Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-02
LETTERS FRom Tmg PENERssEE
VALLEY.

5ut delay. DIXIE.
LETTERS FR0u n TENNESSEE
VALLEY.
Special Correspondence Of the Memphis Appeal
TENNESSEE VALLEY, Oct. 26, 1865.
The weather, for q week past, has been very
iaclement, with cold rains nearly every Gay.
The men are very badly provided for exposure,
having Left camps in anticipation Of an excur-
sisu Of only ten days or two weeks, they
brought but few blankets snd no oVercoals.
They stand up to thoir woFk, however, manfully,
and sloeP in line Of battle every ether night,
without q rlurmer.
Operations in front have bean confined to
diminishing, without any important results be-
yead The development Of additional force on the
part Of the enemy af'e, such action. Tue cas-
aEIhss up to date are as follows: Capt. L Per
year, company G, thigh fractured; Scrgt. B z.
Carmichael, CO. x, thigh; E. D. Themas, co. G.,
boweis Fl. Stephens, co. C, arm J. 2. Dieken-
son, co. D, head, MORALLY T. ". Lick, co. T,
high J. 7. Ferguson, CO. II, thigh; J. F.
S.srgis, co. II, thigh D. Can, co. D, arm all
sf ID Tennessee. R3bt. Wyatt, co D, thigh
Geo. Skipper, co. K, hip; all Of 81 Alabama.
Dickenson, Thsmss and Carmichael we've LETT
Inside Of the eueny's line.
A raid, said to consist Of six hundred cav
zlTy with four mail pieces Of artillery, lsh
Fupelo On the 20ih, has been ra7aging south
AID vest of Tuscum5is. They as stealing
everything end killing what stock they Cannot
tsks away. They burned Aliens factory, near
RusseIgills, whefe they killed a preacher named
Johnson. These raiders axe SAID to be what is
called tie Tory battalion, and probably know
every by-pass IN the country. No effort viii be
s2srsd to capture them, bat I doubt the success
Of operations against them. Gen. Roddy did
more serious damage to the railroad than FIRST
reported. lie filed up The shafts Of TIC tunnel
with huge rocks, delaying trains eight days.
The Yankees aEe building the road ir0m Ste
veusoa westward, and propose, by the tins The
force which Gen. Lee ia attempting TO re,ard
reaches tho river at Decatur to have the road
completed TO that point from the east. I can
give you no idea hsw long it viii take to ecm-
plsse he woEk, but have no doubt Of its ultimate
completion.
IENEEsSEE VALLEY, October y. ]
The asmy advanced before daylight on
Wednesday morning, and after a short seton,
aaHked cur position on the right. He displayed
in this action two full bsigadss Of infantry, two
regiments of cavalry and = battery Of artillery
a. nine O'Clock Gen. Lee fell back to Care
creek, nine miles from TUscum5is, where he
agsin delayed ire enemy two hours, snd fell
back 10 Little Bear creek, two and a half miles !
west of Tuscumbis, which position he held du-
Iing the night, and until ten o'clock Tuesday, |
when we took our Pressn. position. The enemy
occupied Tuscumbia about fTe O'Clock in the
afternoon. Our casualties since the 26tb, are
twenty. four voundsd-neRe killed. Among he
rounded, you will regret to learn, IS Col Fer
rest. & brother Of the general, and q most gallant
officer. de was shot through both thighs TIE bal
breaking no bones, bat touching, without rup-
tuIing, an artery. The wound "a serious, sEd
nos beirg able to move hin without dagger, lie,
with seven ether wounded, were LEFT with friends
IL Tuscumbia.
Lieut. A. C McAmis, Of The Ssh Alabams,
has rendered General Lss Invaluable service with
his scouting party OF thirty men. he was tie
hero Of the field yesterday, having penetrated
he rear Of the Yankee army and captured and
brought IA tie medicine wagon Of Gen. O5ter-
haus' division, with the hospital steward, TIVE
other Yankees and a negro. The wagon is
drawn by SIX mules, veil filed with assorted
medicines and surgical appliances. It il an in
prize. The wagon contained the va
lice Of T. B. Allen, chief surgeon Of the divis- |
ion, with his commission, clothing and papers,
among the latter, q list Of casualties on Che 20sn
aud 2lst It also contained books-two vsiua
bls medical works, with the name Of e doctor
practcing IL this neighborbood, and son other
books, with the name Of Mrs. Barton, q lady who
lives in the neiehborhood where the wsgon was
captured. In answer 10 questions as to hew the
came there the steward replied chat lie
knew nothing about them. They were put IN
there BY the doctor.
The negro Is a young boy who belongs to Gel
member of Congress from this district
Tbs negro says Re, with Eve others was pressed
year. Three Of tie six wers dead. he bo
to the Pioneer corps" and was detailed
b Dive the medicine wagon. The pioneer corps
IS composed of white and black who work TO-
on the road.
The hospital report Of the skirmishes on The
.Henlieih, with Col Forrest and the Dist wish
Gen Ferguson shows forty wounded AMI ak
killed, inelading one colonel four captains and
G5utsnsuts.
The railroad is being pushed with great vigor.
arc said to have arriyed at B4r,ous' sis
len eleven miles west Of Tuseunbia, Just be-
yond tho point where Gen. Lss commenced
pulling the track and burning rTos5-ties. B.
TUsCUAIBIA, October %, 1858.
IhastsR to iaiorm you that the Yankees have
aiken the back track. By hard work Gan. Lee
AS defeated the plans Of the enemy. On view
NJ the total destruction Of the rosd over tke
.isbtaan miles from which they drove us with
loss of lie on their part, they desps1sd
# completing the work and have gone rapidly
,aek. The tAseTy IS that they are crossing at
ssstport and win take transports thence to
Nashville, to reinforce Chattanooga.
Ihave seen tho Memphis Bulletin Of The 2i.h,
-heb gives sons account O the fighting beyond
gaus creek, up to the 22i They confess loss
f about one HUNDRED men. Bow many they
ave lost since I do not know, bus undoubtedly
great many. The man said ia Tuseambia that
we we're the d-dst aghsngest cavalry they
yer mel" I