Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-16
The Eirhf wincht .ier.

! From gentlemen lust from JacksOn's army
we have some particulars OF the fght at Win
chester on Sunday, May 2J;h. Our Informant
was attached to the 2lst North Carolina reg
ment, Col w. W Kirkland, which was in the
hottest of the fight. The 2lst was on the right
wing of the army, and being engaged all the
time suffered severely. loOsing 100 men out Of
390-three companies having been detached as
support for Courtenay's battery. This battery
and the 2lst were the only forces engaged on the
righswings fi shting against the 5In Connect
cut, 6G b Prnnsl lyauia, 2o.h New York, and
10Th Maine The fight opened at sunrise, the
forces on the left under Jackson, the right under
Ewell. After fighting about an hour the fire was
so hot the 2lst fell back about fifty yards, being
at the time within twenty yards OF the enemy
and nearly surrounded. The Yankees were pro-
tected by four rock walls which gave them the
advantage of cover while they poured in hot
fire from diff rent directions Al the time the
2Ist fell back the 18th Georgia came up and
fired one round, aud the enemy seeing the rein
fOrcements commenced retrealing, and a. the
same time our forces was ordered to charge
Meantime, COurtensy's battery had been served
in an admirable manner, and caused serious
havoc in the Yankee ranks The enemy having
retre8ted along the whole ii1e, they were tol-
lowed Up to MsrtinsbuIg, distance Of y miles,
where we eneAmped fJT the night. In the charge
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lost mauy valuable Off .ers Col Kirkland,
while gallantly leading his re ,iment, lnusket III
hand firing rapidly as possible, received pain
full wound through the right thigh. Lieut. Col.
Repper was shot through both hips and bladder,
and is supposed TO be mOrtally wOuEdrd
Capts HedZeecck and Ligon were killed. The
I4th Georgia lost two killed snd fourteen wound
Cd. These were the operations on the extreme
right wing, which our informant saw but at the
same time nearly all our force was engaged
along the line.
In this battle we took six thousand fine TiAss,
two thousand muskets, six hundred sacks Of
saIt four hundred wagons, many horses, twelve
pieees of artillery thrre being Parrot guns,
800 600 worth Of medicines, hospital stores Of
every imaginable kind splints, amputaiing IN
,truments, chloroform, oranges, lemons, fresh
cheese; dried fruits, every luxury a sick man
G Juld desire, and clothes without limit. Col
AShby, hearing Of many Yankee suffers who
had recently set up their shops in the country,
ss:z q them and loaded two hundrJd wagons
with the plumber A portion OF the captured
stores had 70 be destroyed in our retreat, but all
The guns snd medicines were ssvei The con-
duct of Cen Banks was disgracs ful He had
circulated the report among the negroes that
Jackson was shooting every negro that ieil into
h's hands, and by exciting a by such tales
Of horror, induced them to ~. 1t is d
TACT capable Of proof, that he lis own sick
| ard wounded from the ambulaD> IS and loaded
them with negro families. Thus his wounded
| Tell into our hands, together with ten Yankee
surgeons The latter were released Uuconds-
| oHaly Ga this occasion the gallant conduct
| IF Col Kirkland was very conspicuous, and
won the praise of the general iH command
Richmond Dispatch.