Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-21

I tl4lA 3 Acdl v as missing ~ Clllll5 5AAtdpo-
/ siiion to those ghOslly objects / saw an old
shot and broken in half. War had leyelled the
earliest and last indication Of industry. By the
kindness Of the rebel cavalry, Gen. Stuart, to
whom shall presently refer, l wes allowed to
ride with L cut. johnson across the rebel lines
and examine t1s enamys dead Az most Of
these had been buried l could not tell with Ger
tainty the rebel loss; but It could scarcely have
been less than ours. Eight North CaTOinians
/ lay in row by fragment of tence-st0ut, sial-
wert Tusties IN homespUn clothes, who had
| perhaps been dragged as cOnseripts from their
homes 70 perish in an unholy cause A few OF
our grayediggers had mingled with the rebel
grsv ediggers, and both had suspended their
] functions 70 hold an argument. The lieutenant
ordered the Eedsrals into their own lines, and
/ prevented, It may be, miniature battle among
the dispuiants. 1 must say for my conductor
that he had q frank face and 2 fair manner,
goOdly miDgling Of thu polite citizen with the
stern soldier. We rode into piece Of woods
not a half mile from Slsughter's mountain, and
beheld the spot where Union and rebel had tug
ged and hustled face to face, parrying and thrust
ing with cold steel Some Of the rebels seemed
TO have edged over to our lines and lsll among
cur men, while some Of the Uni0nists were
quite tarned around and lay in a boyy Of thsir
enemies. The rebels claim to have blown up
several eassiOns LETT behind us on Saturday
evening, and to have picked up more than two
thousand arms, with upwards of sixty horses,
I saw, what had been previously undisc0ved,
about fifty muskets stacked against pioce Of
scrub timber, and within our lines as reestab-
Hshed.
WOUNDED ON THE FIELD.
A great number of our wounded were earted
from the field by ambulaness. They had lain
two days upon the sites Of their fall, and were
nearly famished and peEisbed We took in per
hsps four hundred on Monday, between nine
o'clock. The enemy had chsritsbly relieved the
necessities of lew but their provisions being
limited they were obliged 10 desert some Of the
! most helpless. Many men hal merely broken
limbs, upon which they could not stand.
Several cases Of snputatiOn Wsrs undergone on
the field, and by two o'clock no wounded meR
remained between our lines and the enemy's.
BATTERY SITES
did not make much inquiry as TO the posi-
tion of the rebel batteries but the lieutenant
courteoUsly pointed out the position Of the heavy
! thirtY-tWOs that still looked down from the
mountain side st Slaughter's residence. lie
appeared to be very proud of the battery, and
said that it had been manned by the right
staff He likewise followed up the various
changes Of ground during the course OF the
action, and made, in truth, pretty fair state
ment of things He said that they were partic-
ularly annoyed early ia the engagement by
q battery posted in the woods to the left, south
Of Cedar Creek.
REBEL HEROINE.
| When the fight commenced we sent shell
directly through the roof Of Mrs. Cri,tsndeus
I house, when most Of the family decamped. A
I Miss Crittenden, said to be comely aud fair to
/ look upon, refused, however, to absent herself,
srd insisted upon remaining with the wounded
rebels, who were rapidly being carried to the
/ house. Directly a shell came hurting down
/ through the roof and floors into the very apart-
ment where the young lady was pouring in oil
I and wine. It did not burst, however and she
remained tia the end, dong good. The inhs5i-
tsnts of other domicils, snd among them the
reverend Slaughter, took to their heels early in
the day.
TALK WITH REBELS.
/ a number Of mounted Cficers rode down TO
the tributary stream at noon, chiefly lieutenents,
etc, and spoke upon trivial topics without en-
bauassment, to certain Of our OfhcerS Of equal
rank. There was a Major Hintham. Of Missis-
sippi, who gave me much curious information as
60 the rebel uniforms. Their rank, it seems, is
governed by gold lace upon the sleeves and gold
! bars upon the collars. Their uniforms indicate a
regard for ornament Father than good taste. Ny
/ friend, for example, wore a gold star upon
/ black velvet ground, and bad. Furthermore, a
4 goll cord and golden tasseI pendant from the
/ hat. He wore, furthermore, great ostrich
I feather, which made him lock ike pictures Of
/ Schamyl
/ One of their surgeons was iaterrOgated by Dr.
I Ball as TO why they had repeatedly fred into hos
pitals and ambulances the day before. He re-
piled that they did not recognize The red flag as
| q hospital emblem, having themselves always
/ adopted the yellow flag. When asked why
/ some particular color might not also be adopted
/ for night lights at hospitals, he stated that the
South had not chemical materials to stain the
! glass In regard to General Pope's order and
! jeff Davis Ietaliatory measures, the rebels
heartily approved Of the latter; spoke bitterly Of
! General Pope, and av0wed in a pleasant way
that they would soon renew their acquaintance
with US IN Washington and Baltimore.
REBEL GENERALS on TIE FIELD.
Directly hale, sober-sided old gentleman
somewhat sunburnt, and dressed in the home,
spua habit of farmer, came upon the ground
and saluled US silently. lie wore single star
upon his black shoulder strap, in the manner OF
/ cur brigadieTs, and had no other symbol Of rank
| This was the North Carolina General Garley,
whose brigade fought SO wei and were so well
slaughtered at Williamsburg. / noticed that
/ his young staff followers had a whOlesoms re-
spect for him, as indeed he did not look to be
always Of May morning guise. With this and
/ the other worthless, the Union generals, Hartsuf
I
| across the brook TO a knoll, and proceeded to
/ sketch on the back Of envelope the locality
/ OF the battle ground. While thus engaged
man in gray suit, with grayish- blue PantalOOns,
and a quantity of frese0 upon his arms, hat,
/ belt, and shoulders, trOtted up the ascent and
ssluted me. He was rather gaunt, as if worn
down by constant exercise, good deal grizzled,
and hard featured, as if used either to tyrsnnize
OF command. His horse was blO0dsd one,
hs,r Ia hat .-fs,
position Of general of cavalry.
J are you making sketch Of our position -
said the general to me, curly
| 't Not tor any military purpose, sir, Irepliedi
merely for reference.
" Are you a reporter ~
Yes, sir"
You may 60 on.
This was Gen. Stuart, whose achievements
rivsl Ashbys and Morgan's Il was he who
made the famous raid with four regiments
around Gen McClsllan's army week before the
bloody battle of Richmond Adverting to his
insignias Of Office, the general, IN casual con
versat0n, spoke of his equipments:
.This bridle," said he boEishly, was made in
England and sent to me from friends across the
water. Ny saddle was shipped by underground
1 from rebel woman of Baltimore. We VIII make
al these things ourselves after q while"
Referring to our cavalry, Gen. Stuart said
that Virginia had the best cavalry in tho world,
as her men were born riders. He complimented
Rush's lancers, Of our service, and the 9TH regu-
lar cavalry-the latter for g heroic charge, at
Gaines Mil Hs and General Hartsuff had
| been old schoolm8tes, and aecostod each other
embaTassedly: How are you Hartsutfl"
Stuart, how do you do l'' They rode off di-
rectly together to revive old times.
These rebels claimed to have seven regiments
of Marylanders in their service. They have,
however, but three regiments from Tennessee.
They claim for their eonseript giments tie very
/ best courage snd devotion