Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-15
THE KrNTUCKY CAMPAIGN.

R0NIINE GREEN ny January 2, lctA
EpfroRs APPEAL: Ga Christmas morning
last orders were received by Zen Bowen al CainI
Beauregard, IS proceed at once % Bowling Green with
tbe flower Of his brigade. IN this 1rder was melosed the
ed Mississippi, 9TH and lOsb Arksusas1 the oath Tennes
see, It Missouri and Martins lst Mississippi Valley reg
lmans Of infantry. with Hudson's BAKERY Of flying
artillery.
The advance left he camp At eleven O'Clock tina; morn
ing, snd was followed a. rapidly as the others got ready
to leave. Tie last detachment did not dehle ont Of The
encampment until the aaenoon Of the following day.
We marched 4 distance Of sixteen miles 70 State Line
Station. an insignificant little depot on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad and as detestible a. ii was small Thera
we took the cans as fast as they could be pressed into
service, aud proceeded thonee 20 Humboldt, End from
advance reaching here on Sunday and the reH coming
up during the following three Or four days
For several weeks before leaving Camp Beauegard
orr troops had been busy erecting winter quarters, and
had them nenriY an finished a. the time o. leaving. j
may well BE- inferred that the men left their eomfortabif
cabina which they had built with much la5Or, with many
ceiling Of regret, highiened by the fact that they were
- be occupied by men whose patriotisnf0r their country
was only sufficiently strong 10 prompt them % fight sixty
while they were leaving q pout Of secondary military
importance, and perhaPsO no importance whatever, they
were 10 be attached 70 one Of the resly grand and SPLEEN
did armies OF the Confederate States, a. is that Of Gen
Albert Sidney johnson
There were many incidents which occurred along the
road that might. in peaceful times, do 20 put In the pa
deats consisted, in part, Of a maa kiied here and there
asses the road by falling from The tfaia, a car or two
rnnEag of and getting mashed up, engine running OF
grom one-half IFS train. beuutilui valleys, lofty. romantic
saouutains. ripp ing brooks. rolling streams. with hugs
ralroad bridge, tine cities and mean hite towns. patrf
otc people aleng the road, foble daughters and aged
ssstn6ns waving handserchieis 90 the boys, al Of which
must be skipped BY the undersigned beeause a bore u
sensible people.
Tatioa 20 Scr aB the troops aud the positions they occupy
IN and around bowling Green OF course Il would b.
impfudenf 70 publish any special detail concerning a 70
our armies. aud more particularly this one, for upon D
depends the fate Of Kentucky for al time 70 come.
viii only Rssure yOu that it eann0f be disiodged save by
one Of fhose terrible and gangainary bsrtes we read b
IN the Life o. Napoleon, aud Which the 1ankees hsye a
vet given no assurances Of emulstng The white tene
are aeen eveTy1Tlere-On the mountains, Ia the Yliey
and on the plain but you cannot tell which Is Hsrdce
sFhieh IS Breekinndge or Floyd, or Bucknef, Bowen
auC the rest.
Il Is the pretiiess place TO fight a brilliant and decisive
bdftle the MILITARY eye eyer gazed upon. IondeF Is the
m~ouhsain for the heavy artillery a. battery there the
strip Of fleber Tor ansked guns here the laurel plain
with gentle aEi rid dechviiy for the bayoHet. cavalry
and flying artillery while an around smoothly, Re1tly
aud without q murlnur, E7eanders a deep and narrow
stream, inviting an enemy T. cross aad an enemy 70 con-
test the attempt. Then She city 0f Bowling Green has
within its linis wealth. lsxury md riches rs houses
are u that texture which Do masi excite the Naudai 20
a desperate struggle Tor their possession and the owner
snihis friends TO fight Ike brave mon, long and well, TO
prevent their falling into impi0us hands.
There r. but one thing that viii prevent a great battle
bang fought az this place sooner OF later; and that H. a
declaration Of peace before the northern army gets ready
2, make the attack They cannot pass around the point
without insulting all the laws known IN military sirafs-
pn. Nor can they any mere weaken it by diversions
tLn they have Manassas by raids upon the southern
cast. As fhorc. they cannot go around Fly over. or
cnvi under Bowling Green aud as they cannot conquer
Eutueky and enter Tennessee without defeating our
amy here, fight ms here they must. or yield the point.
The large bridge which we burned over Green river
1T fall the Yankees have fehuflt aud HFVe now fufaHaH
heir advance is now in the vicinity Of taatlocali y. con
tented By Ger. Henderson not farthis side. Their force.
fe that Of al their aTmies bgonc going into battle. ID
uasav exaggerated. Sixty or dNtYsBye thousand wouid
ssper fhe whole Of IT. You may rest assured thar rein.
soreeneFts come to Us as fast az a do ~ Them, while
every day ADDS 20 our defensive works
yb.v boast 1T having ten or twelve regiments Of Ken
.ucbfans IN this army but the truth is there is noi one
.erusDe aae T{losa recipients p~ublsied So from tht
STATE, ere comFosea mostly = i9reignerss aatd whole com
r-anies fross Oieo Gpdisna. WiuVa sud other Northern