Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-20

I sounded sne prisoner; BuEaoIar-t9snerai barks
| dale, meTtaliy wounded sad lefti Brigsd sr-
/ General KsmPsT, killed BrigsdieT-GsEsrai Jsn
/ kiss slightly wouHded.
4 Tba Iist.ef eolone,E and aiker 6sld sfiesrs las
/ is enorns0s. The field officers Of the lst ha
/ rylasd 5attsien were severely wounded All e
tbn field sficers of Piekgtt's sTisien, except the
commander and ere aut-coloael, are killed
OF wounded. Tbis division was aimost de-
str9ye6 in enc brilliant charge; and as its gal
! ant commander locked over tss pitiful remnant
Of MS brave boys, ho bowed his head and wePi
/ Like q child.
/ An our wounded that coald be transported
were removed bsYon3 the Potomac Those Sc
| vsrsly w0uaded had 10 Be- left. TIE CsHfsderate
/ less ia killed, wounded aRd prisoners (sf which
there are few) must be twenty thousand.
/ Al day long Of JEly 4ih our army lay ia lins
/ Of battle ia q new position, overlooking the
I town. Scarcely picket shot disturbed tHe
I day-lsug auist. MasdA vas Withdrawing, bat
wa did net know it. Our trsins were quit=ly
moving back to Y7iiaRasport, and are new sate-
| Iy parked there, With the less Of bat twenty
/ vehicles, Of various kinds, and teams. This
WIS brilliantly sxeeutsa.
On the night Of the All the army bagsn
/ quietly to fall bsek by Fairfield tswaFd Hagers-
I t5ra. We maTchsd slowly, for the whsle army
| took cas road. Ab5ut two A N, July 5tb, /
I halted with SEINE neR near a CsRfsssrsts hos
pitsl where / found several uHbaris5 Sssd-ona
I noble form lying Bstween TIVE wsEndSd msH-
asa several other dead en- the straw. They
I " ore Meth CaTe!iniaas-HsHy severely wound
I ed. All needed water aRs etRsT sttaBtsRs.
[ OEs pssr felloN lay there wiih his bswsls sut
I ar3 ssDs hageTs II, in ths last agoEiss VIII
| re- ssFa-iEz and so water. Anstaar was deli
roas. and sBeks ssRsialy en- bat enc sshjeet-
| he wanted water Tstsr which he drsak with
ksrcs thirst A. I held his head. Net HUzge nsT
s sarsssH IL ell the bsildag was LETT. AL
Esus, eowsldly gene. Thsre these psoT, manned
Z fellows were left 70 wsit fer bsurs, nav, II
! EiEAt have been dsys, for ssme Yankee Gsten
| tisa-pseTly supplied, when twenty-five thea
/ san3 FETehsd touguss demanded iced AHd water
! in ThRkss hospitals.
The march back TO EaEeTstsWa, sane twenty
| four miles, scespied three days! Tss array
.sok ore read NEST Of ihs wav, ard zsrshsd
quietly and with 6gajty kssk. Ne defeat 70
.ss CsEfsdsTztes was shown ia that ProEa, ia
Virsizls Tread, tAaj sPrttsd and ksld heart, tAat
ETis7ed bHt prsgd ana fierce array Of frss8ael.
Fas .Hlsrals OF eur srmy was utterly unatfsaied F.;
BOT Meade dare not say so mBeA, as be paiats to
bis tsErb.8 loss aRd ais enfsres5 retreat. ORs
word here IS ts his greater less. It nay be said
that the Et-2ekiag party, especially whsa asssit
iFg such Pssit9H, must suffer more thsn the
oihsr. Bat the Yankees were cTsi0dsa on tier
hills and when car sizhsy ssnnsR spened on
them tas slaughter vas terrific So when Jsha-
s0R's division attempted the ersst, nearly. every
sh0t Of or uen l6ld sEssnE their eenpRet ranks.
