Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-09

- - Tssr5--z "a c4rps was lending hen the a8sis
tsses Of a dfvsi0z, and Buckners troops WsTs throw
h 2 rh-r y sIght into the Scale Thomas fought ouiy
yvit7 lis fascs 4 Saturday weakened By saturday
b. svv losaaa Il uuegazl contest, sud paug o
sT4ay ahof throHg1 ny heart as sa7s our ezaagssa
veisFsEi beGi8 g. HaVef TO WsVsr IN me feee OF nt
ch rH7E sEaui1ug laundering host which coailontee
tAsul lose all aud tha rex morsut wave afial
Of tha rsbei "a came surgi1g down toHsrd tlr
brssstWurs, dashilg madty against sad tas bar
risT and grsedi sgsaiOEilg up is seig1sars viii all
tbsi- - \, rftiop and 1stersl Never was rseista cs
more rtubsOfn and dssFained, bat never was atads
pr0s-cu1ed sith more devlish pert nacity.
EeAutizns, a. Gen Reynolds 50 sarely pressed
Gen woad oTdsfe1 march instantly by the tafi
4 ak pass BT7nRa8- sud go 10 lis reIrL Da rs And
hsridsa shift 70 the left, aud Sins clos
up the iius As sne occasion was urgent Gen Wood
IN his skrmishers with considerable haste anu tAe
rsbes for the second lime mstskuK Withdrawal Tor
fight pressed forward Ike torrent and poured into
tanks Il Gen. Wood storm Of muskoE balls can
nitsr and srspe- Moving npoB the dosbls quick, TIE
ussa endsavored for time - ksep their Aes r ord
bot a. ehat uitisss Of lead and iuued
BE hure aga Bst them the regment began @ spread
eat Ike fan, ef- aud wider, until taiy hey were
torn Ainds TBia esPec ay the ease vi the
hr-ads elmusndsd ~ Col Buell. The uudalnie ed
Wood with H,rksr's brigade, comparatively intact
pszssd On TO bis destination.
Ha5e thz great turaing polnt IN the battle Here
nde d, the battle was lost
Dsvs coming up TO fl. the vsca-Cy occssinned BY
Wos5s with Tawsl vas esuEat upon the left flank by
ths ieFy rrbs torrent po-r thruuEa the Opeuiug
and pushed toward he riEht in utter dls0rdsr, like
q which u sWuaE back upon it, hinges, sad shat
tsFsP By the same blow. Van ClsYo's and what re
NAMED ot P21sr's, struck upon the Otl=r side
pna .hTvele6 as . sspIiuF by a thundsrbolr Even the
personal exsrtI0na Cf R5sscrzns himself who. with
irzzrn sword and Et he head Of MS devoted ef en-
5sAyored to saeck the r0Ut, wsrs iEefsc5asl.
Afsr that tstal brssk our linz Of battle not
aFsil reformed during tbe dasy The army was 10 fact
cut In two; AcC ok, with Davis Sheridan and wilder
b-lag thrown Uf 20 the ghf, CiJsndsn except on
brigade Of Woods being broken 10 piscssl ard Thcm
~ with his ndonisabs c5rpz ans Johnson dvi 0a 81
MeCsok-, remaining so1s upon the left Ia tha fierce
tornado which bad swept over his log brsastWurks,
Tl0a3Bs had been HGsa shaken, all his divisions gh ing
ds-perstelT sil rsyInE tue earliest pFagtc bic
rgent but only General Reynolds retiring from she
works tovvsrd ths bills in anything ike tosTabe order
as soon however rs ihs corps had reached the foot
Il Mz.irn ridge, Il frLed its broken with
an sscrity and rapbiy only less fTksbe than the
obs macy with which long endured the assaults OF
th- snsny upsH The level ground below. Phe great
leader hims r. Gen, Th0mas, assisted by Baird, Rsy-
najas Brannan Serlbusr Harker Nesl@y, John Beat y
Wood, SD TurChin rsOrgsazsd tn br Eadss wife
dsTful essrifyi snd tnnsdiats.y began making hesa
Froa this time hcCook dissvpesPed from the general
aizsTy Of tins battle; indeed sZ.rieatiHg himself from
his dsmOrsLed aud 70 rte6 corps, he hssdsd i0yard
Chattsnoega, and st about 1 ock disappeared en-
iirply from The sid HIS two disisi MS D-vis and
SasrtdS' forced on oward the right far behind their
or g7ni position, were aassa by immense qIAar as
Of the snenly and fsaruly batt=~sd. ch hsj but q
hans fu If as Il retired t0yssd nighjal, upon the
r ssvile road but the men must have done gallant
hsv DID In fact NJ erever 5herdu Is, whe ther i>oa
eompsn7, and wheth the ODDS against him BE-
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l. wss sb hslf past twelve, when. hearing heavy
ca noEaie open upon he right, gal 0ped in that
direction to see what II might mean lOngitudiua al
gaB ia ss1nsTy tdge, admits the K tssye read into
Clattzzossa vsiey, and s-irts along large c1rnhsc
from the gap you thick wood upon the siJe.
