Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-30
Captain Ps.sr,s Essnps.
Prem tie lsobTl. Rsgl..sr.j

Prem tie Mobile Reglsssrl
A lady Of eur atty has received = brief leitor
from Capt. Ben. Lane Pesoy, written from Sun.
nsrvllls, Morgan county, Alabama, On the I6sh
Of December, the day WheA 70 crossed The Ten
Hsssss river. She furnishes It to as fer puhliea-
lien, AID Capt. Pssey, whe has himself arrived
earlier than he expected, promises US g fall re-
port Of bis edyenturss AID essaPs, and Of the
Sight Of Clayton's brigade on Missionary ridge.
This viii be in Sunday mornings paper. The
extract furnished rs is as follsws:
] avail myself Of The 6rst sesasisa to in.ern
ysu, nay dear frisEd, of Esy successful escape
from Ey TsEkse espters. was captured, IS
presume yen are swzrs, on the 26sh OF Eovem-
bsr, OF Missionary ridge. Ihavs no tine, new
to give you sR aeeeuDt Of that sad, shameful
and disastrous affair. L blush to thiRk Of il.
szd of the stigma there placed upon Alabans
iresPs, and the CsRfsssrste army. All Of my
company engaged, sad the greater part of my
regiment were thsre esatIsed. Fourteen eEs.
ssrs, cut Of seventies present, we're captured
/ eeulc not ascertain the number Of smen zap.
tETss, since the Yankees refused persistsaily 10
let ne SEQ the msa. The number Of sfacsrs
captured was about one hundred aad Atty, and
Of soldiers skess three thousand.
Our less ia killed and wounded was very
slight. Capt. Wright, ef shs Ssh, was severe
ly wsuHaea, sut was dsing well, and Liaut.
Asasrson was slightly wounded. eapts. Hear
in, jackson aad Wright, sad Lisuts. Andersen,
3 Hsli, Of Mobile, Loekstl, Girsrd, of Mobile,
Tsnng, Lse and Pegrss, Jordan snd ice Flaat,
were ssPtrrsd Rsne were hurt sxcspt Wright
and Anderson. Capt HGz6Ed, Of Mobile, was
ase eaPtuIed. his coat 1ss terra By q kullst,
bat he was net hart. LieatCol. Iazsr, 81 the
18th Alsbsna, AEisr HsnigRn, eff the Seth, Ma
jsr Fergus, Of the 42a, and naRy captains and
lisutsEazts Of the various klabaza regiments
were slse esptared, bat 1 esnnet rsmSEzker
many OF thor names. Alabama tfosBs made us
ths larger part sf the osPliYes, bss there we're
seme frem all the States. Eajsr wilson, A3iu-
lsat General to esaeral BEeckinrisgs, Lisrt. j.
.. BrsekiDrisge, his sen and Aia, Major Win
chester, ooR. Bates adj atsst-gsneral, Major
Webb, Of SEINE generals stsf, Lieut.. House, eff
Gen. Stewards STAFF, are the stag efisers wkose
names / remember. There was a Col. Maxwell.
ard Lisut. Gel. Stockton, Of q Flerisa regiment
Of d~ismeunted Sragasss. Alss ths Msjsr Of
Same regiment. There was another Colonel.
whose nsEo l forget. ssIg't-Hsjsr Larkins, Of
the Ssh, was also eaptsrsa. / also remember
Capts. Couch and Lee Of Eenle Alabama regi
me1L
We wsrs kept IL ChattsHoo9s from wsdnes.
day evening, Nevemh Der s5th, anti MszSsv ava.
ming November Both, when ne were started "a
EashvilIs. We were Ia box ears, with six Ysn.
kee soldiers in each ear ss a gsnr5. On the
right Of Dscssher 90, when within ~feurteen
miles CT Nashville, I forced open the door Of
the car and Jumped cut, Hkils the ears ware
ruRHiEg. A soldier na1aea Evans, rv e,ok
Jumped after me. We row had one Hundred
sne forty niles to travel IN a strange coantrv
fHl Of Yankees and traitors, and we knew no
human bong in il. At night, Through woads
and 4slas, hrisrs and therns, we tsiIod on
guided oHly by The stars Of heaven.
Daring the day we hid in the mountains or
cedar forests AEd travelled ell night, Oa the
tkiEd day We were pursued by q Yspkss piekst |
whO sAss 1t rs three tines and caught he sej.
dior With Hs. For eleven days ana nights III
utterly alone, bat kept on steadily and
patiently pursuing my solitary way, somsGimss
By the sun and ssmetines By the bsaoon star,
length hese were obssursd by clouds, and &
vas LEFT for days and nights in bitter hewilder-
e Once l YVES surrounded by q company
4 Yankee cavalry, who passed in thirty yards
ne, bat I managed 70 elude them. Again,