Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-22
BY M,CLANAHAN & DILL.
SaiIg gggeal.


ISLAND.
AarEd Bsm5enfmsHt gf Battery WaEncr-d
/ Nigh dssauB upog oar HsTss-SjsaaL ana
! BT5esg Rcpuiss Of tis Foe.
! From tse CharIe1i0n HercaTy 23rh
I Saturday last was n dsy which VIII be forever
memorable 10 she kis.eIy Of Charleston Ia,
/ hssvy rains kad moderated the excessive heat 81
the presiding fortHigit. the noruine sky va.
oisudets and the liskt brasEs scarcely ruffl ed
The placid waters Of TIE hsTbor.
RoMBiRDMBsT or BATTERY WAGNER.
Abeut eight o'clock The drs9ltory csunsnsde
with which the eXeeTiaHce Of 3 Waek lad na6t
cur eoonunity familiar, was again heard Fo1
nearly three hours the ensmy's FIRE vss main
tsines with the Ususl selibsraticn; bat abouI
elsveu O'clock 1t was s8.iced tbat tha reports
came in far pore rapid succession. EyuesE II
became well understood that the fee was To
solved 20 sUl iscr sUr position 70 an OTd-al mEcs
mors severe than any which, Up ts tksf lime, Il
! had pnesur.sre7 At that hour, as H-e learn by
accounts from Norris island, The copvergisE fIs
of the eEeny against the battery had hecone
/ truly fearful. Five Of the monitors the f-igsts
IraEsidas. sevaH wooden guubaats, toEelheI
with ihs lGEd batteries which ire Yaakse1 hgi
thrown Up on tFe lever portion of the
islsRd kept up q constant rain Of she. snd
shsIl int our wsrks No less than sizsy-dve
heavy guns ans eighteen mertars are known 20
have been iH play sgsirst ne. At one time, so
rapid was Tie FIRE, that the reports averaged
tEsuiy-tsreo per rsiuuts Oas Of tho n0zil6rs
lay northeast Of Blttsry Wagner aud two ts tha
southeast, while he others, with the IrGnsidss
kept position nearly opposite the sea face Of
! tbs Battery. The w0odaa gSHbsats nsRsuverge I
1 at seEs distance 6ui.i5e The lire eff "turre.eS
nsHsta-s," /" relying clia3y upon Their long rage
Z rife3 siege gurg. There were two Ysnkss bat
ri q. rF
! guRs and a msrisr, was located at Craig's hill,
Eithin about eight hundred yards sf eur bat
: teIy; TIE other was beyaud Graham's house
I and had an armament of eight riGed shell gems
Il is estusted that during the day, not less than
Mise thousand shells were fred az the battery.
The boubsrdmeut, a. viewed from suinsnces
/ in the city, was a g-sud snd terrible sight The
horizon, from Fort L-ulfrie 70 Vinegar Hill, wss
crowned with the shifting masses Of the snske
of fhe conflict j leh moment the enemy 3
shells, sometimes siuElv, sems5ass in clusters,
esud Be seen bursting Just above inc site of Bat
tsTy Wagner; but when, 81 intervals, ths clsu5s
Of white smoke lifted fox @ time from the scene.
he flag Of the bTavs garrison could be seen still
waving dehsntlY in ths breeze, while with grim
regularity and delibarsti0n cur guRs kept reply
ing ts the toe.
Fer elevcn consecutive hours the bonhsr5-
ment ragged with TnCre or less violancs. About
dusk the FIRE, wLiebi during the afternoon, had
been iDcesssnt, (pr0ssbly with the design Of de-
uorsliziug our men and uniting them for the
exrscted nights work., began ts slsekcr cez-
sidera5ly, sus a. dark ceased sImost entirely
Tbs Tssglts thus far hsd been OF q character to
give rs gs05 Cause for encouragement spi
graduation TEE damage 90 sur battery was
Insignificant sE5 sf q kind 5ssilY and speedily
rspsrable. The b0m-prosfs had afforded eff
ci-Ht protection % = large portion of the gar
risen, and cur casualties at seven clock p. a.
were bat .our killed aud taurtsen wounded. @.
the eUenys losses from our fire, If any, we
hsve, Of course, no Trustworthy account. Fort
SGHter Hsich bore o Part ia the action, sent
several shoe's into the Craig hill batteries, and
also into the osnp Of She enemy, a5cHi three
and galrtsr miles distant, js is believed, vita
coed eE=ct.
THE NIGHT ATTACK.
