Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-18

times correctly, I beg Of you the favoE 70 permit
enc who knows whereof be ARMS to make a
hasty commentary through yOUr sslumns on
communication ever the signature Of "GEr-
sbal." published in the knoxville RsgisfsT. 1
make the following extract aom that sommuni-
ea.hion, viz "Bsts's and Finley's brigadss
we're The last 10 leave the line after twieo rePHls-
ing the enemy with great slaughter, and thsn
did not leave ushl the diyisons en- the rIght
(Anderson's) sud on their leit (StsWsfFs) had
rivsa way, and the enemy had tarHsa both our
right EBd left, and tuTRod Cur swn guns HPen
rs in an enflading Ere"
Iwoud not say Oss word, even If the facts
iustisas It, in dispsrAgansnl Of 6s gsTsHA esa-
duct cf either Rates or Finlsy's briEsdss, bat
merely stats the true facts sf tie vhsls case, in
vindieatsn Of Stewards S~iviJiou, a. they oc-
CARED. and uhish viii not be e~on.rovsrtsd By
airy informed man.
Our army was drawn up IN line Of battle "a
the ridge As follows, eozneneiag with ths *
rene right;
/. Csburnes divisisn IN line, aHd each rsgi-
meat supporting the ether, or, in military terms
mssssd IN columns. Then cams Hsr1ss's sSrPs,
then Patton Andsrs0n'E division, composed Of
Dsss, MSuigaults' and Andsrs ms sWu hrt
gadss. This division was En- the night ef Gea
Brseg's headquarters, WIKI its lsf resting about
a bsIfuIs thefsfrom. Then cane Breekin-
| ridges division, commanded By Brig GeR
Bats, resting Bssr Bragg's headqzaEtarsi or Dc
tween them and AudsEs0n's division Than
zane next IN order Msjor-GeH. s.swsTt's div
| sion, or as much Of Il ss was lsti, for the TIVE
largest ngimsns-sbout half Of SssWsTt's
I George brzUis-wi.n the battery, Ssa bees seat
tbs. morning 10 Rossvlls, As guard for Aatpsint,
half Of Stalls Tennessee brigade, was on
picket IN The valley. Aud aboat "a bear be-
Isrs the battle commenced, Gen. BreckiETisge
tuck Clayton's Alabama brigade ard moved Of
il he direction Of R1ssEils. AID thHs, lef sf
stsEarfu division, Adams snail Louisiana bd-
gads, csmmaudss by the gallant Col Gibson,
Of Loulsisus, hall Of stsvaTt's, sad half Of
ssshTs brigsdo, in al ahsut 2l0O men, ts ssvsE
q ins that reached hoa bsyoad Gen BEsgg'H
headquarters 70 beyond Gen. BrsckinridESs-a
distance Of nearly tive uilesz.
Tbs men we're formed in oRe line, oEs fls
deep. And there we're intervals between the
lsA or q bTigsds snd the highs Of another Of
lfRy yarls, and In Esne cases sns Hundred
yards. These gaps we've closed By artillery, bat
:he enemy seen got 20 fsT uadeE the ridge that
srtnlery vss Of 20 sBs to thsa L was then
EishdIsgn (which eRlaEgsd the iatarvah)
Gen Patton Andsrson's diusiOn Chan whom
there is nos g more gsIisut eEcsS in tse army
gave Esy jus, ksTs, ana then BseckiHri6Es's
This break allowed ths sRszy TO gaia feet
| hold On the Hght Of Stewards diviEi0a and at
the sane tine they msds their sFPeaTsHes On
his leh in Sssyy force. Ii thiS way this divis-
ion stood hSEksd, On the right and left, By =
heavy force and IN the hsEt three heavy
cousins OF stack were pouring usOa then :
heavy Ere. Their Ammunition hAYiFg failed,
/ TO, il is not strange shat those gsIasE soldiers,
whose hsroisn bad illustrated SO many bloody
battle fslds, wee forced to fall back and tkEs
leave tie n5ge IN the ocsEPsisn Of The enemy.
