Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-21
wheeIeF,s sspera.sa=s ia aIfddie Eennesse'

WheeIeF's ssFssrussazs ia 8iddie Tennessee
Special Correspondent OF ths Rebsll
MARIETTA GA, October l5, 1s63.-By re-
| quest, o6er yoaf columns syBoasis, together
wih faw details Of the wcrk Of Gen. Wheel
eT's cavalry, in ia IeceaS raid upon The eAemy's
rear
0a the 50fh uls, Gen. Whoaler's Whoie forcs
crossed the Pennessaa river at a ford noar Cci-
| i9Hpart, lit'e below Wsshss sou, Rllas ooun-
iy, Tenn. Atihis point and th0Toabonts, he csp.
tured about one hundred ST ths ereiaV. wa
travelled directly aeFoss WalieB's ridge, in the
| direction Of MoMisnvi. g, irsveling Ell plight
/ The following day he daseeudsd into ths Sc
] quetchie valley Gea Mztin's division was
RtneR ssIt down tha Tailsy ia tho direction Of
| ChattsroogA, in searsh of wagons, and fud-
| ing two large parks saRs distance down the
/ valley, guarded bY about five hundred mon,
/ they were charged apon and captured PIis-
| oasTs, between Tires and fogr huadred
| EaFoEs, ebsst seven hundred, loaded
! wits army appliances IL general; all Of whieh
/ wefs bRTned except fsw wazcua loaded with
ammunition, end males, sb7at three th0asand,
estimating four EaEfss 60 sach warse. 4 few
! horses were caBtsred. The commsai supplied
( itself pretty well with sT.ielcs Of wa.T az 1t
Fneeded together with q i1e article OF sTaGdies.
| which latter resulted in the ceptaro Of several
msu. Thsre Col Russell, commanding tho p
/ brigade Of Gen. &srtia's division, WIS wound
/ sd and captured 4siar lid Morgan, Of
Con. Martins stsff, vas captured and it ID IN
ldsfsto0d that II J Jgh1g1n, Of the Is5 Aiabgm3
/ csvhlry was captured. A few wefe killed and
a fey were wounded. OF the latter Joe Terry
aud ALait Moore, both Of e9sapanY T, 5ist Ala
/ bsma. residents Of T2ilEdzes couatF Alabama
/ TIE FIRST seriously. bat not monaliy, snd the
! latter aorfally. Both were lef. in tas hands of
ths enemy. The entire eommaRd ihs1 crossed
| Cumberland mouHtsIR, descending within four
teen miles Of Mcafisnvle
| The enemy here attacked our rear guard,
| pressed it heavily, woundiBg several sud kill
! ing ere 4 few horses were killed and wound
! cd. During tbiE, Gen WhaTtan's cenmand
pressed upan and invested McMirHville; the
enemy surrendered wihsut aa engagement
! The garrison nuEbsTe1 about e Z huadrcd and
/ fifty; very large quantity of crackers were
/ burned; ihs prissasTs esptared up to thi5 time
wee pMo'ed. The town contained q great
/ qalntity OF goods CT ev5Ty6oTt. which were sp
] pTepnated in various ways by the command IS
/ hey passed through the Place
! MurfTsesbaT0 WIS ths next place. A feint
| only vas inside uBou ihis place By Gen. Whar-
ton, while the bridge across S. emo rYcr was cap
tars5 snd burned. a conpzEy which was
1 guarding the bridge VS. captaced, numbering
asout sixty. A detail vas sent up tEs read to
ward WsTtTsee destroying all thai eosid be de-
stroye3 hastily. a company was captured as
| ChTishaua, the next station below tie bridge
/ above mentioned.
Wsrsrses was neKt attacked b. Gen. Martin.
No TesiStares was made. A little bslow this
/ place a budgs ws3 burned, also two box cars
| loa5e1 with eommi,sRry stores. 1t the same
! time the remaining portion Of the command vis-
tied Shelhyylle. Thars was a considerable
amount 81 gseds appropriated By cur soldiers.
AS We lets tbi7 place- our year eUaed bad 2 skir-
Taish With Gen. Wiideris forces A iitsl7 dam
ago wss d0Es-a few wounded AtFzrmiDgs3a,
! shout t@eaty miles west Of Sbelb vile q DcT-
ton Of two hrigadss engaged the enemy, 8um-
beriEg as vas afterwards aseausi med about uins
regiments With artillery. In,s engagement re-
suited in E rsSulsa Of cur forces, cap.aTiuE one
piece Of aIiiileTy--!he ammunition chest bei7r
blogn up, q few captured a5 IS supposed,
and very few billed, and several
wounded. Th5 killed known, are Bea
EASY, private Of Gea. Whesler's escort Ce7t.
White, uss.GHy wasu5el ia ;ae br5a@; Lisut
Allen, magt-iiT wounded; and Jsmos Ssow, &C.
risHsly wounded in tie leg, al Of tbe 51s Ala
hama. lrby MOyFsn, resident formerly Of Nash
vile, was seriously bat not roOrtaliy sgoun5ed in
tae hip Gen. Eleeier's whole c0musud leis-
uraly madc i.s way thence to Tennessee river,
Waieh It cgoTssd sB Lsab's Fa1ly. This pses
Is between Dse3sgr AID TasCun5ia I've reei-
1-A-1-2 "Si9 i''s q @ Nia-A 9Y01s i-ot-sg AiiL-s
from Tennessee Tivez as q rear guard. The en-
emY pressed heavily upon t5sm and after some
ssiTmishing "eapsgged about twenty" using
Whsrton's language.
A correct osGea'e of cur loss during the
whole trip esnnat be given, except, from ths
official reports, beesEse ths oniIe commaud was
H0i al The bma together Bat suffice 70 10 say
that or loss was net by any means s5 large as
has been reported by ggsi0as rsm0rs.
Respectfully,
JNO. B BTFNATT.