Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-27

war ths whole array. Including the generals were q
be inlEsdiateiy psrosd and ssnt into our lines; all sf
ceFs were to retain their alas; al mounted officers
have TIE privilege Of riding OUT private property ts b
respected and 81 parties vhsthsr citizens or connses
With tie army, to be allowed to leave the Fadsra
lines on parsls- All ammunition stores asId tllsry
and segs guns were t. be surrendered to tie Unts,
States army, well all small arms in our possession
All parties appeared to be perfectly sath8sd with lhss
terms and they regarded as rore sasnt thaa eon
have been expected.
There were q great many curious incidents and rs
marsbls escapes during the siege Toward the last E,
people had become - Indifferent ts danger that bu
little attention paid to the ensmys ire aud IN TAI
way lost some Of our best men. The sharpshoetsr
50 thick and kept up such incesssu Ere that
hat huag on ramrod and held up over the dtcEss re
esved fifteen halls through in two Hiaates. Nest
the hrug done by the enemy, both with artillery
and small arms. For some reason or ether, Gen Penn
bsr5on appeared have an insuperabls oBjscusn I'd
allowing to fire at the enemy, and our batteries
under strict orders net to open ~ithout leave
Upon the second day Of the fight orders were sent "a
the linss for the artillery to cease firing. aad the same
applied to small arms. Upsn enc occasion number 81
Yankees Appeared ever the rv-r. aud presenting very
pretty target one Of our Heueuants couId not resist The
ts-sd the Yankees For this shot the lsutg.4-s ~--
placed under until the close Of the siege, AZ
tsrward appeared that the shot for which he was az
rested, had killed three Yankees and wounded Eve
others Not wishing to csuIurs or TO pass Judgment
upon Gen. Psmborton, there are two psinss which
could net regard otherwise than as unfortunate f-st
he Possesses no dash" and never would consent to
any Of these rsi5sfor which the men had fequeaty
volunteered aud which Eght have proved Of sdvsnsg
rs second his logged determination to reserve our
FIRE uRder the pretsnss Of saving anuniton hea after
the fall it was III giYsa u 10 the enemy.
Oa enc occasion the Yankees were driving sack Of
sheep which they had stolen f9u some Of tie farmers
The sheep s,snPsded and into Lines, furnishing
our troops with fresh mutton On Ysakss account.
There was isrgs number Of horses turned out Of the
lines for Of something to eat 10 forage could o.
had IN town, and tees were cut down tor ken p
browse upon tbs leaves. Every azy saw from qns TO
halt dszsn perish BY starvation snd it distress
ing to winsss the susringa OF poor dumb brues en-
tailed up 4 them hy mans inhumsaity.
somo few Of the singular incidents win do to
avrats, they belong that elass Of miraculous
capss which no enc czn account for. lady bad just
arisen from her rocking chair when large she'll cane
through the roof falling upon the chair and going into
the cellar burs.ed and shivsrss the house iato frsg
never touched soldier On the lines wa engaged in
washing his elothes, which were boiling in the camp
kettle, when shell fell into tbs kettle, carrying t.
clothes and ALL to unknown depth in the ground.
No remains Of it could svsr be discovered
Several cases occurred where shells went into houses
sad fell upon beds whsrs people were sleeping and
never Injured any one. Oas shell fell among large
crowd Of troops and happened TO Egbt just upon ths
In tha r,fFTa rnnecr4.aS HAe afshtret
obstruction would change the course Of she'll and one
snt into house and passed through four at
many different sHgles. One dropped between two horse
usR and bursting, rasefboh horses and riders several
feet lato the air. without tssehng either beast
a number Of accidents occurred il the hospitals snd
many of our p or soldiers were killed By the shells
This was regarded as refasmsnt Of cruelty, but was
q perfect keeping with ths character Of the sEsny
One ygung man, while working in the garden,
saw a she'll fall about six feet in frout Of
hHl, and fearing it wsald burst, threw him.
sell upon the ground the shell in the msanvyhils pass
ing underneath exploded directly under hiu sending
him sprsWIing into the air Ike big toad. aud zsver
injured in in the least great many incidents Of this
sind occurred some Of which VIII probably never and
tlslr way public print One lady was cooking her
sinner when a she'll west into the pet smashing tss
stove ias spintsrs and tesrg up the house. without
jury TO anyone in it.
Tae 70 lowing Pc sons wore killed Mr.. Greene, Mr.
Conzer Kiss Hollsy. Mrs Cisco Mrs. Miller and a little
daughter of Mr.. Jones. AmoHg the ladies wounded
were Mrs Hszayrd, Mrs. Dr. @. ". Peters, Mrs H. e.
Clements Hrs Major T. 3. Read, Miss Lucy Rawlings
and Miss Maggie Cock aud Miss Hasslsy.
There are many taingi i1eidsns see-es and a5ven-
.urss which win reas!u unrscoriss. TIE foregoing
itatsmsat has been made fOn personal observations,
sHd notes taken during the sere sad Hothag appears
sut what is subssntiassd By the facts as they tran
pired Hayisg been detained il Yieksburg szs week
sftsc the surrender before the writer could make his
Exit aud 6sas fu thsr delayed the transit hithsr
vii explain the reason why this account appears st this
ate day. NESTOR