A skorl tins bo5aIs the battle WAs folght, he
whole Amy, with ons or TIVE exceptions, bad
been reoIEGuiEsd Old divisions hsd bssn
broken up and pEt uBdH new eonmsR8sTB.
They had rot had time % become sequaiasod
with THAR new commanders. / still doubt the
wisdom Of tie Policy sssTsrts division, ia
this reorganization, lost Bs,s's, Browns and
Johasssn's brgs5es, which sade Il 20 invineihle
in The battle Of ChieksnauEE, and which sRa-
blsd Che commanding general and them to oever
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while We would net disparsze the rev bngsdas,
transferred 70 bis division, n their places, it is .
Ba.sEt truth that msn do not fgbt with the same
courage, 81 rather tho san viz, under srasge
eonnsndeu, as under sSOss By whom they have
been drilled and dscipliBej-with whose pres
tige they are familiar, and in vhose coarsse
they have cause to soR6is. a aenssstraisH
Of this truth Is found in the fact that Clsbzrnss
division is the enly sAe that had not bean rsOr-
CANNED un1sr the new Esgials, sRd I eozR-
dsndy bsEsys that their acknowledged sonA-
dsRcs in Iad acquaintance with their general
uas . powerful reason fg tBslr standing %
6rmly.
1 have resa very e~Ersful! q Communication
sigReJ . Justice" published in sAs Of ths At
lauts papers. 1 in3orsa eyar' word Of it, Is
history is 50 tp.hfal ana impartial, that every
soldier who fougts IN that battle viii admit thst
it meets the appreciation Of his jadgRsaL Yea
will greatly subBeEve the caass Of truth aEd
justice By r~sPabHsbiRg the same as al sppsad-
age to this. L Is IS folloWss
u to Tuesday uigbs November s4lA, sbsW-
arts division occupied fhs line beginning At
Chattanooga crsek on the lsh, ana extending To-
wards he right, passing the watkins koass
ssne thIse-foHIlhs Of a nile Daring Tuesday
night Gen. Slew art received orders 10 neYe a.
line back to the top Of Missionary n5gs, and to
send two TeginenB and . bsttsry to occupy the
cap in the ridge st h9ssvilie. The two largest
regiments CONSUMING fully ons-hAlf of enc
brigade And Ancerssa's bstteFy,) we're seat 70
shal points lie rest Of the division, excepting
One-kalf Of another brigade, loft a. akiEaishsrs
o. Bicks:s in ihe plsin as6 trenches at Ina fsot
Of toe ridge, was formed on the ridge. Ia tAo
eeurse Ct tie following day, Wednesday, The
Ssh, be Wsa ordered 70 HoEe bis division 70 the
right, SO ls 10 close On BTeskiErdge's diVisien,
commanded By B~Hgadie-6ea. hats, WAich Was
the second ron he leL: Hin6lsa's division,
commanded b BEgaa.a Gen. Anders0n, beisg
on is right Before arAs movement Ess esa
plstod, Gen Stewart vas called on BY General
Breckinridge e fuFnizh ajnl 3 brigade and bat
tsry Tor the purpose Of T. akin z . TecOaEOissaace
% tha LEFT Toward E9ssElle, and al he same
tine wa directed 10 meve ths balsBce of bis
division 70 the isf, and 10 ecoaPy with Is the
ground ron Sen BIsgg's headquarters to Be
ysEd where hose Of Cen. Bfeckinndgs had
besa, aad for this purpose 10 form them Ia oae
rank. I,
Accordingly he tasnsa ever 10 Gen. BreckiH-
rdge q battery and hs largest snEads. Me ON
n19 iei Tee haives Of taO aosdum sizsd bIi-
gsaeB and he gheie o. q laird. very mai eDs !,
a1d two b~attsrus, with Shiea 10 cover a spsoS
OF tally a milo iD length. De fsnneS tAis line
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