Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-12
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/ Fron tie Memphis Argus, January 81
An officer Of the 18th Ohio regiment vie raaebe5
51e % ey ffom Sea- Grants headquarters yesterday via
5Iana Junction, furnishes the following Information
rom West Tennessee and North MssisspIyi
teIe has been considerable Sighting Of ase betWeeu
sne A9reea OF Gen Jerry uiven in couasni az Jack
~ ~ Tenn, ana FORESTS cavalry. On the 2eth For
resi- vas attacked by Sullivan troops NOT m from
Huntingdon, Tenn. A rnhrfng fpht was ssrt s,i
Saturday eveging which rssulfs4 is 4ke retreat oi
-r norles emile fosees soathEard witE Sullivan in
Ivas reported in Grand su6ctfon that FORREST had
crossed the IenBessee. Gen dlvHD arrived a. g an
Fs,l9n On sstni day and TOD informaat lAag up
- s qs PSFtare from Jackson, sstaTdzy af=ERop1 his
1oress had killed nearly two handfed and y Of For
rest treopss taken four hun red prisoners SIX pieces
q eSusierZ and; i've h4ndred horses. Gen S1llivan
On suhoay eVening dispatch reached the command
el. az erand Janctio1 TvzFning Kim ts be on the look
9uf L9f tenera Van Dorm, who, 1t believed was on
another expedition Eofhng had been heard tom biru
IN teas direction, however, up 10 Sunday evening
= oseh iuraisse WITH CienenAi Grants order
9P tne HOLY Springs altar. Il viii be ssen tEat he de-
nouAces the surrender and attendant circunstsness
disgraeefal In the extlem
HEspeUARTERs i3TH AFsIT CORRs
DkPAhTMEST OF THE TENNgssEE,
HOLLY STRINGS, MISS, December "A, 1862.
sPeeisl Field Orders No 53-Extrastf
1t with pain and nortifeaton that the general com
handing reIees UpsR the dsgraeefG surrender Of she
20tR inst, aud that too without any rssisf q BE- rIr ~
few men, who forIn an homer sA.e xeeoop - t7fs
ieof aAot warning haQ Dren gwen OF the advance Of The
enemy nor Inward The evening pFevious With tie
eottoa, public stores aud sabssnta buildings abont the
depot II would have been perfectly practics6s 10 have
MADE n law hours defense sufficient resist With
smsl garrison All the cavalry force brought against
theEn, until me renforcsmens which the commanding
oteer was notified were marching to his relief could
have reached him
ne nduc Of officers and men in accepting paroles 4
under ne circumstances is highly epreheHsbe and 70
say The least thoughtiess By the terms af the Dx-
cartel each party Is bound take tt5r prison
efs ana send them to Vicksburg Mississippi or psint
on the James nver, VHg Mia for exchange or parole
generals commanding the opposing arnesi 1
By refusal to be psroed, the enc my from his In
ABILITY 70 take care Of the prisoners, would have been
compelled either to have released them uncord tonsy
y TO nave abandoned further aggressive movements for
he time being, which would have make their reeapture
nd the discontinue Of the enemy almost certain
Ine prisoners paroled at shis place viii be collected IN
amp a. once BY the post commander and held under
lose guard until their be reported to Washing
on for further Instructions.
Commanders throughout the department. are directed
arrest and hold above all men Of their commands
nd al strsggiers who may have accepted Their paroles
pom Ike terms.
The general commanding Is satisfied that 4 majority
the troops who accepted parole did thougbtless-
and from want OF knowledge Of the cartel referred
D, asd tha5 IN future they viii not De caught the
anne way. By order Of o. s. Grant, Msjor-Ceueral.
Jno. A. BAWkINGs, A A. General
few dsys since alluded to ~ order recently is
led BY Gen. Grant expeag jews from tie department
ubiOined is the order in fol-:
HEADQUARTERS 18TH ARaF CORPS
DEPARTMENT or FHE TENgEssEE
OXFORD Ii