Al 6 few minutes baiaTs sig,t o'elock cur
DieEets gave notice tia toe enemy, in heavy
force was moving to tie assault Iks Ettsck
was not UneIpsctfd. and 0uT men. though iajed
by the fa.ig1es ard exposure of the day, sprsEg
90 their places with zeal suE aI-CTis7- TIE
enemy advanced iH two se.UuH7 Of about thee
thousand men each, the whole U0dsr CEN
nall of BHgs5ier-G S.roHg. The column
which attacked our night vas composed par
italy Of ueera troeTs, whe were BHt in the
vsrce3 with spirit un6er q severe FIRE frem the
Dzhlgysu guns AID Ccluubads et Fort Sum
ter As the column advanced as double quick,
he gHHs of Battery Wagner also opened.
When the enemy had reached q point sbsut
sixty vsrss distant, our infantry, p7sles b5hiEd
he psraBet, poErsd q CALLING fire into the mov
iuE masses; TIE Yankees, nlvarthelass, IA csH-
siderable force, succeeded IB gaining tho trGush,
sud began 20 cIambeT up ths sides of the battery.
Z a a. ~ I "A. 81 !.
ieTy, who Wss in charge OF tive brass hswi'zrrs
belonging to 6 detachment Of artillery under
Copt DsPzss, OF Whites battalion, opened a
raking fire which swept the trench. playing ter-
rife hsvec IN the ranks Of the sssaiIsuts. The
hewitZsrs had been assigned 10 this position
which ihoy occupied go adysntsgfous fer u7,
at the instance or Col Harris. CT the ErgiRssrs.
al the hsrsas belonging 90 the section hsviug
been pat h5rs su combat during the day. Twice
the enemy wss dTivea back q. this part Of sur
works tihs lsf,) and the french flied with the
euemy's dead a,tssts the gsvsIi.y Of the csudict
there.
On the right, the negro trs -ps were met with
terrible cross FIRE OF musEgiTY. Here were
posted, among ether troops. ahe Charleston bat
talon, and these CaliaFt men behaved In
manner worthy ihs fzBs their organization had
so dearly Won a. Sscessisnvile. The Eea3ud
assault was s'iil more desperate than the FIRST
but It was met and repsi.es IN The same gallant
style by the brave troops, Georgisrs, Nsrth
Caroliuians, and sens Of cur own city, who
stood shoulder 20 shoulder ia the fight
In the csBter Of eur lines small Usdy OF the
enemy succeeded In gaining g ledCnsut in
salient, the gun of which hsd been disabled.
Hare they msiutsine4 tier position fer mere
than an hour. A gallant but unsuccsssf1l at
tempt was msde TO 5isloegs them, ia which
Capt. Bryan fell, and t wts not until q sasl
force Of GeeTgjaUs hafsgeeudsd the magazine
snd thUs gsinsi a position ts eonmsnd tie
salient tAat tie aHsEcious Yankees surrendered.
At tho tins that This occurred ths fi-ing else
where had ceased, and the G7orgiazs accom-
plisbsd their pu~pzsz without friag gan The
movement by which this was Effected was under
taken at the suggestion Ct C5L Harris.
TIRE RELATIVE LOSSES.
TIE fight lasted fr5n 3 aut1 i y M., aua
wss Of s desperate character tar'uzbsub. The
enemy's lgs5es were very Lsavy. HIS killed
and wounded mu5s have b-sa ss least 1900
Tae Hum5s. Of bis dsa5 ls.l on The faId aud
buried by rs yesterday ezcesia3 GOO. We cap
-Ursd over 21J prisoners, iHe,ading fsv ef the
zerro treops.
Oar cwa losses were comparatively light Il
is eTtimstsd chat err killed an6 wounded viii
not exceed 100. Am1Eg thesa. hswovsr. were
some vsluabs elhcsTs, such % Lieut. Gel S.a-
EnS and Cari. ls.uU, O.. chs lst South CarelIus
in.antry, and Cspt. R7su, Of tho Charleston
bstislien, killed, and Major Ramsay, Of The
Charleston kstialioa, severely wounded.
LATEST FROM MORRIS ISLAND.
From the Charleston Mercury, JAY Dist
DuuHg the early po-tion Of yesterday n9rn-
ing al vas comparatively 0uiss On Norris
island. Ahout eleven o'clock lhs land batteries
opaned on F0r Wagner, end tie mentors and
the IyoHsi1es again Gu1g0sched and enerei
gsvsre fire. Tins continued until two o'cock,
when the bombsrlmsnt became furious, the re-
ports Being haari iuqlits ss rapid succession as
on Saturday. This furious esHn0uads lasted
L0r about aR hour aEd a ha.f, Fsrt gumtsr sud
Battery Wagner replying slowly. also, fire
was opened from new batter or James island.
Fort Sumter got the rsu~g of he Ironsilss. sg5