Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-17
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splendid victory They have placed sD eX,in
guisher on the rebels, and henceforth in this de
psrtment we may consider he rebels as hsrn
less for evil. ! have jasi returned from q hasty
review Of the scenes ct the late battle, and il
the veIsnda Of The TshCuiugo, ia ful view o
the ground lstsly SO faeely contested, and snr
ROUNDED on every hand by the evidence Of th'
fesrfui CONTEST, give she man ircdenss Of th,
fight All tTouEd me lie tAg dreadful effects o
The battle. Directly below Is q large aperture
made bys rebel shell Whica in lis Iicocbchng
fight passed through tfe bnildiDg and killed
I 3 poor wounded solder 1hOm our hospital a.
, tendoBLs were carrying on Stcetcher to e place
of safety. A little 20 the righs is The tslegTspL
building, also psue5stsd by a percussion shsIl
the distance 70 tie sft are She batteries lately
CONSTRUCTED, without whose assistance Corintl
would St this time nave been in rebel possession
In the edge OF tho timber lie the r3l,ing tester
iBF curpses of rebel slaia IL was p brsVely
fought hattls-fisid, and sltSoagh victory ps-ches
on our bsEasss, it vas purchased q feaTfG
COST Hundreds Of tbe gallant and brave sr5
sleeping the sleep whose awakening shall be tle
bEesklHg Of the resurrection morning.. For them
and the thousands who are noK suffering 10
lspguisa from wounds received ia that bitter en-
gagement, let cur synpsthiss 60 cut Let ne
lnot forgst the hUad7sds Of widowed kanss And
IsoTrowing friends, whose tears will surely flow
A. they remember bow tbeir loved ones have
been sacrificed, and Let us anew Eicd or ouI
RTmoT and put Al end to this sccursed slave
holdeEs rebellion
We have achieved eplendiS victory The
enemy hss fed ia confusion and disorder. We
have captured bis artillery and smunitiO7. We
have wounded and slain, according TO rebel es-
timste, in this wonderful fight, fll f3ui tho0-
sand men. We have an immense number Of
prisoners-m0re tbeu can be disposed Of In
every point Of view, IL is a magnificent VIC
tory
In order to obtain correct idea Of tbe battle
Of Corigth, It is necessary to refer to the battle
of Ia IA, oceuring in the 18Th OF Septem Der.
Altar General Price was severely punished, be
reusatcd, folloRsd b. General RoseclAas, by
Wsy o. FgtoH il the direction of TUpsl0, dis
tanc. Of fifteen Ct twenty miles where, after
pursuit Hss ended. Be halted and rested his wea-
Tied nen. Afles delay of twsDty-f0ur hours,
be rsrcbs3 northeast 70 Ripley, where he eE
feeisd q junction with ElIpgus and Van
DoTn, with when l- held consultation, and
decided sEain 20 attempt ths TccaptuIs Of
lCuinth The soldiers we're Gyerse to the Us
derFaking, and were told that 1t Fss their in
tession 90 march inio Missouri tskiHg Bolivar
IL (hsiE way, sEi they were not uHd6ceiTed an
til vitbia ten miles Il Colnlh, when General
Price informed them ta-s thc heavy guns were
removed and bat the place could be captured
withou- difficulty, ard induced their consent
hy holcirg outhCpes O., plund7r, After waiIUg
I a. Ripley o isw-dsFs, the combined armies, row
inumbaIiag fully forty thousand men, toek up
I their liIs Of march IJT CpTlLh. They uNcaed
! rapidly dssucuGbsred with baggsgs. and came
Up with our advanced pick-ts not tsr fem Che
walls. This WIS q week ago Our men fell
( back, aHd there was constant diminishing be-
tween fhe advances of both armies, tha enemy
/ beiBC allowed 20 have the sd7artsgs in every
off
msut WIS 60 en.ioe ths enemy within tle range
OF our Wy constructed fOTtitcati0us. @ G.n-
era Piiee was evidently Ignorant ot she CXi5-
/ teuc= of these, as they Lad been CONSTRUCTED by
| General . j, within tie Jas. ten days, and ha
4 had uuC Oub-cdly been Dy citizens iuter1ed that
we were on rhs point IF abandoning Colil.h.
The position If Tsl-oads-tte Msmph.s end
Ohio and the Charleston and Mamplis-st this
point Is undoubtedly familiar 20 your readers
Lest 1t should not be, I viii en3=avgr 30 eTp.ain
Imagine letter Y a httla inclined 20 the RIG dt
and you viii hsvs an almost e1tes reFrasaH5s-
ton of the position TIE cenlral point OF the
iettfr is Coriuth. The Irp4r urf hand Is
Bethel The upper let hand poiut is Chewalla.
