Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-11
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Correspondents Of The New York Tribune
WAsHINGTON. September 3-rhe battle O
Monday night between Generals Reno an
Kezrney on our side. aud the rebels, was tOugl
three miles to the rear Of Cen.erVils, and sb0u
3 mile to the right Of the CentsTgiHe read.
was a complete victory on our side but de2rl
bought bY the Joss OF Generals kearEey An
Stevens.
/ General Reno's division hai been posted ther
during the day 10 observe the rebel movements
Inc approach OF the enemy was aseertsined il
the afternoon aud General Kearney was ordere,
20 advance to Rsno's support. The enemy wer
I attempting TO turn our right haak, and 10 orde
70 move more rapidly had left their artillery be
| hind them, and wsIe advancing over the fields
Their movement threatened both flank ant
rear, and, u successful, would probably hsv,
/ placed them at Fairfax Court House, and one.
more broken P0ps's Communication with Wash
ington. They attacked General Rene about TVS
/ o clock in the afternoon. The engagement be
tween him and the rebels continued for abou
an hour before the arrival Of our reinforce
mens.
! General Reno had posted his troops with hi,
/ rigat resting against q wood. General Stevens
I division was upon the lei5, Reno himself hold
/ ing the right After the line of battle was
formed the enemy attempted to turn General
Keno left flank General Stevens b antici
pate. and prevent this movement, advanced al
the head Of his division % TIE attack.
The enemy were posted in q eOrnfsld, and on
the further side OF 1t partially protected By the
woods. Ia the center Of the field was a raviue.
into which Cen Stevens advanced. As ne was
/ leading his column some distance before the en-
77's, 9 iine be was shot dead by bullet through
me Hsa4 his tIUoP5- 5izhesrra1led bv his loss
and undoubtedly oUtnumberei, fell BsesS IN ,ss-
siderable disorder.
General Reno found himself at this period
without any support upon his left, with his
troops mostly out of ammunition, with the
eaemy rapidly approaching IN heavy forces
upon The left flank, and threatening to cut
his forces in two.
It was al this jgnctars taat General KeIuey
agriYed upon tas field. Ths night was very
dark, the rain falling very heavily, with a terri
5le storm Of thunder and lightning Il was
nearly impossible 10 discover at once the exact
position Of the enemy. To the exposed left
flank Of Gene al Reno they were supposed to be
advancing, aud General Kearney detached one
brigade to the left, rode forward to make Te-
c0nnOisa1ce IN person
lie was told that there were 10 troops Of ours
in font of the position which General Stevens
bad held, and that through The Gap the rebels
were rapidly advancing; bat, Designating or
disbeheging the information, went forward, ac-
companied only by an orderly, and coming sud
denly upon the rebel advance was shot dead.
His death remained unknown until the follow
ing morning. but as be did not refU-n to his
command, was supposed 90 b8 prisoner. Gan.
Blrney took command Of the division and AZ
ranged the order of battle.
General Reno had al TINS sims Withdrawn en-
trsiy from the fgh5, and General BTney found
the enemy in front of him considerably 20 the
of 81
ening to turn his left flank. General Robin
sons brigade with Grahsm's battery, Is. United
States, was ordered to the .efs- General BIZ
neY's brigade constituted the reserve, also
strengthened by R2ndolph's battery, which
opened on the enemy with vigor and effect
General Bruey formed hs line of battle in
front and on the center with bis own brigade,
consisting of seven regiments. 4 musketTy ire
was opened on both sides, and continued with
great sharpness tor perhaps half an hour The
enemy's lines being unsustsined by artillery,
was greatly shaken Dy the caunonade fem our
side, and By the heaviness Of the Infantry FIRE.
BIney, as soon as he perceived indications Of
the enamy's Unstesdin5s5 In bis 'front.' nrdarad
the IJsh-6uOWn as lie A5Lart zcgimeut--aud
lsi New York, both commanded BY Colonel
Ezan. and tLe Scott Life Gulri-5-- -h New
York-Colonel Ward, to advasce in a bayouet
charge.
These three regiments moved across the corn
field, down the r2vine and up the Opposite slope,
with the greatest g-uantry and determination,
and Instantly broke the rebel line and put them
to fight They were pursued by ihs fire of our
artillery, but owing to the darkness AID the
storm, pursuit by infantry fer any distance was
impossible
Our troops occupied the position Of the en-
emy from which he had been driven, General
BaTry's reserve brigade hoiilng the ground all
night
Our dead were buried, and wounded carried
off the ground. Some prisoners were taken
from the enemy. Among them were the sdju-
tant-gensral Of General Jones, and his chief OF
ordinances.
Our loss in killed and wounded in General
Brney's command, was about two hundred
among them Major Tildsn Of the Ssh New
York, who was morially wounded, aud died Inn
mediately afieT .he victory.
The enemy's forces consisted Of parts Of the
divisions of Generals Jackson Ewsll and Hill
numbering from ten TO twelve thousand
The battle was fought upon Our side, after
Kearney's arrival entirely by General BHney's
brigade. General Biruey's conduct was distin-
guisbe3 BY great skill sGd galsntry. With less
than thres thousand troops hs restored the for
tunes of a fight in which greater numbers on
our side had already been w0rsted, and then by
his admirable disposition of his troops, and
their steadiness and courage, drove three times
his own strength from the Eeld and held it for
The night,
General ReDo's loss is not accurately known,
but is supposed to be about one thousand. The
enemy being without artillery, our troops suffer-
ed bat little in comparison with their loss.
The deaths Of Generals KeaTney and Stevens
are deeply lamenfed by their immediate com
msnds, and by ali the srmy. Both had very
high regulations for gsllsHlIy and soldierly abil-
itY, General Kearney having brought high re-
uown from the Peninsula, and General Stevens,
beside bis fame in Mexico and Oregon, was an
active and enteTprising general of the Port
Royal expedition He was there concerned in
every fight, il which orr land forces had
part. HIS own brigade was especially devoted
to him