Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-31

+ the fortune Of the day upsn ether parts Of 4
3 field. But our men knew that we were 81
! prised and fsHksd, that we began with blz
: der, cad this, together with want of eenfaen
: IN some esamanding e4eers, WsEs probably Il
$ principal causes Of dsfeetien in Claytons bl
? gado- have DISCUSSED The mater mueh vii
Other efieers, and these are the reasoas general
? assigned. For the general disaster tSere wei
two causes. The plan of battle was act skill
] ful, and the t,oeps made no SIGHT The osIy a,
I feieHt eauss Of oar defeat WAS that our peepl
. did net fght Our hHe was too long and veal
, but still We ssBld have hestsn The ezany if ',
had fought hia gailsntly. Veteran rsginsai
] that never hinehed bsfero HeulI not stand
fight. Heroes Of othsr fields -wsre su2ien,
changed to towards here, and their green AZ
wslE-wen lasreIs we're turEss ts Eao1rafal vi
lows, MY swh brigade had fought Tsasonshl
wsll at Chiekamauga, and lad certainly fscsd
IRE ten tines hotter and mere destructive, an
had sliced ithsster. Bu. il Is beosless 70 csn;es
tsre or Tessoa about II. am myself quito paz
sled to uHderstaEa il, sad here lsaye the sub
iset.
II Row proceed to tell Of ny captivity ani
escape. The zaen were taken early after dsrl
4 to Chattanooga. We were pat il tke railrsa,
dspst, and the efieers in lasgs room, ca Mai
EtTest. Few OF as had blankets, sni We Wsr,
very uncomfortable. Tie fcsa wss unelesn
sns we Wsrs packed like saIdiaes. Hal it was
doubtless, she best that the YaGkses cszId do
under the eireumssAHses. Esxt day they nsarJ
starved us-gsVs es only ere nsal, winch cor
sisted Of 6ae CT two crackers, sRi eap O
Hretehed ceffss. Late ihss sFsuipg Maj Wilde
Who is tAerezgh gentleman, called Is see as
zs Hsd charge 81 us, es provost marshal, ana
eonpiaiBsa to hiA Of ear treatment. He Rrsr-
issa to correct it, and ke did so, az snea spsle-
| giz.Eg for Whist had occurred, Rzd rezrsttinq
| that 10 had 80 scaAty rzsaEs Of making as Gem
fsrtahle. de obtained ssethsr rean 70 which ha
assigned the 6sld and staff, snG the sayisias,
leaving the hsutsnants in Ihs arss rsem. Ne
hed gCsd fires made for Us, and 9btAiaed fer Is,
ths-eAftsr, gssd aza ample rstisns sf bsesa,
ssfse, bread, ssgp and bsef. After this We had
enough to eat.
| There was grsat disposition Anong Ysnk &c
| saseEs 70 talk Sith Us, which re seldom ibuG
| Jet tee often gTatfsa. Generally they were
gate Pslite1 bat rarely really well bred One
dsndiAsd sfiesr approached ne, while sized
st tks deer gsttizS fresh air, sad asked many
| szsstiezs skea. sens Of eur "kigh Ayers" sf
the fsrnsr days Of Mssils, Wkor ks said 10 had
nat at Esstksrn resorts of fashion. TAsrs was
ARerg thsm IsEsg13s GsorsiAn, sns Howard,
wksso father kept : fsE years sse, the Howard
hsuss Ct Marietta, Georgia he had aEtkerity
he said, to raise a brigade Of GOergians TIE
YaRksa ssicsrs wSse goed-ieskisg men, and
seemed vastly to enjoy thsiT inpsTtssce, saa
f.e clothes. IcassA believe thsy feel no inter-
est in the war or lis results. Tasy ETe in the
army, for mere living, Q speeuIanoz or 4" tie
grandeur Of The thing Bat many of them
are smart, Pushing fellows, and iadssd | sn
sure that their saeordisass efiesEs, up 10 tAs
rank ii ssloaeI, are Superior 10 enEs
Those Hho talked abszt the Far, spsks conf
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Thsy said thai when they sheald take Atlanta,
they thought ne Wsuld submit, and if act, they
weala sxtirP&te n, and Peorle the land with a
ns1 IAes. They were willing, thsy said, 70 lose
the ssulhsrn people, but theylwsali net eive up
the SsathsTn territory-ihat we nj GIT seesds #
we eaeess, but mast net taxa teTritesy with us
that we might all lesvs, snd &c TO esnas Ees
lana If ne ehsss. The Uaited States ware great
nation, and must net be burstsd Up. They sAid
mSny Of them, that they Eers Ter the Uaisn
with or witAoRs slsvery-that if ws we1la ssRs
back, they would give III goRsral annesty,
restsre the Cezsttutisn, sAd lei "ths eiernsl
niggsr" sleEe. Same said they were ia favor Of
slavery, and seHeuAesa all absiitioEists. They
asked, quite ssxicusly, if there was no hepo
fer saving ihe Uaisn. We replied that If was
impcssihls--that the silver es-d Was leezsDsd,
and the g,ldsa !bewl was broken, saa no ha-
man power could rsuGits them.
