Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-09-27

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/ struggle Of the day.
For half an hour after the battle had gro8
I 10 iss full rtrsnglh. ths line Of bstsle sWsye
! neither way. Rockers men Tsre fully up
their work. Ttsy saw their general evsEyEse
Ia fFont, Da7sr sway from the frs, and sll 4
I troops Believed ia their commsnder and fougl
With viii Two thiEds Of them were the san
! men Who, undsz Mcdowell, had broken St II
nAssas.
TIE half hour passed, the rebels began to Civ
/ way Itsle, only little, bat at the first indic'
ton Of rsesding ire, Forward was d
| word, and on wsni tbs liue with chseF aud
rush. Back acrosa the confsld, lsaviHg dea
aad wounded bsaind then, over the fenes az
I scgcss the road, aud thSn back agsin into sh
| dark woods watch closed around them vent th
Tstreasiag rebels
Mead and his Pennsylvanisns followed har
and f.ss-iolog5j sill they csme within ees
range Of tbs woods, among which they saw thsi
beatsn enemy Observation-Disclosures still, wit
snother cheer, and dung themselves sgeinst III
! cover.
But ont Of thest gloomy woods came, an
hssvily, terrible voIsye-yolleys which sn0te
and rent, and broke, IN . moment, that cage
front, and huried lheEn swiftly back for bali th
distance they hsd won. hot swiftly, nor in
panic, any further. Closing up their shattered
iiuss, they came slowly aRay--s regimen
where brigade had bssn-hardly brigad
where a whole diVision had been victorious
Thsy had met from the woods tho FIRST volley
Of pluskes from fresh troops-hsd met them snl
returned them sill their ins had yielded and gon
down bsfcre ths weight Of ffe, and hll thsi
ammunition vzs exhausted.
Ia zen rninutss the fortune CT the day ssemet
70 hsve ehanEed-it was the rebels now VIII
were advancing, pouring out Of the woods II
endless lines, sweeping through The coTndeIdi
fcom which theft comrades had iust fed Hook
sr sent in his nearest brigade TO meet them, bu
it could not do the work. BE called for another
There was Ho5hiag close enougA unless he tool
Il from his right. His right might be in danger
if it was weakened, bus bis center was already
threatened With anaihlation Not hssitstine
ane moment, he sent to Doubleday: Give mt
your best brigade instsnilg."
TIE best brigade csme down the Hill 10 the
right on the rns, went through the timber Il
front through 4 storm OF shot and bursting shell
snd cTs9aing limbs, over the open field beyond
and straight iato the cern6eld, passing Sc thsy
went the fragments OF three brigsdes sbsttsred
bY tie Tebel IRE, and streaming 20 the rear
They PISSED By Hooker, whose eyes lighted 8,
he saw these veteran troops led by a soldiei
whom be bnew hs could trust 81 think they
viii bold is he said.
but now shat they vera Gnder Ere, zoj burriedly
up che hiH lfom which tho corn field begins &
descend, and formed them on ths crest Not 3
man who wss not in full view-not ons who
bert bsfore shs storm. Firing as tbs hrst in
vcllsys, shsy cred then at viii with Wondsrfal
rspidisY and effect The whols lirS crowned shs
hill, andstood out dzTklY against the sky, bui
lighted and shToudej ever il fame snd smoke
F6sss wefs the l2kh and 18Th Massachusetts and
another regiment which cannot romsmbsT, old
troops all Of them.
There for half az hour they hsld the bridge
unyielding in purpose, exhsustlass in courage
Tbsu geusTal was wounded badly early IN tx
light, but they foughs oo. Their supports did
not come-they determined 10 win without thau
They began 70 60 down the hill aud into tht
eorni thsy did not stop to think that their an
Iluultiou was nsstly Eonei they were there K
viz tbst heli and they WOE it. The rebel line
Tor tie secoad lime led through the corn sad
into sba woods I cannot tell how tsE Of Hart
suf e brigade WAS left when tbs work WAS done
There waa 40 more gallant, dstsrmined, heroic
lighting in al this desperate day. GsBsra
Hsrtsuf Is vsry severely wsnEdsd.
