Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-06

Z AaiAt-A NUN LAD GaAt alIAl AAt-N ~ AaA1 ~
( pEhznnock, the army returned OF the 18.h 10 ihG
lire q ibat river, leaving tho cavalry in ihs
eusmY'a front
The cavalry Of the later sdvsseed on lhs fol
lowing day, and some skirmishiRg 0eearred ai
BucklaBd Gen. Stuart, with HamrfOois digis-
IeD rstlred slowly toward Wsrrsutsa, ia order
( to dtaw tie ensHy Ia thzt dirse,ioz, thus exaos
f. ing bis flank Rne rear - Gen Lee, aho moved
Z ron Auburn snd attacked hirn rsar Buck
isnd. As soon as Gan. Stuart hssTd tee sognd
0' Lees gans, Ia tuEaed ugoa ths enemr, yhO.
aftef sgubbCEl Fssistsnea, broke ard asd in
e3UfHsioa, pursued By Gen. Stuart nsarly to
Hsy marEet, and By Gcn. Les 70 G2iHsvilie
Here tbe Eetsrgt infantry vas encountered, end
siter cs1tGIicg a uumbsr Of thsm during the
night the eaylry slowly retired before their Sd
vance On tho flllgwi. 2 day Fhea the EzsFs-
mont Of lis sTl1y frgm the Rspidan e0maeneed
Gen. Imb5Gsu Was instructed - advance Down
The valley, and guard tbs gaps of the m0unisins
on our lsfs, This day Wss gsii performed BY
Lhst 5fiesr, aad On tie 18Th inst ks marched
upon ChzrlsstoWn, aad auccae3cd, b. q HslI
concerted piau, in Surrounding the piacs anz
capturing Eesriy the whole 6orcs stations ed thora,
vita al their stores and Isnsp5rtadaE; onlY q
taw escaped 10 Harpsr's Ferry. The enemy
advanced from a. piace in superior numbers
% attack Gen. Inb0den, who Taiirsd, bringing
lH as prisoners sad csptGfad properly, his
ecnnaEd suffering very little loss, and ilGiss-
ing SONS damage upon the pursuing column
Ia the coarse OF thess Operations two thouaznd
our bundI9d and th.r.y-six prisoners we've esp
lured, including .y-ons Commissioned cfieeYs;
OF the sbsve number fguT kurdfed and thirty
four we're taken By Gen. Inhodsn.
A more complete account, with > statement
Of or less in killed, wounded and prisoners.
viii os forwarded as soon as the necessary Chi-
eial reports hGTs besa received
Very respectfully, Jour obsdient servant
z Z LEE, GsaL
Official: JHo. Withafa, A. L. General.
BUCKLASD, Va, Oct 20sh. 1863.
GENERAL: A.5er cfsrirg somo .eausilerzble
resistance 90 the advance ct tie enemy as this
D0ia5, yesse-daF, ia accord anco Hish tbe svr-
go5uons Of MFi5T-GaEo-ai Lee, I retired with
aamp.0l's division slowly befsra tie enemy,
aubl within tro miles and hzlf Of TarrsDt1n
ia order that Mi Gen. Lss, coming frocl Az
barn, might haYs al opportunity 10 asaek The
enemy in Sank and Tssr. TIE plan proved sue
cesstul. The enemy followed slowly and cea-
tioEsy sf-ar Ham1toa's division, when on hear
lng M,J Gen. Lsc's guns On their dsEk, I
pressed upon them vigorously Ia front. ] beV
At Erst resisted my attsek s.ubbaruiv, bus ones
broken, the rglts was eom1lsts. I pursued them
fTon within ihrse miles ef WaEreaion 30 Buck
land, the horses At full speed the whels distance,
the enemy rstTesiing Il great confusion
Msj9r-Gsu. Lee rad attacked them ia hsak
ia3t below Bacslznd. We captured about tive
hGnhsd prisoners, eight wagons and smbu-
lauess, arms, horses sad equipments. Tke raut
vas ths most complete that any cavalry has
ever suffered during this war
Crossing 70 BaekiaGd, Gen Fitz Lse pushed
down tbs piks toward Gsins5vi ls, while I Fith
tba few men Of Gscd0a's sad E3sser's bfiesdss
who could be collected after our unusually long
ehss-s moved around 20 cur lsfi, and pressed
dowR toward HayasI kot. Here 7 enc e1uatsrsd
besides a large cavalry f5Tcs, she FIRST army
corps, who rstirsd short distance beyond Hay
Market, on the Carolina road 1 attacked Their
iaisntry Pickets by moonlight, and scattered
then over the felds, capturing many. Gsn Lee
pressed down to wishin short distances Of
Gainesville, when he eEcouHtsGed their infantry.
