Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-04-29
HuseFpstiug Particulars OF Flag Of Truce
frnIIn Iscri. RenuTegnFd 20 Gen. Bneil.

IuseFestimg Particulars OF N flag OF Arace
from Gen. BeauTegaEd Ia Ssen' Bneii'
Special Correspondence of the Pcayune
CoEJyTH. Miss. april 22--I have already
frf,rinsd Won that Oh the 18th inst. Gen. Beau
regsri sent flag of truce to Gen Buell., ii Iela
rion 10 our wounded and making inquiry con
rsTninr some missing officers from the Louisiana
regiments The answer OF Buell. l sent yoh Oy
TELEGRAPH. stating that as soon as the inquiues
could be made the information would be- sent
have obtained the following very interesting
account ot the visit Of the flag OF truce iTou
Lieu Sam ) Harris, of the lst AlaDamn cav
, alfy. no accompanied 1t 10 the enemy lle, az
/ the bearer of Gen Beauregart'S dispatch
! Lieut. Hauis, GA reaching iha line Of the
| rri-rny's pickles which aIe about hall mile
/ northeast nom the neutral hospital, Halted his
| escort, when be- was approached by Lieutenant
] WiciliiIr Of the Ist Kentucky regiment, who
| asked for his dispatches Harms said his orders
| were TO deliver them 10 Gen. Buel or one ot hls
| staff sergeant within the lines was then DIS
| patched for Gen Buell., In about halt an houT
! tbe messenger returned with Gen. McCoOk and
! staff who said he would receive the dispatch for
/ Gau Buell., as no flag of truce could be admitted
| into their lines, but that II Harris had come a
| little sooner he would have seen Gen. Buell. INN
/ self The dispatch was then sent by McC0ok,
through a messenger, to Gen. Buell., and in the
meantime a conversation took place between
HAMS. McCOOk, and several other Federal OIL
Gers who were present. Of which the following IS
the substance:
Cen McCook asked If W, had the bojy. o. Ceu.
Johnston, and being told that We certainly had,
/ McCoO6 said that au officer was iauUu d. ad ou
the field who was said by many 10 be Gen.
Johnston and that the dead officer must have
been Of high rank as be had a star in the collar
Of his coat Hams replied mat uy officer of
tveu considerable rank had been Left on the field
/ McCool5 then asked where and how Gen Prem
tiss was and emafEsd with great profanity and
! bad languagt tuar be hoped we would hssp hin
and his brigade, and that they h2d many g,uel
ais of the same kind whom Ao v.shai nu Lad
captured H expressed great aUlpuac ~ the
usH.cs Iu which oar army was armed, saying
ttmr Do, expected TO meet only flint iOr. InUsapts,
bun ,uat be- found instead the finest Mime nus
/ Eots and European Enfield Iiaes wiki iar aups
Y.or ordnance, luau tiry had, and suggested that
thay had bg IA brought over by lhe Nashville
Lieut. H4THs ,mied and said, Lot by the
Nashville, but that many Urne. Vessels had
JouEh, G7 arms
/ MeCaoh tL-u asked whrr. tls Nashville WAS
al this yme Hams replied tLaf il was very
uncertain
McCook rn..! remarked that W. au,t have
lad O.. large portion of he army oi -dauasaas
! present aJ iHu battle OF SniioE
Then" said McCoUb, "where uuisr heaven
dId aur uoJps come from, and where were they
drilled adding hat the attack Ul Sunday wGs
uesa brilliantly planned and sPlrudidiy rxe-
uuled, aud that We came uyaT gaining Il complete
. victory over lham lie was exceedingly severe
. Oh many Ohio and Iowa TrgimeUl-. lelaaIklug
that b. 5upposgd wa considered them abe great
rst towards Iu th- world de spoke Iu IHe
highest terms OF our officers, AID said ytat our
government had made It's appointments much
more di5cIeetiy than his. H uLyu asked now
F Tar IL was tJ COriuth.
Hams replied that he dii NOT .z4-liy iuys..
but tbat the distance could be easily Cagtalued
by march
McCook rallied, aEd said that 5Ley intended
. 10 have made mach in a lew days, and should
have been down there before this
Lieut. HAMS Tetortej saying he thought tLS
delay ID wise one, rs the load was improving
every day, and that the longer they delayed tho
better 1t would be, for they would certainly nave
to travel that road tsrice, i. they cam
Their officers seemed disposed to be- pleasant
and courteous, ami Virginia captain ot the
artillery iFedeTsi) by The name uI Terrell, ~
pressed q desire TO see Gen Bragg ANA iggn bis
opinion rs go how he thought ms battery was
served during I'd. recent t1.t.. ..lud.ug 20
Bragg's battery which served at Bueua Vista
u1w ID possession # the Yankee Harris re-
piled ,aa: the battery could not have been iu
sunday tght. u, else Lo could not have asked
the question as all their batteries that day had
been captured BY u
The renegade FTCfui5u then remarked that
Gen Harde. was great friend oi lis whom be-
hgd known well at West Point, and that h5
would like TO send him by Harris JTo bottles oi
brandy Harris regretted be could not convent
emily CaTy he bottles.
Gen McCoJk then expressed some surprise At
Gen BeaUTegard having addressed his dispatch
To Gen Bueli, instead Of Grant, saying that the
latter was IA command
The messenger now returned when Gen No
Cook informed Lieut. Hams jhat Gen Buell. was
absent from his Headquarters but tbai au abs .oI
would be sent 90 our lines under d dag Ot truce
that evening.
Having learned nom Dr. Bumbaueh, q Fed
eTal surgeon, who accompanied Lieut. HAMS,
the puTp0Tt OF the dispatch. AuCoOl said that he
3ii not doubt but shat an exchange OF wounded
prisoners would be agreed to, but that ouI army
had been SO well supplied with ambUlaucea and
assistants during the recent fight that nearly all
ouu wounded had besn recovered by ourselves
( Those that they had taken, he said, had prime.
paliy been sent 10 81. Louis, Paducah or Ciucin-
uaU, IL be better cared for Lieut. HaUis fhru
/ took his leave