Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-22
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CorTespondence Of the Mobile Trlbune.l
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/ MESsBs EDITORS: The line of commUnicc-
ton with the South being now opened through
I Gu 5erlana Gap, presume our tEiepds IN year
latitude have not so completely forgotten Us as
not 10 desire soms items OF cur movements
slice our eazauos into this State AH the
newspapers in Lanisians beiug under kedsTal
ban, we have 10 tfRth no osher medium ct com
municating with oar friends than through tue
I journals OF Mobile, whose columns, BY The bys,
/ have ever been generously open t0-Us
! During the month Of august. General Kirby
I Saith organized cavalry bngads consisting Of
Isl Louisiana regiment, LIeutenantC olonel
} Nixon Ist Georgia Colonel Morrison; ana 81
/ Tennessee, Colouel StsETns, under the COM
J mand Of the celebrated Cal0Eel Sect, wlsese
gallant deeds and skilliug msusUvers havs
] made his name familiar As household
words al over the South. Tho Louisiana
I ard GsCTsis regiU9entF we-s enCEmpe3 st Kings
/ ton. Tennessee, and on the evening Of the I3sh
/ August moved fer Kentucky in concert with
1 General Smith from Rockville. Temporarily
sttsched TO the Louisiana regiment was ths
( 'Buckner Guards. Capiain Garrett k-ntncEy
4 COMPANY, formerly the body gusri Of tho hero
/ OF F0rt D5nelson--a rsns kably foe body of
/ men. Riding day and aight teiied over the
I rugged CuTaosFiaCd m0untaiHs. passing through
Montgomery and J6mestOHn, Tennessee, MoD-
tc5llo and Somerset, Ky, reaching London,
XIV, ou ths morning of the l7th, making al
unprecedented march In the history of The wsr
OF I65 mites in serenity k0Hrs
At London we found considerable force of
Federal infantry, sud sitter brief resistance,
carried the town, killing and woUniiBg many,
csptuTing enc hUudIed aud twenty prisoners,
toge her With large qusutly of arms ana uu-
meT0Us wagGn trains lsden with army stcrcs Of
every description, designed fIr the succor of the
Federal Morgan at Cumberland Gap Our loss
was two killed-LieUtensRt GailietsU, company
g, and Private Boyle, company +, lst L0uisi-
ana regiment. Thus was she first tight made on
Kentucky sell by tae % kirby Suirh Brigade
so called by Colonel Scott IN honor Of cur noble
leader. The next few days were sctively en-
plOyed in gathering Ug stock, warens, etc, that
Z hsd been abandoned on the different Toad5 BY
the panic stricken enemy. On the evening ct
the 22d, learning that Colonel Aotcalf, with lis
cavalry regiment fand one of infsntrv. were IN
position On the Richmond road, Scott moved M
his command, consisting then ot about eight
hundred meB, and found Metcslf strongly posted
on Big Hlll, about seventeen miles irem Rich
mond. He opened at once with our litlla noun
tain h0witzer battery, under Lieutenant Holiness
and eur rhenen- 0ism8unied -r9 depl0yed as
shBTpshooters. The firing was very hot on both
sides for half an bOUT, when Scott finding the
enemy had every advantage Of position and
Numbers, ordered a charge. Never was 3 line Of
battle formed more quickly or with more per
feet alignment, sud as the bugle sOUBdsd lend
blast tleTe arOse q wild shout from the lips Of
our boys, and oa tRey went 81 full speed down
the steep decvties, through brush aud rocks
Gsargisns, LOusianisns and KeutuckiaHs, each
vieiug with the other who should be the first
'' IN St tie death" The bold Metcaf found tas
tide irresistible. and turning his horses head,
IBined IN the fight Of LIS panic stricken crew.
The Iout continued for nine miles, when night
closed upon our operations. TIE result of this
fight vas the breaking up Of al chan ce 10 sal-
buscads Genera Smiths auav, thea ca route iu
oar rear, and the opeuing ct q clear T0adto the
blue grass region. Ihe enemy left on tie ted
tEeDiy-thrUe killed aud sixiy i've oBBdedi Iosi
large number Of prisoners, horses, guns, pis-
t5is sBd eqaiEments of every Ei1d. Metcaf5
regiment was scatteTed to the four winds, and
has never boe8 since FgOrgEn. .zed. Tie5 truca
leat outlaw, whose crimes. and expressions and
blood stained CaTs3T 10 the service Of Lincoln Z
have consigned him 70 eternal iufamy, sudden /
ly became disguised, reported lis regiment to (
Bul Neson as IS q PACK of cowards " sud hand /
ed IL bis resignation. few days af.ec weUsIe
joined ty Coicpel SsssTns' 81 Tennessee rsgi-
meut, ana gain taking the advance, made e re- |
CUnuCissaUCe and discovered jlia elemy Ia force 1
and strongly int-eEched few Tnuss IRON Rich |
DoEd. They opened on Us with riAa battery, 1
the shells from which burst with a most nHcom-
Portable eeeuTscy al sTJuud US for q fgll half
ti0n occupied By General C5eburna, who was n
command of the advance division of our army
The neXt morning the stack wss made, and the
battle or Richmond fought. Our brigade moved
on the left, and by i've o'clock in the evening
secured q stTOrg position on the Lexington
pike, three miles in the rear of Richmo1d
There we begged 1890 pFis0Bers-sm0By them.
