Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-09

roads, we presently came into
! THE TURNPIKE LEADING FROM ALEXANDRIA
TO CENTERVILLE.
/ It was filed with continuous stream of am.
[ bulauces and other vehicles proceeding TO The
relief of our wounded soldiers. This stream OF
trains was found to reach oil the way 70 Fairfax
I Court House. The vehicles passed through Fair
fax at shout two o'clock this Sunday morning,
aud arrived at Centerville little after daylight.
After leaving Fairfax Cours House, and when
/ about half way between there and Centerville,
thirteen miles distant the road was found to be
/ almost completely blocked by trains moving in
different directions. Every step toward Center
vile only revealed an increasing number Of AZ
my wsrons, heavily laden most Of them coming
to the rear About daylight the rain began to
pour in torrents, adding not little to the delay
and inconvenience of every body.
Shortly there were met tAe seven hundred
Union soldiers who had been taken prisoners at
vari0us times during the last six or seven days
by Sl0neTall Jackson and were psroled by him
on Thursday last, TO avoid the neeessityo Of guard
ing and subsisting them. immediately behind
them was 3 body Of one thousand OF twelve hun
dred rebel prisoners, most Of whom were cap
tEred during the battle Of Friday last, in which
our troops were so signslly victorious They
were proceeding to Washington under guard.
At Fairfax station the building formerly used
poIary hospital Ia it there were lying some
twenty or thirty wounded men, whose wounds
and vents were being attended to by surgeons
and citzsns who happened to be present.
UNFAvoRARLR NEWS.
It was al this point that information was first
received to the effect that after the dispatch from
General Pope had been sent to General Halleek
Announcing that ne had won a grand and bril-
liant victory, the uncertain tide Of battle unfOr-
tuustely turned against the Union army and We
were compelled TO abandon the battle fsld dur
ing the night
Arriving atCenterville the various army corps
and detached divisions under Major General
PoPe's command, with the exception Of the corps
OF General Banks, we're found some bivouack-
ing and some drawn up in defiant line Of battle
oa this side Of Bull run and upon the nights of
CenieTviHe. Some Of tho brigades which had
suffered most severely in tho battle on Saturday
were IN somewhat disorganized condition, and
thelr respective generals were eXerting them
selves to the utmost Of their energies to restore
order and discipline among them. The confu-
sion and the difficulty Of placing the troops un-
der immediate CONTROL So that they could be
handled effectively on the field, arose from the
fact that in the last engagement many regiments
and parts Of regiments, as well as soae brig
AIDES, had become separated from their commands.
fud the precise location of the division or even
Of the coIps TO which they were attached.
there was TOO much eonfgsion to ascertain &C
curately
The casualties, consequent upon the wonder
tui series Of desperate engagements which had
tsken place daily since the retirement Of Gene
rsl Pcpe's army to the north bank of the Rap-
pahannoek. Since that period fifteen separate
battles have been fou ght in the same number Of
dsys. The particulars Of some of the engage
ments you have already published,
The battles Of the last three DAYS have been
the most desperate and bloody-not of the war,
perhaps, but at least Of this csmpsign. The
battle Of Thursday last was fought on our side
entirely By General Hookefs division, II the
most gallant ana heroic manner, and resulted IL
Hooker compelling Stonewali Jackson to retire
from the field with mis- srmy after desperate en-
gagement- General Hooker's division on its re-
turn from the peninsula, where il made itself
and its commander 50 illustrious, after embark
ing at Alsxandris en- Sunday, the OATH Of Aa-
gust, occupied the position on the right Of Gene
raj HeintzsinaH's corps. After the debaTkatiOn
Is Y~s5 Immediately ordered 20 the front The
division sTi7ed at Wsuenton Junction on Mon
day night. 1t remained there until the fight Of
the ensuing Wednesday. The battle on Friday
was deemed the most desperate of all. The Union
losses Ia this battle have bsen estimated at eight
thousand killed, wounded and missing, while
that Of the enemy, it is said, is about double
that number On Friday, General Hooker,
being largely reinforced BY General Kearney s
division, followed up the advantages Of the day
before, and the result was the attempt of Gene
raj Jackson to with 1raw his army from the
vicinity Of Manassas, by the road leading to-
ward LeesbuTg to Ashby's Gap. 1t IS every-
where conceded that a brilliant victory for the
| Union arms was won on Friday. It is said that
positive information has been received that the
rebel General EBell was killed in Fridays bat
lie by a shot through the head The slaughter
among the masses Of the enemy on that bloody
day was immense.
TIE TWO FIGHTING DIVISIONS.
General Hooker, as at Williamsburg, bore the
bruut Of the battle on Thursday, and as he
fought the rebel General Johnston at Williams
burg ard defeated him, so he fought the rebel
Gen Nsckson and utterly routed him. On
FifdSy be was reinforced BY General Kesrney's
division, as at Williamsburg aRd so these two
divisions, forming Heintzslman's corps, drove
the enemy TO the wall. Hooker's and Ksarney's
divisions have done more fighting than any
others in the Army Of the Potomac, and their
ranks are terribly decimste1.
TIE BATTLE ON SATURDAY.
The .bstts OF Saturday was long and bloody
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greater portion Of the army uAder his command,
renewed the attack in the morning. II was sup-
posed at first that the rebel fsrces engaged were
only those which had been met on the previous
days under the command of Generals Jackson,
/ Ewell and A. P. Hill but it was sfteTWArd found
4 the enemy had received heavy reinforcements.
The line OF battle was formed with the left resting
/ upon that portion of the Ball Run battlefield
! which, on the 2lst Of July, 1861, was oceapied
I q L Al, IL 49, IL u,
! right was extended in the direction Of Manassas
/ Juncti a. The battle began at about twelve
/ o'clock, noon, and was waged with unBaVering
! success for the Union forces until about four
/ o'clock in the aforementioned Heintzslman
/ being on the extreme right and General Nc
/ Dowsll on the extreme left, while the army corps
/ of Generals Fitz John Porter and Sigel, and
/ Reno's division Of General Burnside's army,
/ were placed in the center. The enemy's artil-
/ lery was advantageously posted, and at once
opened brisk end admirably well directed tire
! upon our whole line from right to left The
4 ground in that vicinity is broken and uneven
and for the most part covered with woods. The
rebel batteries occupied splendid positions upon
rising ground. The fighting on both sides was
desperate and destructive, either party fre
duently firing shrapnell and grape from the ar
1 tilIery Our troops were protected TO some ex
| tent bv the uneaVenneSs Of the ground the IN
dulations screening them from the destructive
FIRE of the enemy's artillery. Still they suffered
much, and the list Of casualties dnring SatuT
DAYS fight viii be considerable. Our artillery
was well and faithfully served IN reply to thr
guns Of the enemy. at about four O'Clock th'
whole of General Pope's troops, save those On
der General Banks, were engaged at close
quarters with the rebel forces. The conflict ws'
a desperate one The firing upon both sidei
was terrific, and the whole line Of General Pope
command, from generals commanding arm.
corps, down TO enlisted men, behaved with won
derful coolness, courage and determination, an
: fought with the most heroic valor from the be
giv ing to the end.
Before the determined aud deathly FIRE Of on
infantry and artillery the heavy lines Of th
, enemy began to waveT, and it was believed q
that time that great and decisive victory ha
been won But soon afterwards it became ap
parent that instead Of having to contend Agains
only the rebel troops under Generals Stone
wa' jackson, Ewell and A P Hill, the 8hcl