Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-07
BY MCLANAHAN & DILL.

was hottest. Mr.. Wallace led bis man forward
and sent a number of shells auong the enemy.
Three Of his men were wounded, and he was
killed
The 4th Kew Hampshire volunteers, which,
till yesterday, was never under any severe FIRE,
here made its mark upon the enemy. By q
dsshing charge in which they were supported
By the 47th Pennsylvania, the again routed the
rebels driving them scross the bridge. The
enemy at once destroyed ibis structure, tesring
up the plankiDg and pulling down The tres lie
work, and placing it beyond the possibility Of
4 immediate repairs.
The fight bad lasted from uoon till nearly sir
o'clock. Slowly but steadily the rebels had been
| forced back, until it was now beyond cur power
/ to pursue them further. The whistle Of locom0-
tives and the Gathering Of trains, bringing to the
I station close 81 hand fresh troops from Charles
ton, were distinctly heard. Night was Fastening
/ on Although preparations were made by the
engineers 10 provide q crossing, it was deternin-
/ ed to leave the field.
/ To General Terry was given the conduct Of
! the retreat. It was made in most admirable
| order each regiment preserving its line and
covering itself with honor as it retired, no less
/ than in the trying ordeal of the afternoon
! General Brannsn and General Terry express
| themselves delighted with the conduct of their
troops. They were steady, true and brave.
The gunbost Msrolehe=d, on which 290 Of the
81 Rhode Island were transported, got aground
in Broad river, and these troops, In cOAsSq uence
did not get UP in time to take any part in the
battle.
Company II, Of the above named regiment,
however, was IN the advance, under CsRtsin
C0mstOek Is escape with the loss Of but two
men is remarkable
This morning the wounded are bsing taken 20
Hilton Head. They cannot number less than
four hundred. The Boston hss EeaTly One hum
dTed on board, and will leave at ten O'Clock.
Captain johnson is attending in person to their
wants, and the manned and bleeding soldiers
6nd in the officers Of his Up tho wsrnest Of
hearts and tenderest sYmpathies. Those who go
on board the Ben DefJTd fare quite as vel at
CaptsiB HaIle5s hands.
The force of Col. Barton, comprising foUr bun
dred and fifty men, of the 4Ssh New York v0lUu-
teeTs, and one company Of the Sd Rhode Island
artillery, under Captain Gould, had also an i'm
portant duty to perform. As the tcTce which
your correspondent accompanied moved toward
P0cotshg0, the steamer Planter with the above
force, was dispatched up the COCsawhstche. The
Planter, together with the gunb0sts Vixen aud
PATRON, penetrated zeaTly to the village and
landed 8 portion Of their troops The latter
were Just in time to intersec5 = train of three
platform and two passenger cars, laden with
troops, which had been telegraphed fCr from Po
cotaigo, and wsre On their way to that point.
Col Barton Opere1 en- this train with his small
arms and with grape fcoa boat hoWitEaT, and
killed and wounded from twenty-five to forty Of
Ihe force, among them the engineer. The
Planter and the PATRON sheled the town,
while a party Of the 45 h went ashore aad de-
stroyed the railroad and telegraph, tearing up
the rack and ties, and bringing IF about >
quarter of 3 mile of the wire. They also csp-
tured enc prisoner from the train. The latter
was Immediately stopped and all steam put on
for Savannah.
The arrival of heavy artillery compelled Col.
Barton TO fall back 10 Plant; but by the De
struction of the bridges, as be retired he pre-
vented It's pursuit. A few Of the enemy's in-
fantry followed him, skulking along the woody
shore, and maintaining 2 Ceassie5s racket OF
musketry. They were driven ont by the Pat
room, which fret no less than one hundred and
twenty-five shells among them. The only per
son injured on bosrd the Planter was Lieut.
Bisndigg Of the 81 Rhode Island, and whose
wound viii, undoubtedly, cause his des.h
another expedition Is on the taPs, 10 which
the troops at MacksF's Point were 20 psrtiei
pate. Whether the tatigUss Of yesterday vii
delay another and more important m0ve meIt
remains for General M5chg. 70 decide.
HILTON HEAD, S. c Oct. 24-The eficial
list OF the ki led and wounded il the late ighs
shows our loss to be less heavy thsn I supposed
on yesterday, when 1 forwarded from Mscksy
Point . hurried estimate Of our casualties.
The contest ngutly named, might be called
the battle of Frsmptou and of PocJlsEgs bridge,
for at the former point, indicated on tie NINA
tuTe map l send you, the enemy made tdci-
strongest stand while at the latter we accom-
plishsd the work Of driving them across tho
stream.
When the enemy were driven from their FIST
standpoint, they left behind them two caissons
H. - 7.
them from tne boat hOWitz5Ts Of the Wabash,
aud proved to be our salvation at FramptoD's
Had we been unable 70 svail ourselves Of this
most Opp0rtune bequest of ths rebels we would
undoubtedly have been compelled TO retire. iass-
much as the ammunition of Leute1ants Henry
and Cuttings had become exhausted. aud we
were lighting some eight Cr nine miles distant
from supplies.
Private Zaicl5, of the lss artillery, performed
most praiseworthy act during The engagement
A shell from the eRemy's guns lodged iu one Of
ouf ammunition chests. A. the rick of his life
be seized and flung it away, and was woun5ed
by lis explosion as il fell II q his own hands
We captured seven hundred, four Of whom
were taken by party from ths Paul Jones.
under Acting Master Omoud, befJre daylight.
The horses were also bayged.
They knew Of our approach, and were pre-
psred for cur advent long before We engaged
them.
The Union forces were under command of
Brigadier General J n. Brsunan, Cen Ferry
being second in command The rebels were
commanded by Colonel Walker, until orr arrival
at P cotaligo bridge, when Beawegard, who
had just arrived from Charleston, commanded
in person.
The facts learn from an intelligent prisoner,
whom I met last evening.
The navy, which was represented in the zht
by Lsutenaat Pleaix and Eosigos Wallace
Adams and Pisrson, with their admirably drilled
gUnueTs, was under command Of Captain Steed-
man, and rendering valuable assistance, not
oniy in transporting troops, but iR protecting
their landing and departure
General Terry remained On the shore at
Macksy's Point until TIE last man had re-em-
bzrked, when the buildings, which had been &C.
cUpied by the ressi picdotss were fred and de-
stroyed.
KILLED AND WOUSDED- Killed, IS;
Wounded, IC6 Missing,2i Total, 1873
Interesting hrora Nassau.
NEW YORK, November From fles of the