The conhzd is-lii sort Of cove In the ridge. and
here zuube-s % al sorts Of venice mingled
hs debris Of dismanilsd AID discounted batteries.
Fragments Of Davis flying qua1rons had also ougsd
II this Geld.
Wtie stood gazing apoa tins scene from the sum
nit Of the ridge, some rebal B. rm haLs app AIRED In the
skirs BE woods posits TIE gap have menioHgd
and hu1g p rkaps a Zen musk 20 -iis .nt0 e neid
InstEuf Elon, aniss, veblel1= bCess u struE-
gll e shouting frgh.5n life. Eg ry thing and every
8ody appeared o tu-h hs-dloug for The harrow gup
and men, horssa mules, sm5u suCs-, baggzge Wag
a 1ulunIt wagons srtllsry erT1a eB AHA c@I.sors
rolled tunbied tOseih' r infused. mex RI
Gsbe EnaLy motoniess mass comPisiely ci01alls g
~ the mouiA or tue gaPs o y 81 ms 171t- aa5se
gaeuJiy fal inJu the ns1is OF be enemy SiJEeue and
a. gus ed by the speCta e, turned away wsfch the
spegario Of Gen Thomas c.r- b. a. iOn which alone
depended the saf- ty Of the
Gsn Thomas Ia withdrawn b men almost entirely
rom the vaeyi snd tsken up P0sisioa o. The side OF
M sion r5gs II eft stiit rested upon The Lafayette
road, d h.s right upon the ridge near gspI have
arsady spoken Of. 8ere collected tbs scat ersr
rgm 1aats OF the powerful corps which had 50 long
breasted the fierce assaults Of the enemy In the fore
noon. Here Johnson who seems 20 have done bet
tT work 20 d-y ami ysser1Ay than ever before Here
was the EncOnquersb.e Wood, with Aztkers brigade
sBd here also such fF-Emen 5 Of G itendsn' 3
c-rga ~ could be induced to venture upon an5t er
-tsad The .hols Ters drawn ~ In q ile f5fming 5
cl-cu'sF curve 'seuE the southeast bill near the
id.s of he carYs Wss the key Of the position sh6
HsyEsrs brga.e wss sP Rted 70 oslead tn same
sOcu after the hill occupied, house upon its SUN
nit SET on hr By the enemys she Is, and eontn'
ue to barn foT a onE ioe ri b great tury.
Not long the ius OF Bat is permitted 90 re.
main iae. Cannon beloved agzinzt '' missiles OF
I'VE kiud hulsd into IL shells burst aJov5 it 3
-aals tearing through it sd stIl it remained
a yss certain however as truth ITSELF that unless
ss stance should reach from qsarer, aud thar
righs speedily Is must al itng soecinb Tor me rebel
leaders emb0idensd By the rOut Of -cLO0k suc crit
tsHden gath log their hosts TO hur them in last
aigbly effort against The feeble band ldat confronted
the "a. Whence saould that suceOr Gomez
Sudden a vast cieud of dus was to rise above
he irsea away the .eft and few Iniaut-s afeCvFard
ons lines OF emerged from the woods, Crosse tbs
Lafayette road and began advancing toward u over
he asds ThgiF discipline seemed very perfect and IL
was Al imposing pageant when, they cane lh5r
banners huitsred above their heads, BId their serng
h4sned back tbs slig i Though The thck ecuas
Capt Johnson. Of Negleys staf, who, on being sew
srsd from hls own division had Immediately reported
g. Gen ThUnas far dU y had already al great personal
risk asc srtaned t3aG lie alyanC uS pattsli0 we're
infantry aud he qugs ion aross, W-re they our
oJya or Ii .enemysf H0ge ami fear alternately sgi
tsted ur boz uis, until a. last looking thrOugh our
gases, could eieaVy distinguish ss red aud ouei
yi.h s wb le efescsnt the battle a.g Of ecu.
