont Some directions Of The rebel lines
/ hsd been disclosed by the smoke Of their guus
/ but ths whole inseriOF formation Of the country
| beyond the hills was completely concealed
! When Mcclellan arranged bic order Of battle, it
must havs been upon information, or have been
Iefs to his corps and division commanders to dis
cover for themselves.
Up 70 o'clock Burnside had made liitle pro
rrsss His attack on tbs bHdgs had been sue
oessful, bat tbs delay had been sc crest that 10
the observer it sppeaTed - if MeOieIlan's plans
| mast hsTe besn seriously disAuAngsd. Il Is in-
/ possible not TO suppose that the attacks 90 tbs
/ rivht sud lsft wsFs meant Ia q measure to ecg-
respond, for ssaerw4se, the enemy bad oBly .
rsPsl Hook1 o. she sne band tAsn EaHssE bis
| sreops asd push them against Burnside
Here was the dfRsEsacs bstWsea Sumner and
Burneids TIE former did his work At once,
/ ard lost nll his r1en sk oncs-shat is. ell whom
he lost a. all Burnside seems to have acted
cautiously, in order to Ssvs Bis men, and send