Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-30

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We Rud the following. interesting accounts Of
/ hict
! The old man Gen Sumner at the Lacey House on
the north bank Of the the after noou) looked
anxious aud fearful Things not going well with
his command For three hours his had been fight.
ing at fearful Odds They were much exhausted their
loss was excessive and nothing had been accomplished
Indeed, to the test Of the ear the point where
located il seemed though they were being badly
/ pressed The batteries had been brought down and
planted the heads Of the streets The troops were
huggng the city closely to escape the fearful fire
Where is Franklin q was the eager inquiry. Every
thing depends Frsnklin's coming up the flank
FTsnklms position was plainly observable BY the line
OF smoke and tire couple Of miles to our left below
\ He was making no nearer.
/ At three o'clock an aid arrived from Gen Couch to
say that his tCoueh9 troops were advancing finely
/ but that Wilcox was not keeping up Tell Gen. VIII
cox replied Gen Sumner, te him he must make the
9th army corps keep paee with the 2d, if he can"
+ At half-past three O'Clock Stargis who had been
chnging 70 the valley amid showers of Gre, il hoty
pressed that he hardly thinks be can hold dis til
/ Griffin comes up"
At four o'clock French reports that his right is held
/ by Brigade (Masons), which Is without aiton-
sumner sends message, begging Burnside that
Franklin be directed to advance Bot FrauSin cannot
advance he has enough to do at this moment to hold
his own fer jackson has thrown in reuf0rcements
and is pushing hard to turn bis left.
Meantime the reserves have not been touched.
HoOkers central grand dividou fifty thousand fresh
men, have not been engsged-indeed yer mainly
this side Of the river.
Tell Gen Burnside that he had better by all means
throw some Of Hooker's in
Burnside replies that he has directly dered Hooker
to 50 in and that every Ills side Of the river
shall cross.
Promptly the column is pushed down to the Don. oons
Humphrey divs Of Bltterelds corps leading. The
wary rebels SHARPLY the alert for the movement Of
on the bridge, pour the helIs, somewhat delay
operations. Happly, though they fall all round the
bridge, and kin some men on the banks they do the
structure no harm. In ease they DO however corps
Of pontoOn ers stand ready TO repair any damage.
At four O'Clock Gen. Hooker who bad not yet been
-O~g Had rsrrlr rr tg a4d
that he was going to put this thing through"
In half en- hour prodigious volleys OF masketry
nouncs that Hooker with the reserves, is engaged.
This last assaulting column eens ediof the divisions Of
Humphrey, honk, II ward, Getty and Sykes. They
had however hardly fairly engaged before the
wentdown. and nghteosed around the eamorous wrath
Of the comb batauts
At this time Gen Burnside who had remained all day
at the Phillips House, can, down to the Lacey House.
and in the garden lacing the city followed the progress
Externally calm the leading player in this tremen.
game agitsted by such iHtensiiy Of feeling
one can coneeivei and he paced the garden gloomy
night
That crest he exclaimed passiOnately, must be
The breyity Of time into which the stupsndous issue
Of the day had to bs crowded seemed to add edoubled
energy to the fury Of the eombatsnts.
Not might OF Bucher" as Wellington exclaimed st
Waterloo, but rather Aisxs prayer for "more light,
the prompting of very heart.
Creeping up the flank BY the left Getty's troops
succeeded in gaining the sto' wall which had been
all day unable 10 wrench froR the rebels The other
owing to the restricted space had been Of but little u-e
all day, brought vigOrous into play. L he
derce passionate climax OF the battle From both sides
two miles OF belched forth their hery m ssies
athwart the dark background Of the night. Volleys Of
musketry were poured FORTH such IS have no par
slel of in all experiences Of the war, and which
seemed as though tie demons or earth aud air
cOntendng together.
Rushing up The crest our troops hid got W thin
stones throw Of the batteries when the hill top swarmed
forth in reinforcemens Of rebel infantry, who,
rushing upon drove them back he turn Of q
die decides inch situti0ns. The day lost. Our
men retired Immediately non end musketry ceased
their roar, and in Mt the silence Of death
ceeded the stnr y fury of ten hours battle.
A General Burnside turning walked off through he
garden and mounting his horse gaOpped back TO head
quarters what thoughts and fe ngs passed through his
mindl No illusions cOud make him believe that vic
tory had been achieved.
Shall we say, then it was defsati Certainly, if to
have started out to accomplish certain objec and TO
have failed in doing so, be defeat you apply
other terms TO the u, u,shot of to-lsys battle
In spite Of all the CLOSES Of ofcial kilograms which
you may receive it seems here tonight that have
suffered defeat Let hope that when fully pre-
pared the assault may be renewed with tactical
combinations the position carried and the day retrieved
II il be not so, Saturday the l3 b day Of December
must be accounted black dsy in the calendar of the
republic.
Correspondence of The New York Herald
FREDERIcKsBURG, Dec. I3.--The occupation of Fred
ericksbuTg having been successfully accomplished the
next move then TO drive the rebels from their
stronghOds in the rear Of the city. The lines of the
rebels which extended in the form of semcrcls from
Port Royal 70 point APO SIX miles 8poYe fredefcs-
burg were strongly fortified and protected by range Of
high hills S5onewa jackson occupied the right wing,
extending from Port Royal to Cuinneys station
ton on the Richmond and Fredericksburg railroad)
Gen LOngPreet the center eXten1Dg TO the telegraph
road aud Gems Lee and Stuart the left Of aassa-
pouax creek while General A. p. Hi rs corps acted
as a reserve. Lees reason for occupying the eft
because he could be his guard against Sigel who
threatened 10 outiank him by way Of ulpeper. The
entire rebel force estimated 100000 men, and
euped front of not less than twenty miles The troops
the most part eeraus who had fought through
all the peniusular campaign while the officers the
ablest that the South could produce 1t
enemy we had to contend with. assure You.
The disposition of the Union forces occupied the whole
of Friday night and Saturday morning, and General
Burn-ide anxious to commences the attack at
early an hour ssible, there was much chance
for the troops rest themselves few stragglers, it
Is true managed sEesk away for the purpose of pill
lagiug; but the great of the soldiers
stsnty under arms Gen Burnside the city sil
night, personally inspecting the troops and directing
their movements 1t arranged that Gen Frsnkln's
corps should the river miles below the city,
with the view Of turning the ensmy's position the
rebels nearer the center and would their
right BY this cement t viii be that Frank
I'm was opposed to StOnewali Jackson. while Hooker
and Sumner attacked the center and left Of the rebels
under Longstreet AID Lee
The eventful morning came and with It dense fog
which obssured the movements Of the enemy. The bal
loon up just bsfore daylight but in consequence
Of the fog no observation could be had However, the
Gen burnside determined to commence operations fog
OF no fog.
The Left
Franklin moved h column. eoasistirg of the first
and sixth corps just before suriss bis night resting
the oHfBkirts Of the city his center advanced mile
40 from the river and his left resting the R1poa
hammock. about three miles below SHRINKING aoU