Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-23
pmEEpKRAL AouoENr.

RME EEDBRAL AOC0gNT.
| EDITORS APPEAL: Tho Federal aessent Ct
the battle on Missionary ridge, would, by rsason
Of missppieaaen Of names, be liable to miBlssd
the reader without an explanation. The poTsien
representing the battle Of Tunnel bill Is intend
ed to be an account Of ths fght On the right in
the contest beloTs Chattanooga.
| The fact that thsrs is tuaasl on the right Of
/ Missionary ridge and the enemy bsing evidently
informed that there was plAcs called Tunnel
| k;ll, which Is = small village j1sE. eight miles
Rorsh Of DaIfOz, induced the Hriter Of the Fed
oTaI account to call the right ef Missionary ridge,
| Tunnel hill
With this correction Hpd fow explanations
th0 FsdsrSl story may be read with interest and
with ssno assurance sf accuracy.
On cur right WO were sempletsly sussesafal;
tie center aud lcis gave way, hence the retreat.
The troops were arranged along the crest Of
shS fdgs, without reference to tho ssTPs
to which they belonged. Tho rapid change sf
ths programme, resulting freln The revsTss the
evening before en- LSetOut mountain, necessita-
tad this irregular a(rszEemeat. Liout.-GeH.
HaT5 was ordered 30 take command of tAe
rigB-, go. that 0rdsr embraced the linisa of his
duty He was to defend that portion Of tho
Seld, leaving tho rest ts other dispositions. Il
is anderstoOd thss Gen Bragg Wss himself to
eJmmsAd or BuperiBtend the center. Gen Brsek-
ioridgs was confined to the left. The fearful
c5zhet 90 what tho Federal correspondent calls
Tsurel hill bat which was, as hsIsre stated, tho
right CT sur array, is represented as seen hsla
Chattanooga.
Il was on cur side under iha Immediate 6irec-
ton CT Cen Hardee, wbs, until it was entirely
ever, took position and remained few yards
from the HEc Of infantry, and in full view Of al
.kai sss done. The forces vhich resisted froB
ten in the aorniny aHtil four il the evening,
were i7uRht by Majsr Gen. Cleburne, wbe
served during the fghi REdsT Gen. Hardse.
Those forsss did rot sxesed eight thousand, and
rspulseS with much slaughter, according to the
Federal aecoaat-Ou0 esrPs, three divisions and
aRe brigsde numbering set less than twenty
I've thousand men.
There was 10 zHch ioTt as Bucknsr's fort.
TAs Sefsaoss seuslstsd entirely of logs en-. ana
rsllod ia las tAe Aight before, saa under Gre
the as1t HasrziEg. Clsburne's position was iss-
asSistsly by his center battery, the guns Of
which pfojsstod over the leg line. Gen. HArdee
was on the sans line, bui some distance ts tie
left.
Clehurns met the l9ng-ceztiHusd assault,
whils HAEdss, wheso position enabled him ts
see everything, sent to the right such reiaioTse-
msnts as were necessary, held sthers slese IN
reserve, and personally directed the batteries,
Ehese FIRE en- the ensnys aank ssatTibutsd -
much to HtagssT his line, Rs enc after sasiheT
marched to thu Aspsult or CleburEe Thus the
enemy was fssrlully defeated on the right, and
thas the army was saved iron g.tar destruction,
which wsuld have followed tho repulss Of the
ssntsr and left, had not the right been vietori-
susly held, and been uIod 10 halt the enemy
when other psrla Of the hsld we're lest This
explanation Is necessary TO appreciate the Fed
srsl correspondents graphic story Of tho battle
Of Tunnel bill.
Why the ssnfsE ana LEFT we're broken is q
question upon which further investigation may
shed soms light. The position styled Fsrt
Buckaor," By the HsTaii's correspondent vas
held by Smiths Texas brigade. commanded BY
Sol GraRbury, ef the Yih Texas, aher The fall
Of the gsllsst young brigsdisr, Gen. Smith.
The AIst charge on our battery, in which Gen.
Snith was Weunded, was repplssd BY the night
Of the 1o.h Texas and the left 8 the 7sh Texas.
The second assault wEs repulsed by tho sans
rsgimsnts, assisted BY the %, 18Th and 24th
AgksnBas regiments, Lieut. Col Warfsld com
nanding, which had been sent to tho support Of
the Texas brigade. Il was the gallant officers
Of this Arkansas regiment who iRaugurated the
q sfoAs tArslsiag" annoyance complained of in
the Yankee account. The third assault was
Eepalsed By the ssms troops, reinforced and sup
ported by tive Georgia regiments of Cumming g
brigade. Against the last assault, the Tezss
brigade bad the assistance Of the 1st and 50th
Tsnasssee, led into the charge By the gallant
Col sugg, who fell daHgsrously wounded just
ss ear victory was complete. The dsrAnasle
sank" attack, seRfessedly 90 fTRitful of results
\ ts Is, was made By the 6!h, lob and ls!h Texas
regiments consolidated, the ebsTss having bean
ordered BY Gea. Cleburas in psrsos, ass LED ~
Eaia Saunders, whs lost his ArR. The gallant
Mills commander Of this regineRs had Been
wounded in the Grst assault This iSRsEtani
position vas defended susesssfsllY against
twenty. Rgo thopssad Of the enswy'a q best tr9cFsi
BY ihs Texas brigade, supported sseesssivsly by
savea othsT regiments fFem sthsr hTigsd5s.
Froz tho New York Hsrsld.l
TER BATFLE OF TuENBL aILL,
On rosshing the summit Of the se2i-ciTcalal
shaped bills which Gen. SheImAz had occupied
on Tuesday afternoon, found be had strength
enod hrs position by slTorg rife pits, aad had pa
four gaRs OF the Lat Missouri sstiiieTy, bAtteIy
=, Lieut. Calender commanding, on the Hsh7
OF bis line on the hills, and seetieu aRdei
Lieut. Hood, 6Eh Wlse0Rsin, on the other ex
tEsme, thus gettlBg in an sualading Ere 0H EoTi
j BSekner / asked Lieut. CalIondsE the eistanef