Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-05
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/ FROM the hnuAFlle ltenn} Register october 20
As the curtain is lifted which obscured the
| operations of our armies IN Kentucky, and we
can comprehend the movements Of the whole
| campaign since General Brsgg marched from
| TupelO-Hhie cOnfsssing that al was not
achieved which public expectation demanded
we have abundant reason to congratulate the
country on the results now manifest to every
one
BY the msneuvcTiEg of our armies, without
the loss Of man, without battle which would
have cost thousands Of valuable lives, North
Alabama las been relieved. A rich, pOpulous
aud productive country is again freed from the
presence Of pluudering bands who held it under
the staT-gszing Mitchell while Huntsville
groaned beneath Federal wrongs and e1actions
The Memphis and Charleston railroad, By
which the army of General Price may be speedily
moved 90 the east - Cooperate with tnat of
Bragg, or by which Price may be reinforced, has
been again opened from Chattanooga to point
very near the position Of our forces in North
Mississippi
Middle Tennessee has again fallen within our
lines, except Nashville itself, where beleRgUrsd
garrison renders Federalism Odious by the terri
bic exactons imposed upon the people.
The temper Of KeRtucki.ns, who for eighteen
months have grosued beneath the couqusrOr's
yoke, has been tried, and we have learned that
State, there shall not be wanting men sHd arms
to sustain the cause Of the South.
Oar army needed supplies, which the re-
sources OF tie Gulf States could not furnish.
They would not be deemed very valuable at the
North but to tine barefoot il-clad soldiers Of the
South we cannot estimate too highly the result
of this campaign. And here, let Us award that
praise TO those energetic men, not deemed part
of the fighting material Of an army who, ike
McElra.h, Tom Peters and others, eviDced a
courage and dxedness Of purpose in forwarding
immense wagon trains that generals would have
burned or abandoned because Of the supposed
impossibility Of moving them over the noun
tains. These men have won honOrs as well as
another Of their class, QdsTtermsster Gailor,
who as a volunteer aid, tell mOrtally wounded
on the bloody fsld of Perryviile.
Our army mas done much, and better than ali
this, is ready to do more. It has been victorious
whenever it has met the enemy. Il has found
itself able to cope with a Federal force four
times greater than its own. 1t was victorious
q! Munfordsyille and achieved brilliant success
at Richmond.
We have much reason to be satisfied with
what has been accomplished and to look with
hope and confidence to the brave body Of troops
that have no superiors on the continent. Il sny
one doubts the espsrit Of our army let him walk
along the Ines, or through the encampment OF
any brigade, and be will hear but one single ex-
preston Of regret, " that we did net fight Buell.
in the vicinity Of Munfordsvile before he reached
Louisville"
The people may rest assured that the country
is safe While ne have such soldiers, and that we
have generals who deserve to be their leaders
The campaign Is not yet closed, though its pur-
poses and plans are undsveiOped.