saw enough 10 satisfy aae that the Yankee
less was very hssvy. As went frequently to
tho river, Fasssd naRcgsus hospitals full Of
wounded, aHd every merniE5 there were flight
fal piles ef es&ns in froat Of them. Indeed,
mary Yankees acknowledged that they had
paid dearly fer their rietsry, and hAa lissls ie
hssss of.
Tbs Yankees haa captured several Of our sur
gesEs. and s1ss Psrs9a Wiilsughby, chaplain CT
the 1e.h Alsbsns They resolved erdeFs BY
telegraph from Washington to Tslsase the sur
gsens, and reeuested the efsssr whs same to
Tslsssi thsn, 20 release Fsrsen Willougtby,
which he did. TAsy were ell released and had
"Ias fresdsn Of the atty" upon parole 70 rsvssl
EeGking thsJ saw or heard, ssd we're promised
3 return te thsir army as the cad of fifteen days.
There wsTs several .'eesssh" ladies' in ChAtta-
neega, wac attended faitkfuliy to cur wcunsel.
hoard the name sf Mrs. Whisasidss, or ssms
suoh name, whsse ieTssisn to eEr essss vas
uRbe1nds6, sna her sacrifices sublime. She
tsre up her last ssFpst 10 make blsnksis fe, eur
wounded. ear woundSd, was ted by Gasp
Lain Willsughsy, were ,fSring well. / saw .
note from Sergeant EeKiRais, Of ths 56th, whs
was n1rsiRg Cspt. 3. T. Wright, Of 10Y Tegi-
asrs, describing beautiful ''sseesa" girl, Hho
was heTsTing about shs hospitals, y miRistering
angel
We were very tired ef tie diseotaforts Of
Chattanooga, saa requested to bs sent oE Is
sATlY IS possible. Gar departure was promised
every day, butt was 4 i until tie flth Gay lhst
ne were sent EFF. On that dag tive handsome
wonsE called ta see us. Tks gsard refused
than entrance, hat they went 20 the kind
hssrtcd Hajsr Wilde, who eSeertsd then eFsr,
saS let theul into u.s. skexld Major Wide ever
~ prisoner In cuE kARds, I 5espesk for him
The kinSsst Treatment He is q zssgRanirRsEs
and generous enemy. Tks ladies | speak Of
were zsrried, bat young and pretty. They
tAlksd with rs very lang aad seemed reluctant
to leave as. az ihsY gave US their hands in
parting fEoH Us, whsn hey asveT saw before,
or wsuld see again. tears eo6Tsed dswa their
bsautfal cheeks, end utteraaea was ekszed.
Nsts word vss said, not evsa farewell" bat
the Sewing tsars spoke ERoIe than words could
express.
Late en- Monday svenirg, November S0.h, we
were marched ous Of Ckzttsasegs, uRdsr .
guard Of the 10Th okio, to Brswn's ferry, seven
miles helaw We crossed the river on n psa-
toon as Chattanooga, Teeressei on another shTea
miles below, snd went down on this side of,she
river. The road was rosghi ever mountains;
and darkness soon fell UPON Us. We wsIe sest-
tered along ihe rad, and hsd excellent cppor-
tuEitss to 0ssaPs ths guard. I had all the lime
intended to escape semewhsTs, and would have
dens 90 here, kus tie Yankees svOTspTead the
whole csuntgy; 1t was all ragged IzoEstAiR,
which ceBld hardly be Travelled st Eishf, ard
day travel was inFsssible. Ii weala hsvo Ia
ken, ct the least thrse dsys to get elsar Of theE
and bad nothing to est, Rsr was there any pos
sib;Iity ef getting food there. For this f,sBon
posipszsd my escape. Late at night we reached
tie tora ard were guartsrsa ia 3 clean hsHse,
but ths sight was intensely cold, and We nearly
frszs. slsep wss cat Of the question, and we
sRsss he night areaRd large fres.
We received here two days rssisRs 70 taks as
10 Nashville; gesd bsson-plensy Of is-hresa
Gnd pare esfsa We were served hy eeod
lssking, smsIi, polite zaiat:o sfissr. The kiak
in his haiT ted uRnaistskably the tale ef negro