TIE eTiBis of the fight at this point had ar.
Tiysd-Rickstts' division vsinly sndsavoring &c
advance and exhausted by the effort, had fallen
bsck. Part Of Asnshsds corps Was ordered in
70 sLeir relief, brt Eknsiield's troops came back
again, aud their general was MORALLY wounded
Tue lsis nevertheless was too extended TO be
turned and 800 str0ug TO be broken. Rckstts
eeut word he eoai1 not advance, but hs could
hold his groard D0ublsdsy had kept his guns
10 WeTk on the right, and had finally shencsd q
Tebel battery thai for hall an hour had poared
in Calling erhlAding Ere along Hooker's cen
ual line.
There was woods in front Of Doubleday's hill
which ths rebels hsld, but go long As those guns
pointed that way thsy did not cars 70 Attack
With bis left tnsn able 20 taxa care Of itsalf
With hiH rig ht ,iEpg sgnAbs Eish two hrigades 0i
Mansfield stiH fresh ssd coming rapidly up
and With has center g second time victorious
General Hooks determined 10 advance Orders
were sent to Crawford and GordoE-tho tWa
Mansfield brgaies-to move directly forward =:
ones shs batteries in the center 8srs ordered on
the whole line wss called on, and tbs genera
himself went forward.
To The right of the coTnfeld and beyond Il
Tss point az woods Once carried and firmly
held, 1t was ths key Of the position Hooker
determined to take it he rode ont in frons ol
his furthest troops on tho bill 70 examine The
ground for battery. At the top he disuOunsed
and went forward on foot, completed his recon
nsisssnce, returned and renounsed. Ths musk
etTy IRE from ths point Of the woods was al shc
stirup s frcsh volley of rihs builss came whiz-
ring By. Tbs tall soldisrly fgurs Of the general
the white horse which he rode, the elevated
placs whsre be gas-sil made him q most dan.
Reronsiy conspicuous mark So be had been al
day, riding often without staff 0ficsr nor an
orderly near hin-all sent of on urgent duty
visible everywhere on the hsl3 The Tsbsls bal
lets had followed bin all day, but they had moi
hit him and be would not regard them. Re
rnouuting on this hill be had not ridden hvs
steps when be was struck Ia the foot By bail
Three men Wers shot doWa at the same mo
naent By bis side The air was alive With bul-
lets. Hs kept on bis horss for few moments
though tbs wound was sewers and excessively
painful, ard wouid not dismount till he had
giVsn bis last order to advance. He was him
sell in the very front. Swtying nnsteadily On
bis horss, he turned in lis ssat TO lock sboni
him Theirs is q resimens to tbs rsght. Ordsl
Il forwsri Crawford and Gordon are eomins
I'd Tel them to cary these works AID hold
them-and it's our fghtm
Itwas found that the bullet had passed com
pletsly through bis foot The srFgson who ex
amined it On tue spot, could give 60 opinion
whether bones were broken, bus It was after
wards ascertsined, that though grazsd, they
weFs not fractured. OF course the severity o.
The wound made it impossible for him TO keep
belonged 70 him 70 win it. Is was nine o'clock
The igbt had been furions since five. A large
part Of ths comnAnd wss broken, but with bis
right still untouched, and with CfsEford's and
Gordoas breadss Just up, above all, with the
advance Of the whole central line which the nen
had heard ordered forward with cheefs.
Simmer arrived inst ss Hooker wss leaving,
snd assumed command. Cro~ford and Gordon
had pone into the woods. and were holding Ehsn
stoufly agsinst heavy odds. As I rode over to.
ward tie lsff I met Sumner ct tbs hsad Of his
column advancing rapidly through the tinesF
cpposiss where Crawford YES lighting Tbs
Ystsrsn general uss riding Alone In the forest
isr ahead Of his leading brigade, his hat on, hi;
gray hair, beard and mustAehe, strangely con
.Fsstino with the FIRE Ia bis eyes, and his mar
tjal ali. as he hurried on to where the bullets
were thiekess
Sedewiek's division was in the advance, NOV
ing foTHsrd 70 support Crawford and Gerdon