Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-20

suMaAHY. Killed "a; wounded 81 Total 81.
JAMES PURTIANCE JR
SaelbyviIe, Tom. Jan. b is3.
Feslegst s7gst .sceonns sf she ssat.lo Of Parker.
S5.'5ssso 5,ss- K iaes - a Victory over Forrest
4 Special Dispatch 20 the Cincinnati Gazette
ALf2 aaua-y 5 From q participant and sD4etaior
i .ae W i9t.oFing ran and explicit account Of the
Iss nst at rossroads Tennessee between Briqadisr
Sshet q. Sqiysns iorcss aad the cavalry OF te Cor
ever, 1s-t,a q, Forrest Il may be relied upon In
:, General Esynie was st Jackson. Tennessee on fbs
4 5de 49, T9' VIA me iv1fh Illinois Colonel Latham
/ 49, I've Soi2nsl Cummings Ilgth Illinois Major
/ $500 dslq ana ths Iowa Union brigade L'sutsusbt-
colonel Cotton, he had arrived on ~ 5rs,f,-. -
- ~ 9-Se was inen about sixteen hundred BE Vas re-
aiorced by ninety Of tho IItb N irof. es,-s1--
Capten cambridge and one company az a rtr - -
ne I5ih Illinois. After repairing tbe BRIDGES b1r1s5
~ FIti ~, ne moved on and occupied The town
turther repairs with th- engineer eorps sbs 19L ms
Joined his command - 1-1-7 H7I9
Ou the 2ith nit, the vv1IuIe fo~as 7,---4 o.. ~.
Lelnesse5 leeE,ng por Ion Of me roth nun0lss
.l'- CoOnel bifdsley' 20 guard HUMBOLDT The corps
1ITIysa 1Ia at Trenton at noon on the 26h and General
Tcl- FTerted 70 General Sullivan, who was stin &C
when the general arrived ss ~ Z. - 81 rys nyns
va a. midalebury, only fou 1aes fron ne rsgIroa5
IL was soon ascertaiued that Foresr. ,ss-t i.st-
were ten nres of G. neral Hsynie had btr -
hundred men, al sold aHd wanted to move forv-3 -
atteck but the result shows that It would have bss
osa move On the 9th the force returned 70 Trenton
tAe Union men then cans in and reported Forrest with
nye thousand zaen a Dresden moving in the direction
OF huntington General Sullivan wa duly notified Of
-, l --u PEoIhpHy FORWARDED the 9th Ohio Colonel
Eul.ari I'D Ohio, Colonel Wood 3gtb Ohio folon.T
9oygsi o9G O9lo Colonel spauldng 5O.h Indiana Col
=. D'---i Dodds l4th Indians battery, and the : b
Wiscon-n bstfery to rei1 force Gepesl Fsvnie ,vbo
waSI with ere7al Sulvan's cooperation then busy
Pannlng now to attack the Coniederstes Upou their
arrival our troops were brgaded as follows.
~ Fer brigade Colonel Fuller conmsnding-27th Ohio
3yth jhio, 63d Ohio.
Second b ieads Colonial Tunt,-, ,--,-,,,-.4t-- -ot
indiana a4th Iowa l22i Illinois and 7th Tennsssee
WIN taa Two Jrisades were six guns under Lieuteu-
ant Grsen, Of Wisconsin.
At dac5 all were in readiness for p r,sve,,e,,+ g.
ward Geaerai sullivan arrived from Tacsou a. ri1s
sioc4 tlAt nigh5 7nd Colonel Durham and his force
ilofol 'e slime nlt and Col mel Fuller four Oclsck
tue ensuing morning 2oth bodies CT troops took ~
aa roaa % huntington The first nights samp was al
Snedy tFroYe, within half a days ma ch Of HUutip1ou
- early as fsur o'clock on the morning Of tn. 2Otb go
tam BaiHoFdga and command We're sent Toward - 49,
ana hold the bridge ever Beaver creek ~ aa 70 a,-
the troops 10 cross They were attacked bv Forrsst
extreme advance Oar nfsntry then hastened forward
sd crossed me stream the piekes retreang aud made
Sullivan medstey ordered the regiments into posif;o
% protect the approaches tia teyyn and detached
ass nuadfea men under Major Atkins Of the 5Oth
lll 20 - soieI Iour niles eut tn the direction Of
orrests edva1Cs to and hold another bridVa "A
anen 10 was feared he would enter and anE our forces
As oaaior ATKINSON and the 50h approached the bdrs
the rehel ed upon hn yFsundiuz one mar, -Tls IN
disRiius returned the fre killing two and Tond,- oT
wnsa ne Conlede'a'es scattered IA Ing back 10 their
On the morning of the 30th IT was found that tbs
neily not being aoie 70 enter pass near Huntington
was making dstour intending 10 reach Iexington
1,il' auf lsle iiat evening, ordered Dunhams 2i
brig sde 70 march for7Tsrd ant fnt-reeDt tba1, H.