and cagtursd prisoners from the first army corps
on that road also. The pursuit was continued
after dark. The csYairy force vas commanded
By Fitzpatrick, sad composed cf ten regiments.
Eoss respectfully,
LSignsdl J. E 3. STUART, Asj Gen.
OEieiai JEO. WFTHERss Asst Adj Gsa.
HEADQUARTERS v4LLEY DISTRICT,
In the FORK Of tha Shenandoah !
EssrFront Royal Ocso5sr Is, ls63
Col R. 4. Chrton, Chief Of s.af, a X. v
COL9SEL: Yesterday Sunday morning az
t7go O'clock, I moved from Bsryvils ID surprise
and capture 'hs gsrris01 at C5arisstosa- The
surprise wss complete. TIE saemy bad no sus-
Bicion Of our approach until had the town en-
5rely Gurrouuded. / found the enemy occupy-
iug tho court honse, jail and s0ms Co0ts U3as
sul Gil q, in the hsaft Of the town, sll loop
hcisd for muskstTy, ard the court house yaEd
enclosed By a heavy wall Of 0sk timber. To my
demand for surrender, Col Smrsoa requested
81 hour for consideration. I of.red kim 6vo
nIDutss. 70 which be replied, 'Iaks ne if you
can" IiEme5iaiely 0psned on lhs bullliUg
with srGEeTy, at less than two hundred yards.
snd wi-h half a dozen EheHs drove oUs the enc
ny into The streets, where be formed snd h5d TO
ward HaTper's Ferry. A. the edge Of town, he
was rras BY TIE Is.h cavalry, Col. Inbodan's
and Gilmsy's 5at.a!io1s
One v0lley was exchanged, when the enemy
threw down bis arms and surrendered uncoadi-
ticnally Tns e0lonsi, Eeutsuan;-c1l0nel AID
iVe oilsrs, VINO we're mounted, dsd ct the frat
& e. snt ran The gauH1,st, and escaped toward
HsTpg-'s Fairy. Tia lose3 / captured was she
9b ma-ylaud regiment aud three compguiss Of
czyslry, ngmb RI 2 between fear sad five hun-
ired men end Cfic1r5. 1 have lot had tEe 10
have them counted Il wagons, horses and
mGies, arms, smmu1itiCnF medicine and clota-
ing. were consi5e-s5le, al Of which I have
ssYod, and will have properly accounted for. As
I expected ths HzrRsrs Ferry forces, Infantry,
IN less than t1y0 hours after fred the Gss gun.
Having promptly sens OF the pusone,s and
Droperty, I was prepared Tor shear. I rsticsd
lrom the towa ard fell bsck slowly toward Bsr-
Fyville, 6ghti8g the enemy all the way, from ~
O'clock til near sunset. Ny loss, aa iaF as as
certaiUed, is very snsll-6Te killed. thEes or
four mortslly, aEd fifteen or tws3ty wounded,
more or less. Capt C0lulsn VII lose sl arm,
anu Capt GUmnsl was badly sh0t Ia the Dip. ]
,s-1 C,-
who stTaggied bchi2d, were csptured. We
. killed Ead Rcugd dres5fully seyersl Of the
ssemy IN the court house, including the sdjusant
of the Oh HsrylsBdi and il the fghi along TIA
road the en5my's loss was considsTsbl1, as We
am5usca3sd them several tines With good effscs,
1 marched resrly al night, and resehed tbs
river here at daybreas. Il was quite fail, BOT
Lave effected safe crossing of ths north sIsnca
Very respectfully, y0Ur ob'5 seTv't,
J d. IMB0DEE, Bog. .-Gon-
Official JOHN WTTHERs, A. A. g.