GeHeIGl Manson, nine pisces Of s7tiileTy, ard 8
psItect world Of EUHs, Dlstols, horses, wagons,
d
the report was made. that " lis cavalry la sur
passed anything he had ever known'
A few days later found Us on \ Triumphant
march through t5e fzr-fsIned " Blue Grass re-
/ gioU." The 5rst CITY on our route was the an
/ Gent town Of Narsaiiles, where TIE enthusiasm
surpassed anything We had yet experienced
/ Tho ladies' waved and chesred, sBowered bOU-
I gUsts-whIls the men seemed mad with frenzy,
/ 81 b-iug once more free. Thence rapidly On to
[ Frankfort, where We srrived Just IS The Federal
cavalry were eFsCaatinE. lie clty Eas sur
rendered 10 Us, ard what must have en- tue
! feelings OF ihe so-CHile3 Jaial army as they
4 beheid tho Ysunted stars and stripes slowly de-
seend from the dome OF the capitol and It's place
( quickly taken by the bst.ie-dag of tae L4uisi-
aus csyslry, presented to tue regiment By the
/ ladies cl Ne" Orleans
tew days delg3f.ui iatermingLng with the
{ people OF kentucky s noble capital sui we FeEe
.
Bloomfield dld Springfield to Lebanon Iherc
a short halt and orders d burn The TaiiIsad
4 bridge a aidmiCr3sviil5 on Bra-g's line, which
We reached in dLs bg8e, and making recon-
n0issauce discovered tue enesly iutgeuched il.
two lorts with guns Of the heaviest c3.iber, and
iufaBiEy HUub0fing several thoussrd Bat
Scott, nothiHg daan Cd. cetermipst - gtve tsssn
q brush 81 yhoW 50 he ordered his artillery to
open AID drop 0 lew shells inj5 tie small fort
aE g. "A. ~ af.y
gTs6utaly and quietly retire one regiment after
another ana leave tie eng ~ ia.a pTOiouBd mae
as 10 bis intention, IL - Jew m0meLg5 W. we're
i9ired by Cereal Chalmers, from 3 agg army,
y ilh 2 few hundred infantry, but cUT emitted
forces were found insufficient 70 carry The place
aud # remained for the gallant Blczner 10 cap
tuTe it, which be did a day or two later, taking
besides four thousand eight hundred prisoners
arms, etc.
Iwould here bear evidences 70 the uRorcce-
/ dsEted daring displayed By Chslners sud tie
noble Mississiepials uA3er his command, many
( Of them bang killed Eithin few feet Of the
/ bTesstwoTks.
Auother march without incident back to Issb-
/ anon, thence 10 BHdstOHn, where Ae hauted
down L:pcaln's colors and Lifted our own slars
! and bars, from 3heTe 10 Frankfort aad then to
I SbelbyTil.e. Here are encamped General Gle
I buTne's division OF Arkansas and Tennessee
boys, ard our brigade is Going picket dutv by
| regiments between here and Louisville Skir-
nishiBg has been going on daily, and Right be-
fore last Colonel Scott determined % put an end
to II. SO he made a charge, sheiled them out Of
their camp and run them pell nell into Louis
Vile Our force went within two miles Of the
town. and ] opiue the rushirg Of the Federal
cavalry into the intsHchments, and tie reports
Of our rifles and howl zsTs caused many 10 lose
their sleep that night. In every respect this
was one of the most brilliant exploits Of The war.
Idwell with pride and pleasure, paFdonable
in the exireIne on what hss been accomplished
BY oar brigade in the Ken iucky csmpaign,
r1oge particularly becsuse The cavalry has tee
geueFaly regarded as the mast ine ficient arm q
tie servies That this has been 80 generally,
Is unfortunately toe true resulting simply ron
tie fact that but few men have developed sufl
cient capacity to handles large body OF mounted
nasp 8nt fhst C.,lopRi J ohm Scott Is peculiarly