Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-26
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Special Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal
RrcHMoNn. December Is, 1862.

lGnces seen in o~urstreets, slowly creeping to the hcspta 3
with their precious losdS Of gallant fellows struck down
upon the battlefield. Another thrill OF horror viii pass
over the South, 81 the melancholy tidings of death are
flashed along the wires of the telegraph to every nelgn-
borb.od The Confederate sisters viii weep together
over the loss Of the young, the gifted, ;he brave.
So far a. I can arrive at a true understanding OF the
events Of Saturday By a comparison Of accounts the
aebt was commenced at 9 A. NJ. by an attack OF the
Yankees upon the extreme right Of our position. The
nornine was clear and mild, but a dense fog lay over
the omen country, obscuring, most Of AL, the immediate
vicinity OF the watsr-courses, ard it was before the sun
had dispelled che vapor that the heavy boom OF the
runs on the right gave notice to the combstsnts on
eitber side that the conflict had begun. Rapidly as the
foe ufted. the firing ran along the extended lines, and
was kept Up with little intermissiou until night closed
The scene. Until noon the operations were confined
wholly TO the artillery, and might be taken to Indicate
fairly the skill of the two armies in this important ma
chine Of warfare. The scene as witnessed from the
| nights on this side Of the battlefield was most impress
live. To the misto Of the morning, now curtained in the
haze upon the horizon, had succeeded the thick
| cloud Of smoke from two CT three hundred
pieees Of field ordnance, and, now and then,
in the clear air above It, might be discerned the
/ little pan. Of smoke from the bursting of the shells, as
| tbav would explode prematurely over the positions at
which thew we're directed. The Braxton and Woods
( batteries. belonging to Jacks0ns corps, were tho FIRST to
/ open on our side. ard SO exactly had the Yankees OBJ
I tanned the range Of their position that in less than half
an hour after the battle YVES commenced, they had sus-
tanned q serious loss IN men and horses, besides the dis
abIlng Of several guns. By one o'clock. the Yankee IL
fantry advanced in dense masses across the field, ard
were met by A F. Hills division, and after desperate
fighting at short musket range and at times In hand-to-
hand encounter, were driven back in confusion, the
wel-drected discharge Of our batteries making feSr
| full havock with 'heir numbers. Ga the left, the division
Of Lorg1treet were similarly engaged throughout the
/ afternoon, and his victory over his asSanants was COM
plste. The Yankees we're pushed by his veterans into
the very streets of fredericksburg and marked the
course Of their retreat with their dead bodies. The Purcell
battery, the Letcher artillery, the Crenshav battery and
the Ist and Sd howitzerB Of this city were conspic iously
engaged, and suffered their usual severe loss. Rich
mond to-day sees the mourning coaches continually
passing to her silent cemeteries, as the funerals OF her
heroic sons and defenders are crowded upon one an
other. Ths Purcell battery, commanded by young
| Capt. Psgram, who will be honorably remembered for
lhis gauantry at Malvern Hill and Cedar Run, lost its
| first lieutenant, CMagruder), killed, and twenty Others
/ killed and wounded. Capt Pegram wss himself struck
! by a fragment of a she'll, but not hurt. First Lieutenant
I Elicit Of the Crenshaw battery, and commanding the
corps In the battle, was killed by Capt Pegrsm's side,
| while making = Reconnaissance. Lieut. Elicit was the
/ clerk Of the eireuit court of Richmond, an exempt under
the laws Of Virginia and the Confederate Congress,
aud a gentleman of the most estimabls qualities.
Our loss has indeed been sore. The death Of Gen.
| Thomas R. Cobb will not be lamented in Georgia alone,
though that State, In bitterness Of sorrow, will receive
his sacred remains. As lawyer, as a statesman, as an
orator, as q soldier, as q Christian, he was an exsmplar of
Southern character and an ornament of his age and
country. The writer Of these hurried lines well re
members the pathos of his voice and the evident depth
| Of bis emotion, a. he delivered on the floor Of Con
gress his eloquent tribute to the memory of the lamented
Barlow. It was a scene that few who witnessed 1t will
forget The tive fast friends, separated for a time by
the day Of Manassas, ara once again united beyond the
grave, united forever in a martrydOm Of fame and q
glorious Immortality.