We shall ast eross the Pst0Ese. I believe
Oar army IS yet nEmersss, aad perfectly defiant
Witness ewes isis facts A few days age tbs
Yankees, with tsrss piecss Of eaEnon, attacked
sur park at WiilianspoTt- Imsoasa, With his
men Grmsd the tszass5rs and charged the eae-
NV The vsseasrs all fsRght like devils and
took two pisces Of artillery, and the enemy fell
back
Gen s.usrt GLORIOUS, usssnquorabIe Jeb J
fought the YSpk-ss Yesterday Eerning, few
z es from sgs-St5an, ea tss B5sas5sr5 resa,
sr3 drsvs them L4gk, a.t5r 3 fRrigEs Egbt gsia-
ing very haa3asnae victory.
The re=r Of OFT srmy vas fsa BY attacked IS
far Es Sausa m0uatzIH, eight niles froa t-ys-
azrg, en- Ils refinement; b1t Meade has shswa
no disposition 10 tresbls rs again with ais nziz
army.
Tas battle Of Gettysburg was a NEST remark
sh's eoafet. I! is strange that Les attacked
N-sS8 where hs was, when he Hsd is il his
power to sa0e5e his aEH pasitisn and compel
Meade to igbt hin. As far as We esn see (Which
lsH't tzr) the battle as projected and executed on
ths 9 aHa 81 was great military blunesT. II
Meade bad been seandly defeated, as he weuld
have bsena svoa gTsuHa or when he had at
lacked our hish;s, his army seuld have seGE eat
10 pieces and dissipatsd before he eoRla Teses
Bsl-izs-s or Wsshizgton. The Heassnay eoBld
5s his emily hope, aRd this was toe far ef As it
is, We may yss beat him. Nest PsTsens a2ksrs
10 the notion that We shall cross tRs river, sut
csuuot viii SGT believe il The Brsua army Of
Nsrtas7a Virginia will terminate ihis sloody
campaign within the halls Of the Federal Capt.
tal
We saw msuy q Psnssylvauisz tired Of the
war. We mss several Knights Of the esldsH
CircIs. One intelligent farmer told ne that We
oBgbt TO be unsuccessful in the war, uHlass We
esPturoi he LircslB this trip, and thst our
advent in PanEsylvauia was hailed vita zsafty
icy By three Esiiii5a Nsrthsra Democrats" p"
Take ths fer what it is worth. There Ia trB.h
somewhere il IL.
Yea all semPizIH Of ''TssPsssiRg private prop
srly." sueb was tie eraer freR headquarters
aad attempted % be faithfully sTasBtsa- Bat
army up the Cumberland valley, thence to Get
'ysburg and thence 70 HsgsrstoWR. fsa will
Gad ths route Bsrkss BY the devastating trail
Destroyed bridges, burnt fences, bsstsR Down
wheat and rye hslds, dsvoared clever fields,
rznsackad stores, karseless aas sattlsless farm
srs Al Gettysburg fsur h0asss were burssd,
tHTs5 large brick buildings daring the battle Of
the lst, by the sZPiesien of saell I6a vicinity
OF the city is dssoIats and traapled and eut up
being HaLt-fes LE1 14snh AlA-hb4 asia - hao
var. There has been ne tendency to outrage
Oar fsrces bavs ret plun3sred, except in az
suLhsrizsi squads, and these were few. Order
has been enforced as much as possible, and well
fer us-but sill there is the necessary, izs7its-
bic trsi Whish great army leaves in its swn
gsBHtTy.
ChszbsrsburZ or Carlisle shsul3 ksYs been
surrsd By authority in rstastsn for the ruthless
destruction Of DEisH. SHeh dastruegis= does
no. demorazs sn Brmy, while it gives the foe a
wholesome Lessen By which We vastly preha
How eng viii our GsvsrRmsnt PUfsas this
weak kzeed Pshsy Of supinsly receiving tks en-
say's sruslty SAD inhumaRity ard admitting it
within the sale Of civilized warfare By the saae-
son which ths failure 70 retaliase iHsyita5ly car
RES with IT, BAN but By authority. DssHsy
/ but throsgh efisial proclamation and slways
Wi,h Is.sTenCs 70 ssme desssrated homo or ruined
| city thai sOse Adorned a suRHy landscape in the
/ S0ath. IA rsEeir.