Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-04

vail, and the sorlid moannsss n oar fs
shed, be has ffequently exposed himself ~ All
me dangers Of W~srfays, leading The galant HaIio
9 Of which be was temporarily ie commao7
iArough the thiekest Of the fight, and cbee7ing
taem On to victory. lie deserves tao shenks AZ
The country.
1 here take great pleasure in speaking Of rho
material service rendered mo during the geysral
engagements by Captain n. w Ciusky. az.
sistsnt adJntantgeneral Captain !. II. Edmond
son, brigade inspector, Msi0r 4. ri. Lowry.
volunteer aid-de-camp, Mr. T.. 3. Rogers, my
alo-de-camps who, III bis personal enforcement
Of the troops, when in the most d~eaDera.s no
ments OF the first engagement, attracted my 81.
tenhon, as well as that Of bis brother members
Of ray stat, and won the admiration Of tbs en-
bro commsnd To L~isuteuants Hanlsv. MavO.
and Jetton, Of Brigadior- General Cleburns'g
staff, who reported 70 mo fox duty afer their
general w0s wounded, my thanks are also due
for thei- meritorious conduct.
Herewith enclosed I Submit the rsports Of
Cois. HiH aRd Vaughn, commanding ths brio.
AIDES OF tho Division. 20 which reference Is mef9
50 TO the bearings Of the officers and men OF the
several commands. Herewith you win elso fnd.
marked (A) (B6 lists Of the killed and wound
ed Of the briga5es.
1 have The honor to be,
Your obsdient eeIVant.
PREsF0g SMITH.
Col. JoHS PEGRAsl, Chief of SsaR.
I have before me the fall official report Of
Lieutenant General E, Kirby Smith. which
states IN reference to the opening OF the baftls .
. Without waiting for ChurchiPs division. Gle
burne at Ouee @mmenced the action, aud when
l arrived on the field, at half-pass seven @o'cl,clr.
tha ire OF artillery was brisk or both sides. as
my toEce was almost too small to storm the posi-.
I Ffnw ruffh0-A "a I-.o0H---- H. -I a
Churchill with one Of his brfga1es 10 turn tts
snemy's right. While This move was being
executed, 2 bold and well conducted at,smpt
on the part Of the enemy to turn CleburH'5
Igh5 was admirably foiled by the hrmness Of
Col. Preston Smiths brigade, who renuIsed the
enenny with great slaughter" About this time
General Cieburne was wounded, and the com
mand Of this division was dsvolvsd upon Col.
Preston Smith. The report again referring to
tins distinguished officer, states, " For the third
the Churchill, with a brigade, (McNafr's) was
sent eli to the left, when 6 deafaniHg rozr Of
masksIy soon announced The raging Of a f1ri-
Gus contest. In the meanwhile Preston smith
bringing up bis division 81 q dOubls-ouick, form
ed with wonderful precision sad TauiJ.tg in
ront OF the enemys canssr and left. Almost
without waiting for the commands of the OH
GERS, tais division c0Olly advanced under the
murteECus Gre Of a force twica their NUMBER.
and drove them from the fed in the greatest
confusion, and with imnonss slaughter"
These extracts from the unpublished r19rt of
Lieaieaant-Gsnersl Smith show how highly the.
services of Ienaesseana were appreciated On
The battlefield Of Richmond. Ksas1ekv. Oar
whole force in this f5Ece eonGie. did nos exceed
. 900, while tdab Of tho enemy was more than
lOU50. We took prisoners from thirteen regi-
nents. Our loss il killed end wounded W
about 400, and that Of the enemy ever 1000.
aud we held 5000 prisoners, twenty pieces Of
artillery, 10 600 small arms, aid large uuanti-
ties Of supplies, as fruits Of this brilliant v~.e.orv.
Near the conclusion Of Lieut. Goa. Sai.b's
report occurs the following paragraph, which IS
IS singular IS another 20 wlieh I haze net called
specific attention f; " But cannot close without
expressing my admiration Of the pclmptaes8
snd intelligence With which Generals Churchill
and Clsburns, and Col Preston Smith excepted
tde orders given them.' The word '.aot''i is
doubtless omitted by accident. Il should p7a-
code the words given Them or III the Dzriic-
ipants in the battle Of Richmond, with whom I
have conVeIsed, strangely Inexperienced both
It's strategy aud results. 81.