General Maxey Gregg, Of South Carolina, recsiveda
mortal wound n the battle of Saturday. This brave
officer has been SO prominently engaged in the while Of
the warfa e in Virginia since the very beginning Of
the strugge e, that the announcement will everywhere
excite a profound regret He gave the Yankees 90 the
Potomac their first re pulse at Vienna, and his high so
dierlv qualities have been cobsyicuously displayed on
many fields, more especially at Elerson's mill, which
was carried by his brigade, aud at Gaines mill, where
he charged the eDemy's batteries successfully In the
face of g rurderous FIRE.
A painful belief prevsiled yesterday that Gen. Hood
had aso fallen in the fight, but this has been, happily,
shown to DO without foundation.
General J. E. B. Stuart asde a very narrow escape,
havins been struck and slightly injured by a piece Of
shell on the neck.
Our total losa in Saturdays engagement was about
| Ave hundred killed, and two thousand WOUNDED, and
| two pieces Of artillery. The loss OF the enemy greatly
exceeded this, and we have three hundred Of them
prisoners.
In Thursdays fighting, it was the brigade of General
Barksdale, all, I believe, MississipPiabs or F~loridians,
/ that drove back the Yankees in their first and second
attempts at laying down their psntoons, and engaged
them in deadly personal combat in the suburbs OF Fred
/ ericksburg. The wounded Of this spirited conflict have
been brought to town, and these are the names collected
at the hospitals:
Eighth FIoridaJ Craft, Thomas Mi7en, J. F. Field
ing. J. W. Harper, w. F. Swails, II. Lewis, J. McCade,
Eighteenth MisslssippI-w. Harris, J. L. Finley, J. G.
| Williams, J. D. Finley, W. Baskin. J. II. Ocain, J. +.
| Pruett. G.. Allen, J. A. Bennett, n. Helm, J. 9. Willians
| G. c. Cauthen,, J. Leblanc, w. Penn, J. Conner d
Tb{}rtSeStb Nissjssippi-J J. Barnard, J. NJ ONeal,
D. A. cole, p. F. Ssllsrs, g.. E.. Evans, W. T. Pstty. J.
H. Carnwsn, J. Devole, J. w. Thompson -; Maron'
| F. NJ. Golfer, R. J. Hay, T. J. Hunt, J. 81 Westheroy'
18th Msa-J L. Smith. W. D. Chapman, $. J. Brew
ton. II. J Hunley, S. J. Gordon, J. II. Kelly, u. w.
| Price. @. n. Lynch. o. Grammar, J. Sehneehehnurg5 1.
| J. Tidwell, s. s. Lynch, J, b. clayton, w MCDU1-
| gal, S. d. Knapp, w. ] Hughes, 4. W. murphy + ~
9Ist SissEJ c. Fields, n. P. Russell, H. ThrOng, J.
r Holt, R. n. Oaslsy, A. D. Layler, b, +. Hearst, N.
Anthony, J. Ysaser, E.. Mount.
We have ne positive information to-day. Cup to the
time of w~riting,,6 P. NJ of a renewal of the battle.
At noon 1 learned from The telegraph operator that
heavy firing was going on, but the War Department was
without adviess on the subject. Gen. Lee telegruPhed
last night that yesterday was consumed in the burial Of
the deal, and that hostilitiss might be renewed this
morning. The moment Sigel arrives with his reinforce
mepts. the enemy viii doubtless again advance. Per
hans three or four days more Of serious work is before
our heroic troops. But the greatest confidence prevails
| among them. and we need not fear the final result.
Yesterday was the mot exciting Sabbath we hAEshad
| IN Richmond since June 29th OF this year. The glorious
nsxs NJ the repulse OF the Yankees at Kingston, North
| CsyoIira- cams to cheer US while awaiting further intel
| ursnce from the Rappshannock, wAle a thousand re-
,o,ts NJ Tho advance of the Yankees from Suffolk and
otber points added 10 the general anxiety. Twenty vol
unteers. dncluding Gov. Letcher) were quickly collected
10 recruit the wasted ranks Of the Letcher Artillery,
and went of to the field by an extra train this morning.
All passports are refused, however, to non-eombatants.
We shall have stirring times ere this letter gets to jack
son. unless a thre ate ing storm Of rain shall stop further
operations for the present. - la
u.,,o oCFrederichsburg-AddItiona Par
Ifeulars.
proD ,bo correspondence Of the Richmond Enquirsr
we extract the following
Narro,o Escape Of General jackson.
g. s,o,avsu Jackson, who, many almost believe,
1en ob.rmsd life, had a very narrow escape. He
go u-a,.bJ,g The hattie, and stsndins al the time near
an OAK tree, when a bullet struck not more than two