started and marched nine mi TO Carks5urg where he
l'No--1Aet "-ii1s the Eish'- and early next morn
ins moved 90 Parkers cross rosds AT his ro1t
were concentrated The whole Of Forests forces he
general himself 10 command Their number is since
'seertaned TO have been at least seven thousspd he
1hd cavalry m0ytly, aud ten guns Tn. frbt COM
asaeea at nloe B. A and lasted warmly contested
rna 81 r--r
AZ le end ot th8t time, Forrest had driven Dunbanis
1tFote2 ori[Aie " sou1e alsughsr-jn fact fairly
suirtlSndec 20. aad d7u7 ded ls urrende- Puekv n
.ne last Du1ham returned the that be was
never knowu to do tlaL If thsv wanted MIN or bz
men they ail iust 20 come ana ts ks them
The reOe SOY ID aham's force bad SURRENDERED Our
"a say neT ai no- ana did not intend to until forced
ID DO 50 Lheir artillery snmunition was al exhausted
o't Colonel Durham i1 'front.' his brave Fellows
stan ug firm su5 compact az if On parade giving tbs
Terwhel1ng force n rebels good as -bev received
n luB-ketry ana r.ls shots TrcS br f-cb 81 r,-1J
was given up a 3ariey going on. FIazs OF trucs
were passing and repassHg wh-n shout rent the sir
lle nrst brigade is 4dvsncing!r Il was 90 Generals
ollVan ale ttaynis appeared over 5aol at the rear
= Le'ArI l3iss hey noutsd Forward the srtil-
eiy ana tle artIiis came rafting forward in haste
I --nr i nist pa54y c]nceaed ton the rebels. At
ol"'e 4ae1 hey came followed By the infsntry, who
ie DYED 90 double quick They forwarded the line
er tle artillery at d. bis quick. Tn rebel artlsry
~ nos ure shot fter in sizht but allowed
aeir earlou+ cassOn ana evsrythng 10 be csptured I
ne sIi firing end charStg Federal nfan-rv. Forrest
vain iu per-on tred To- raIv his -f Ilsr F7s cssI
y budding closely about DuHhsms corps could not be
epioye1. They took the Infection jumped from their
ors-s ran ne ter sAelter AMI many Of them killed
II captured before they could reach the shelter Of
he woods. Ihey did NOS pause, 10 hre uson the
irst brigade IAe sign q -le rebels sksdadding is
ad to nave been oue If the richest Of the war After
apturns all horses etc. Colonel Lawler was on the
rst detailed with fresh brigade to pursue Forrest to
5fffon, on the Tennessee Fullers brigade aceoupa-
led hin, and the gunboss wers oaly at Clinton a.
epored ere this the entire rebel force must have beep
'e5oed up. The reset Of this battle summed M ara
rs follows The Federal loss, in killed wounded and
isoners vii, not exceed hundred though reuprtsd
-esferiay hve hundred Among our wounded L Col
maker, t in The leg, seriously but not dsngerousIv
ieut-Uoi Red1eit In ths shoulder. severely CaptaiR
5rown Of the 40ih iowa morally in he ehest There
ere no commissioned officers killed The names Of tbe
'vstes are not yet returned but he Brineisa loss was
q the SSd Illinois w lost prisoners only one com
alssioned ot1ce -Lieut Scott, Of the ii Illinois cav
Try, connected with Gen. SuIyau's STAFF but sctipg a.
Xtsnpose aid TO Col Dunham this oce sion
Ihe rebels according 20 FORESTS own admission 70 a
aptured Federal oihcer in Killed, wounded and taken
soners, lost at least thousand men aud officers
among the rebel officers csptured were Forests adu-
ant general, Strauge Colonel Mckee, sn aid: Colonel
OK, Of the enuessee militia; Major Lee, and fifteen
H. r commissioned officers.
We also took four hundred prvates six guns cassonr
I'd ammunition five hundred horses a large amount Of
mali arms, wagons ambuiances, tents equipsge, etc
the rebels cali this a victory then thev stD liz
3 rdsr ard faster than they usually do.
In the planning aad contamination Of this snla75iJ
ctory the two seusi als-Jarry @. Sullivan ana 7 n
~ lie-heid shout equal share. They should divide
ia gory- There s certainly plenty for two Ia fact
t.e general brigade, regimental and company OIL
s brave men VINO did The actual work.