Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-13
The strengih and Posilisa Of she Armies
81 EFWEE aad Lee.

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81 ErusR and Lee.
WAsBINGTOS, October 4-phs latest South.
ern intelligence comes through private sources
( which ara believed 10 BE- Eeliabls
/ Ths most important information relates 10 the
armies Of Bfsgy and Lee. According 70 the
I best sutheFiy from the South, B-agg's original
I army consisted Of two corps. 0ae under Gen, D.
/ H. Hi, tbs other under Gen Leonidas Polk
IneIe were thre3 divisions in ach corps, and
three batteries in each division. Bfs9y had, iH
! addilonr one division Of cavalry. under Gen
I Wheeler. embracing The brigade Of Forrest
I Fegf2n, w Wharran, Martin and Ro5dF p His
I Fh0i9 '9fcs amounted o shout forty thousand
men. Bcae 2 8 Tslnt0rcemens8 consisted Of f1rr
divisions rom Gen. J1e Johnston7s command
from Mississippi and Alabans the lsftsr hsv
ing bern Withdrawn ron Mobile, one division
I from Charleston under e0mmsud OF g n. joe
jenkins, and Cen Buckner's division Of East
Tennessesns. L1nssTsst reinforced B-agg
with two Of his divisions from Lees army,
Hoods and McLaW's
Governor Brown, Of Georgia, strengthened
Bragg with twslVe State regiments, sud assem-
bied At Rome, a convenient distance from
Kingston. Ga, fifteen thousand Ssata militia
Brsekinridga reinforced BaEy with ten thous-
sad men.
Gen. Jse Johnston held in reserve at Kings
ton, fifteen miles IN the resi- OF the battle
u.AAalr hfliEkH IN lll disciplined H00Ea.
together with Eve th1ussnd eavalrv, under CON
n ted Of Gen Pillow, and the ffissn tbosuand
Georgia militia to be brought into The f=ld 10
casa Burnside should form junction with lse
eraus, come up with heavy rai1f0rcement8, and
restore the prestige Of victory % tie army Of the
Cumberland Not q guR was fred By John
ston's reserves.
Il is suggs sstsd !that IN consequences Of the
heavy reserve force Of the WHY Jonnsto0, Gen.
R7aeeraRs had better f00k well % his g ks,
ard that sae position Of Gen Burnside at Kn9r
vile, IS somewhat critical. since rebel column
msy move upon him from the direction of Ab-
iugd)u, Va, and aa0thsr from the direction Of
Dalton, Ga
Gen Less army Is es1imasei sf ninety thou
sard strong the old regiments having been tilled
up to the maximum by the clnseri ption, and
consists O. tiires divisions Of i TelPs corDs,
under Hsih Pickett and Aodersou; a HIPS
eaSire corps, embracing Trimbls's, Eaii0n's,
Rinsom's, and Psndeg's old division. aui I.1ug-
9 -Fest'i remaining division commanded by Gan I
Jubal A. Early now occupying the hight5 of
Fredericksburg; fifteen thousand csvalfv under [
Gen Jerry e B Stuart, and shres hundred and 1
twenty pieces Of artillery.
Lee has also about y 600 men in reserve at
Richmond, ermmanded By Maior-Gsn Elzsy, Of I
Maryland Besides this these srs 5000 infantry |
ia the vicinity Of Abingdon, Va, holding the I
line Of the Virginia aud Teunssses railrosd, /
under the command IF Major Gen. jones. 1900 |
cavalry under Brig Gen InboIen. abous COO0 !
infantry, cavalry snd artillery st Chariostssvfle, 4
under eommaud Of Bog -Gsn. Glrlsad. 1000 /
troops guarding tds railroad between P-tsrs-
baTg and Weldon, 40O0 st Savannah, 5000 at 4
Mobile $1,000 at Charleston, 250O At PJard, [
Ala, guarding the approaches from Pensacola,
and 2j00 in Mississippi, under Hardeo and 1
Loring.
nsuds Of Cons. Price, Marmsiuke. Wslksr.
Cabeli, Holmes, Kirby Smith, Msgrudsr Dick 1
Taylor and Morton, add an eff ictive force Of /
about 65 000 men.