Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-21

; AIS only object in going to Moscow wss to hun
las Eailfosd bridge At tbst point Gan. Fefgu
soAs OHgsdes which was protecting The rec
! hen any AAnk HoFe1sns Gf ihs enemy cam
As 20 within about sWo miles Of ths fasgn, vher
an oIasE was Teeeived from Ges. Lee TO turr
1sck eno 90 into camp Ia The nezntisas Col
oiStninsns' q OhamsTs' division, vas on sbs
Is'reAa a. kayetts station, 3 lew nilss shove
iAossow, where be burned the station boDue -
eepot and large bridge; and detachment 81
saunders esttaiien we're OPERATING upea auothar
bridge, which they destroyed
Oar lass, considering the heavy Ere 70 which
oaT Inea we're e1pessd upon bolE sides Of The
Geek, was comparatively snail. and fell Erie
ciPslly upon ksss' brigsde, especially Ceionel
Pinsen's Mississippi regiment. PIT men were
kiiiea instantly IN this regiment aad aiHetsen
wounded The brigade undsr Col MsCuuoeh
l;ss about hi.eep killed sRd wounded. Among
| ire XII Cd ia tAis brigade was brave snd vain
able s1aeeF Capt Gaines. Of the g MisseHfi
who was adjulantgsneIsl ef the brigsda He
was shot through the hesd by grsps-sh0t and
d.ed instantly. His remains were siought %
Heily Springs, wheTe they were iateued with
military honOrs yesterday.
Ameag the eight killed in Col PinsoBs Ms
llssinPi regiment vera three Officers Lieut.
CoL Havey wss alse severely wounded in tAs
ieg. Oar -.oss iu killed and Eouudad amounts /
% between iorty ana fifty; macy are slight I
'soun,is, koTeTeg, snd the men are not inoapsei
tated for duty.
We csmped only q short disiarcs fram Nos.
COW that night, but VIC heard nothing fror ire
enemy Gen. Lea has tried in va-n 10 esax
taeIR SHt e give uB battle, but ihsy prufsr tha I
safe pisa Of sending out snail bodiss when We
Insve % watch rs Understand that q sousd oft
te1E Eess were st Point Pleasant, TAo7tb Mount
Pieasaut yesterday, Gnd they report that Tia
Oh Limos regiment alans loss two hundred ana
hify men in the fight at Moscow. TbaY must
have suffered severely, FOR IN shsir aight thsv
i3lfed IN ths rVerin srgs bodies, sud were Iiies.
ally sisaghtered
Upon eur retiring se killed mor0 than a Hup-
dred horses Of tte eneny, which we're begged
N the Tnsd, and earTisd out with rs about f!ty.
bssIdes sbset seve8ty-3i 70 prisoners.
the main ebises 0. the expeclhen has been
accomplished. vE; to eHZAser Gaa. Forrest ,
aud his eomms 4 through the Fedore! lines into
West Tennessee. While Gen. Lees cavalry !
lEiied at SaulsbHTy, GoR. ForreRt crossed lke 4 /
read, snd doubtless travelled al uigkt, and by I
ihis time IS on bis way. Hs carried with hia !
about eight hundred OF a thoHsand men, vysile )
. kentHeky's Faulkner IS Re is called, has a 7
brigade already armed and equipped for hin. 4
Besides these, We have information Of several ! :
regiments already organised and sHaitiDg his Z
iuivsl, SO thAk in a few Wseka si rnsss Forrest !
will be 81 the head Of between feur and Eve !
h0asano Hlsa. ny Impression IS that the enc q
ny viii c5sBdoR tbs Aeuphis and Charleston ,
airoad between Memphis and Clrinth Ii
Riil take st ths least calculation twenty-five .
koussns men 70 gBsFd It, and'they cannot spare :
neh force FOR the duty. Whether lhsy absn- \
len it or not, Lss's cavalry viii render it IN
oTvies&ble to thsR Ter as fast as Yankee ne q
Asaiss and engineers repair it, Csnfsasrats 4
Eowbsrs and teTchss will destroy it. ;
toTRot 20 menti0R while sk Salisbury ne de-
trsyed 8 train Of cars loaded principally with 7
HrnituTe and su.lsr steTes; and 9 dolashmsnt 4
rom Gel. SlemmeHis eomEaRd t9Fs up q oan- Il
idsrebls portion Of the track and burned 4
ridge, day before yesterday, wiihiR aiK mics OF
1emphis.
As the horses Of the eonmsad are almeyt b
roken down and completely exhausted, bsnide q
ur rations having run out, aud the men hsFo Il
o cooking utensils with them, Gsa. Lee TO- =
igfl issued an order to m5ye to morrow 70 q
'hulAhoEs, ten miles ssulh OF tbis. tbs orig al
M intention wss 20 move tomorrow merning -
Il Ahe IallFead sgzin, bat As seen a. the ss-lt-
IA" arc souewElt recruited No work of de- u
ruetion will be resumed sgAia. Lees cavalry
sgianiy must be very vickgd,f-r I. is msaifsst in
lst there is 40 Test lsr them. Of
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