Granger, and the troops we saw were two b igales,
Mlche.ls aud Whaksr's. Of Steadmans strong divia-
on. These were comparatively hesh uoopA rue
hey had mlcaod suus weary mica ever roaos Al HAe
deep w-b dus5, True, tfey haa huI1ed sOHB FaPltlg
- succgr thsfr comrades and pr icpaie ia tho light
3 u tsy had not YET 5ecn engaged tnat day. an
heuce Ihey e0ald lad ed 5s Considered help to h7 oa5
.la.ssa red veterans who hel1 td6 aIii.
As soon - Gen Granger had reported to Gen. Ihom-
AZ fur du v be was By the latter 10 BRING over 40
.5u..ItiSa train from the hOssvi Is r0A1. The train
ali fallen nle tbs ns Of the enemy, put the NAT ca
10 search Of il brvaEhE Stcaian az once MO contact
lth the bss sal despers conflict INN ala eiy IN
surd l. n 81 ths brilliant courage Of Colonel
Jobn O. NJ tcavl commanding che OF y q. SteanInan
griF..es, Docams eOnspicnogs- s. Now Cen whitaker
s.5 /, opporptuity Of bAyuzing in glory tue
y u hsIrlra ars and Daar nj
he rss We eoFpE psrAtiyely unused % battle hsd
an opportunity Of t-zlng tier nietHe No0iy dd al
pa through ths ordeal and although once thrown into
confusion by the concentrated hre from score OF reo7
regiments aud half many batteries, ihey rallied unae
he aud drove he enemy from ni almost s. iof
u daDle thai which rlrd lle Ney ol Ten lhoilss
zssi:ion The made ons detperate endesVor tt
Tetks this praton, but 0o0diy repuissd and al
most for the first time siucs the hga' began, there was
I Iali "a the fearful 80 N.
Az hour passed ly and it became evident that Brsgl
ouid ut be toiisd in hs attempt 90 aunhilae our ga
All army without another effort POkS corps assisted
by the Georgia State troops, Dy Da0ney Aauy aiYi
sion aud b. detached Tasleuts OF tbs rsoe af
nv were try their haa4s upon the heroic 0sld Who
g. he forOrn hope OF the srmy still he!d ths LlL W
! feeble ranks gathered up. The rhnned oatAio
sr. bIOuRht closer tOg clher The zsu pieces OF ~
tiusfv yere d anisd ~ sweep III app-OaCrE 10 The Biz
! ID each man, looking ~ ns nelghDor vowed SOM
mentally and O,her- zudi0y 20 de right taere, II It e
aeessfy for tasr country, for freedom, and for nan
! kind
OF the hit tho hOilowa ahd rsvine
10 ag light aud away me lgf upon ami beyont tht
LzFayeIie rUsd thsrvBsl le ions we're gathering
] for onset
| Jgst before the storm broke, the brave ami high
soul d Ca field perceived making his way 70 th
beaJ0aa1tsrs Of Gea Tn Jms Hs had come 10 be pres
snt al the aaa confess ssd In order 70 do So lad rod
III ths way from ChattanOoga, passing through hefl
/ ordeal noon tue road. BIS ghOt under hlal
! md his orderly was kllled by his Side SAL ne hs
come through, As scarcely knew bow, and here be Wa
to n.Olrs ffesh courage into the EearB Of the brav
sol5rs who were holding the enemy ~ bay 10 orIn
fhs1 words Of greeting Tom Gen Rossecs, and 20 ia
g., rem bat tho latter rUOrsanIzinG the seal
trd tryoDs and a. fAsE poss bic, would harry theH
- 80 a shell caae hustling through the air, an
b-st v-iLb q osd sxp loson over the hill Ths wa "a
si ~ rei,s. st eck, ana a. oaCs the uudets haV
! 49, and fsst smong Us Ny companion, ths cores
15e,f al he New Yors HsTaid, was struck ~ apsn
- s1s tnatb!sd from bis horse, and altA0ugh botA n
"a t5osrut the n nc5. were Dad agau oar hviA
- 5sser,1s ll.e consast, We tet that Ne c0Aia n91
/ sns-sr lh..n yyAich IT 70 is close.
-Ns -, ne side Of he hill TO tee left ana In %
sT r IL aid salOk.ns ruins OF the hou-e, ~ss sa'l
ed a grouD yghoae are destined 70 oes'ms Al
| a .csi-rhou,as WaitAkers Granger GAsneial Sles.
| -. Wood o. MY laey WAlcAed lie progress % 70
tem5est soeouatsd apoa its daralon aad s1reagh an