When TIE rebels reached ChswHl.a the Csi1n
army were feebIy reinforced and fell back the
rebels In pursuit This was Wsdncsd2y night
Thursday morning detachment 81 two crUP1-
uies was sent frta the rebel lsjt to destroy tLe
wius TIE object Of this movement was OF
course 10 prevent the arrival Of Teiuto,cemcniS
/ from Jackson & bridge was burned, sad t3s
track torn up al intervals for three or four
miles.
The rebsl position may De bTily stated. Their
right rested on aud beyond tts Charleston aud
| Memphis railroad, on the Ch5Walla road, their
/ center in The space hCtwe q the two rosds, and
/ their left on the Mobis aud Ohio. Cereal
! Price commanded the Left, YilljPigue the csn.er
/ and NsE Dorm Lhs right. The enemy rested i0I
/ the night a. disseEce OF tsrse or fsur miles
/ from CsriEth, and early Fiday morning, the
/ piekets Of both srsiies commenced the light
with EkiTmish, as heretofore. Ghey were speed
/ lily reinforced, until q gone.al engagement was
/ brought on. The disisnce OF the FIRST engage
ment was rot mere thsn ? nile and half from
/ the redoubts, bot ss our troops were between
( them ard the enemy, and as the euEt cement
/ took pscs in heavy timber IL was impossible
| 70 use our heavy guns to advantage. SkLrmish-
/ ing AMI cAnnons1iRg csntiaued without iatsr-
mission from dayEeht until 3 O'Clock, when cur
forces slowly tel back, fling to the Tghs, thus
cOncei 1TstinC the rebel stiack between the rail-
roads northwest Of she village, and about a mile
distant On this day General Davies division
/ and the tight Of Hckesn's were the divisions
/ principally engaged The advantages on Ffi.iay
was uDquestionaBly with the enemy. The fight
was g bushwhscking sfiEir, fought where sbe
tin Der was dense, and the underground almost
! impsssible. and the ground Of = nature caleu-
! lated TO bring out the enemy's peculiar fighting
/ qualities.
The same rebsl troops once occupied CoIilth,
I and knew every zach of the ground. lt was
on Friday that we sustained the heaviest loss
General Haekleman was killed while at the
head of his brigade, snd General Oglesby Sc
EsrelY wounded Al nine in the morning Colo
ne Oliver, commanding brigade Of the sixth
division, which At thst time WAS sLs tieuEd On
the Cnewalla read, sent 10 BrgaGier- r-Geueral
Dayiss, commanding th5 second division. 81
urgent demand for Tslni0TCsmeH,s. The thHa
brigade, consisting Of the 7th, 5Ogh ana - lh
illinois, Colonel Baldwin commanding, were
sent forward to their relief Shortly after their
arrival tie enemy alta cked in large i5lce, out-
fsuking Us on the right, but were held iu check
/ for about thgee quarters Of an hour, when Cuf
/ u0ops were compelled to retire, which they did
/ 10 the face Of overwhelming numbers. A new
/ line was subsequently, formed, and ct two P.
ii, charge was made by tbe I7th Wisconsin
! ard Coloas B4ldwin's brigade and tbe enemy
/ driven back half nile, and TecaptuTiag sew
eral sections Of artillery aiken from Us before.
/ Two EedeTais regiments wers sent 70 the ss-
I sisiaDee Of Colonel Baldwin, but il is reported
they mistOok our troops for the enemy and
poured a destructive voiley into onr ranks
compelling them TO fall lack to their original
position
In this chTage our troops adYauced in spieH-
/ did aTder, sad gained great credit. Theeuemg's
center was completely broken. and but for tie
unfortunate occuusnes Of the misdirecte3 v0ley
We would undoubtedly have held the ground.
It is proper 20 say that The reFo-l above alluded
1 Z, is DISPUTED by s0ne, who claim that lie emf
ladiBg fle came from The enemy on ouI d2uk.
! Ths fight con inued DUNG .ae day till II J,
without any decisive Tesalts, when It pseame
evident thst lhe enemy was changing bis posi-
ti0n.
General Hamilton attempted to SWING M nis
division frou tic Purdy road, bat be occupied
position too far 10 the north, AID be Vas uusbie
10 gain asatisfsctcTy position. Darkness began
TO gather ever the eonteBding armies, aud posi-
] lions Essre saken up for Tie night Camp lIes