Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-24

The Reconnaissance Of the sth-Gca McPhsr
son's Conduct Of Afairs-List Of CONFEDERATE
HOupded -IPhat the Prisoners S,g- Holo a
Confederate Soldier uas Taken in-Miscslia-
He0us-
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial
LAGRANGE, Tenn, November 1.-THE re-
connoissance of the 8h inst. was more inlpoy-
taat in its results than I vas At first led to sup
pose. To one accustomed to travel with the
src1y, accommodating parties soon lose their in
crest, and are regarded as every day occur.
rences. They &c out and return every day
bringing news thai was stale before their de.
porture But the expedition under Gen. Nc
Pherson really accomplished great deal. n
dependent of its favorable termination, in the
capture of more than hundred prisoners, It re-
! veAled the enemy s strength and position in
| most satisfactory manner, and impaired TO our
generals thorough knowledge of the topog-
rsphy Of the country that seems destined to be
! The battle-ground of a bloody contest soon
Sen. Mcpherson conducted the affair with great
| skill, and msneu7ered his troops in an admiYa-
| Bile manner. His capture Of the rebel advance
| guard, was q triumph of good management ia
| the field, snd is spoken Of, by the C0rfsderatas
| themselves, as q movement worthy Of St0newel
| jackson himself Jacbson's Tennessee cavalry
wss thrown TO the front Of the rebel lines a few
Mills this sids of Codwater, TO meet the advane-
| ing colum Of General MCPHERSON. The Con
federstes eame toward our men slong the msin
read. The position iu which they were placed
| hey deemed g flank movement on the right
by our forces, impossible, aud Only took precau-
tions ts prevent one on the lett Oar cavalry
| took advantage Of the eredulity Of the rebel
leader, and large force was soon in the very
place which it was thought impossible for them
to reach The ConfedeTates we're then sssailsd
by a considerable force on the front. They con
sidered themselves inadequate to the task and
| commenced retrest; but they only fed from
the 2 ] Illinois before them to meet the Kansas
Jayhswkers foFmidably drawn Up behind them.
From the dusty roads and parched up cotton
fields binding and sufocating fog - arose,
IS the afrighted ehivslry esssyed an escape
from the jaws Of death at the hands Of the brave
Iliinoisans Had they but known what lay be-
yopd the pillar of smoke " they could have
avoided collision with it, but they dashed i'm
petuously forward till the unexpected cry Of
- halt" from the Jay hawkeTs, warned them to
90 no further. few in the lead paid no atten-
ton TO the command, and were Quickly brought
to terms through the instrumentality of carbines
I. and rifles And the disebedience Of few threw
the whole into confusion. First one horse was
shot and fell downright upon his heels came
& second, who stumbled upon the carcass of the
first; the third precipitated by the fall of the
second, and so on until the impenetTabe mist of
Mississippi soil cleared away, in q few moments,
to find the most chaotic mass of retreating
chivalry ever witnessed on any battle ground
The following is q list Of Confederate soldiers
who were wounded during the fray. Most of
the wounds were occasiOned by the falling of
horses upon the men, IN the manner I have re-
lated
/ W. Flanagan company |, c. G. Clay com
psny z, L. ". TaliaiferO company D, n. J.
Frsnethsn company 1, j A YarborJ company
l, J. d Smith company 1 r. L. Smith com
psny l, Ist Tennessee cavalry w G. Chico
company E. 1st Mississippi cavalry Nat VIII.
Jams, company l, J. A Ross company II, lst
Tennessee cavalry J. n. Strickland company
H. 1st Mississippi cavalry Second Lieutenant
j. r Alexander company l. Second Lieutenant
J. A. jenkins company Il, J. M Meek company
Fl, L. b. Claarborn company d. g. W Walton
company l, First Lieutenant w. r Jones com
! psay II, l A. Douglass company l, G. J Fisher
company [, J. P Overall company 1, lst Ten
nessee cavalry.
1 WHAT THE PRISONERS SAY
1 conversed with several of the prisoners yes
terday, and found many Of them very intelligent,
and thoroughly conversant with national e .irs
I North and South. One OF them especially,
Lieutenant Wins on, of Jsckson's eavalry-a
recent graduate Of Nortbera coIlege--spoke
/ upon sli the matters counecta1 with tie war In
q manner which showed that he fully compre.
hended the subject He believed, Of course
that the South never would or could be couqner
ed, and that the Federal army would be opposed
as long as there were hundred msu lefs in ihs
South He deprecated Ar. LiHcoln's proolsma