Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-28

ursssed. Ioursireet would attack bis lst. So Joyous
were our antlcipsiiouR and 90 bright our hopes, hat
the X oo@lsctou Of our dead and wounded were lost sight
ofn the gl5ries OF the coming day. As oil around cur
bIvouso grew BtH that night there conld be distinctly
heard the axe OF the Yankee busily employed in cut
ang timber. Various speCulstlons were INDUCED As 70
the reasou-soms supposing { at the Yankees being
about 10 retreas were placing impediments in the way
- nursuit Tee old rtagers ebo had seen the Yanks
before. guessed the truth Of his proceedings sad pre-
5stsd the work We found before US neat day. The
anxious hcurLTeary and long As endured, yet short
when passed eway-brougbt morning covered with a
deem fos. so deep and lmpenetrable that the main
attack Wa not made until shout 10 o'coek a. NJ,
vet sklnnishlng had been going on al the morning.
When the battle opened, Sc was most ferrous. The
rattle Of musksty seemed TO exhaust The capacity Of
the atmosphsreito contain further sound The report
Of cannon and shell had no echo. Imagine, If you can,
A. the sans time the report Of icy thousand musket,
fifty pieces Of artillery and the cheering Of thiry thou.
sand men, and you viii know then how the sunlight Of
that glorious Sabbath wss hailed, AZ it spread is infa-
ence over the bsitishsd Of ChiekAmaugA We count
the steps Of advance by the cheers Of cur men, as that
column lea by Hill, by Breckenridge and by Cleiburns
moved; now il is four hundred yards gained, now ano-
Their and now anotbsri Then q pause. It IL a psnss
In tbs sdvance-it Is q pause IL our hearts beat Now
recedes the blood, as rscsdes our line, driven back four
hundred yards The fsht grows stationary; midday
has come and passed It's one O'clock Chsatham's boys
and walkers are ordered to pass to the right Of Hill,
Ths ball has opened In another direction. LOngstreei,
who commands The left, Is moving forward, and fer
ward, slo- y pressing the enemy back. The day is fss
wearing away. We reach our position upon the right
and appreciate what Hnl and Brsekinrdgs, and Ole
bure have done No see sadkuow the game is 0urs-that
I Longstreet is On a bully old-fsShioned Virginia drive
sad that the enemy S ours. Hills corps Is replsnishet
with ammunition, and, with quiekstep, march will
loud cheers, and as they march over bresstwork site
brsastwork, and are joined upon the right and lett
there rang such shout from Longstrest, on the left q
/ Chealh.m and Wakes, on the right aswould stsrtle Oh
osess In its widest storm. L VA a wild. joyous, glori
Gus shout, announcing victory with the close Of tia
| glorious sunlit ssbbsth. Night and the thick wood
stopped the pursuit. Then, when victory had come
came the emsmbrzDce Of our lost Heavy and terri
bic to tbs nation, but ten fold more 50 to those who ar
widowed and o phsnsd There was very little strss
Cling. Men, officers. States, regiments, companies, a
did their DUTY. It was another glorious day for Ter
nesssa. Ptoudly may she TOiat to that field, and ca
her honorod dead name by name Not Gully for Ter
usssss. hut for Georgia Alsbsma Mississippi Arksr
sss. Texas. North CzroFnz, South Carolina, Virelnl
and Kentucky. has this battle field written histories
names FOR neir sons
our Governor, Tsham G.. Harris, brave, ehivalrou
and gallant. was there encouraging by act, deed an
word he men Of his state. All along The march az
on the asld hss he been with the army. noticed alon
the march with the army the remarkable and disti1
vuthed Judge Marchb INKS aud other prominent Cit
zens OF our State.
Ilsft the battle field on Monday and cannot wriley
of its gubseqaent moveui=nts, but I know the werd
onward, and o~onseient ousy believe thst In the lex
con Of the army Of Tennessee, there Is no sach wor
asfal8 They have not had a fair showing h~sretofOrs
They now have and will show thss they are the tru
metal Yours W.
HEADQUARTERS BRECKINRIDGEs DIVISION,
Before the Gates Of Chattsnoogs' Sept "A, 1868
EDITORS APPEAL; I send you a memorandum OF Ii
bloody battle OF Cbiekal1aara, In regard to the par
that Breckinridgss division enacted, in the great BATH
Of the sO.h.
HAS corps Breekinridgs and Clebuns) formed I'd
right, Brecklpridze on the extreme right Of the army
This clrps commenced The stlsok. BrsekHHdgs at
vsnesd At the moment ordered, and drove the ensm.
shout q half mile. By some mistake the line on his lei
did not advances immediate y aud Gen BIS left CHelr
and part Of StovalifO met s very severe e~uhlsdiDg frt
which checked their progress In this charge The divi
ion reached, and, part Of &c, passed the Ora.ranoos
road, the enemy showing great foroe on his left Breeb
nndge St once ehsugsd front perpendicular to ais odi
insl Jius-Adsms brigade extending beyond the Chstti
ncoFs raad-and sgsia charged the enemy, driving hin
some distance. The division was sitsrNard FupPorte
by Walker, end the battle rsged during he day wit
alternate success. Near shutdown The right Of the arH
was within half mile Of The Chattanooga road, an
when the last general charge was made, Breckinridg
advanced bis division Ia line, passing through oths
troops, and going over the left OF the ensmy's bress
works, while Clsburns, on bis left, pressed through II
center aud right Of the works. In his Charge Gen. b
troops rss5hsd Tho Chattanooga road slightly in al
vance Of any Others, when the rout Of the enemy an
darkness ende1 the conflict
Cobbs battery and Mske's artillery distinguishes
themselves in this battle, and In Gen. BIS fight Of ih
18th, a Glass mlH.
Gea. b. division took nine pieces Of artillery, an
many msl arms and prisoners. The latter were s
lowed to Asw to the rear. to be taken By those behind
Gen, B. could NOT spare the men 10 guard them Thi
division was fl Citing constantly fOa the opening to ID
close Of the battle.
We are now in line ofbsttle before Chattanooga.
have no tins to give any further PARTICULAR