Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-12
VOLUME XIII, NO. I39.

wss actively employed ali day yesterday bring
| ing down Tue woupded Seven hundfed an,
/ ifty we're placed on board the steamer COmmo
dJre and sent 70 Fortress Monroe; four huudre'
! aud fifty were sent on the hniCkeIbCckeT 70 tn
same place and three hundred and Gitg on th,
! Elm City to Norfolk.
| The whole of the eighth Alabama regimen; wa,
/ captured by our troops.
BALLOONING.
You are aware that, through the conduct o
| Gen. Casey's division, we we're terribly cut up
aud lost considerable ground. The next day
General Mcclellan detsl mined, as have before
stated, TO regain it and establish his supremacy
in that quarter. A ter making al the necessary
precautionary movements and taking ths proper
steps to move forward be sent up balloon 10
she distance Of two Thousand feet, v here it was
kept, and regular teiegraphir commun cation
established from that elevated point of view di-
rect 10 the commanding general. As soon as
the telegTAPhers were ready they minutely de-
scTibed The location and number OF the enemy 5
troops And as they AdVanced-tOr they were
again coming forward to charge upon what they
supposed our demOraiiz-d iroops-ths operators
gave the general their force and The direction in
which they were advancing, aud be promptly
ordered hit troops 20 ihe proper place, " Aen the
enemy were met, AID Of course r-puis-d.
they wers net by overwhelming NUMBER or st
points ~heEe tEey lislle thought hey could be
annoyed BY our JOOLs, the balloon, OF course,
MAS pointed 10 BY the enemy, and shortly after
wards they ,Tsined rihe gun A. the daring
aerial general aud sitter repeated hrng they
succeeded in exploding shells near the 5slloou
IN fact SO near bat il WAs deemed impIudent 10
remain up any longer ia .iss precise location,
and accordingly The balloon raS lowered 20 he
q
many minutes -lspsed 5r:rse il nsi agsin seat
sloit aid IN position noy rasiiy reached by the
eHFuy's missi.s
Ire cOnlGuuig s'ioH, :hus more s-etrelF
Eablished, MAS Sgsn vy-issd. aud with the same
success, IAa aerOnsuss TrpOEiiog l-sgr bodies at
troops il 'hs Tesr If kchHOnj marching up ~
he scene @! deadly strj.e Ti.- f.ir,.I Apber-
sSw brigade alter lfigAds susEched ifl, IT. in lis
rebel stronghold sIpI Tsp!1iy y, rhry sd
gAUced into bcipH lbry were In~j IN a ,iyls
wholly ircdmpreLensidle 10y ,l- rebels 70
them it seemed IS their bVas.ed tod Of battle
had deserted them, and ,liey Only advanced 20
furnish feed tx gbe Yankee deadly riff balls
Not roAl WAS advanced upon bEosd field
lroddeH upon bT rrbeliiOuN DO-iy Oi people bat
they were confronted BY our people. Ai'er
worrying them some time The gallant Iiein!zsl-
mau charged upon them with the irusty bayc-
net and drovs them back 10 their citadel, fright
ened and suffering heavy loss in men. The
sight must have been, from their serial lockout,
Ons OF grandeur no. cieu Witnessed by Us
grUundiings.
So good was tie standpoint from which the
teiegrsphers saw 81 AMI directed al, that in
many instances, with the aid Of very powerful
glasses, the number OF the regiment could Teadi-
iy be discovered; and hsd the operators person
ally known or been able to recognize the faces
OF persons commanding, they would have been
able 70 have given Gen. Mcclellan the names of
the rebel generals in the iield. Il this is not
lighting battle by lightning, then pray tell me
what il IL only Que thing is accomplished, il
will be 10 impress upon The rebel soideTy that the
skill Of cur generals is unSpprOachable, or lead
them to think thai our army far OUtnumhers
theirs. Every ones attention could not have
failed to have been attracted TO he balloon in the
air and If the rebels only hst tle ingenuity 10
construct balloon we might be enabled soon 10
hear Of hyht two Thousand feet above the
surface of the ground The at, m2t Of tho reb
els A. Yorktown 70 Ouss 4 balloon proved failure,
and think they have given it up.
The telegraph corps aCe al arm Of ;he seIvcs
Of The greatest Importance, and .h7 least though:
Of.
The rebel soldiers were tod bs.Ole they ted
on Saturday morning. the Yankees have q
years provisions the Pamunkey river, and
they will be ours in thiTi y-siI hours - and TO
this grocery store The rebel geneTs's led on the
half-iamished men. II nss, indeed, eitheT blood
OF bread mostly blood from the neager a..
count can get hold of.
Two regiments q. G. Il. Mesgber's I.ish brig
sde were in The Sc in, the d9;h, Col Nugent,
aud the - h, Col. Baker aad they behaved
splendidly in the bsyOnet charge made by Gen
Richardson's division, to wti-h hey were at
tsched. AAjuT-GsnerA Mcclellan personally
thanked these two regiments Tor their gallant
conduct in fhe Ill ] ON that OccssiOn.