Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-21
Hsiatarv sf she snrrsader Of Dznib ibgPiuu,
Can. hE One who was Iuaide.

#ziafarv ssf she snFrsader Of Czarbarluu6
Gap, by 0ne who was Iuside.
Eaiar 6. B McDoweIl, one Of the ga North
Carslina Tesineat, whica was surrendered st
CumberlsRd Gap by Gen Frazier, publishes =
letter. in whieb Is he frst reliable sceoaHs Of
that sssir. 1t appears that on Monday the 6 h
cit. sbaRt 9 e'eloez A. M the .Yaasee general,
Shsaksifsre sBRaaTsd about Two miles from the
CAP and densndo3 its surres5oT, wkich was r.
fussd by Ger Frazier, and en Faeseay sgais
mGde the demand and Wes refused. Tne MsJ sr's
STA afanasat continues tho narrative;
o. Taes3Ay evening CA DsCo9ey's com
maIsi nade their appsarsEge On tie north side
Of the HleEHfaia. A pa ton Of lis csmmsad
apsroache5 ON the Esrlia cozsty read, sHs a
partiaa en tia main Kentucky road A heavy
skiImlsa sooa began setweeE Capt TuTpin'5
eompany, of my regiment and the Abolition
ists Cast TuYpin. with his g llant boys, ei-
f-etusly checked the advance Of the enemy IN
til late in ibs evening, when the Ysskaas dissp-
pslred, Capt. THTPin holdisg bis ground, which
was something nes- one mile IL adsance Of CIR
lines.
About 3 o'clock, Tuesdsy evening, Col. De
Cosey demanded the uneonditisnal surrender Of
Gen. Ffsz' or and command Gen. Fcazi'r Ie-
lied under Gag Of truce, asking of Do Casey
tire number Of i0rees to which he wss ordered
% surrender. Ds Cosey replied nssr i o'clock
azdaf his comnsad, stating thst lE was rom
motives entirely disconnected with the attack
uB3a iAe gan that be did 50. General Frazier
tiisn refused ts surrender, and It vas under
stoed that the Gght would open ct - O'Clock
On Wednesday, I viii stfte in this clnuec-
ton, tbst on Tussdsy evening" 3 council Of
the eonnsn1iag officers Of regiments was
called. wkieh resulted in the refusal Of
sn 70 be Surrendered I win slate further
that = majority preferred the risk Of cutting
their wsy through tho Yankss lines thaR to DO
Surrendered on any terms. A Gght 1ss, lhero-
faye. esa6dantly expected. Near twelve O'clock
90 Wednesday, the ga, VIXEN al was in anxious
expectation fer tbs E .bl to opeHi Gen. Frazier
received from BarRFide. under fsg Of truces s
demand for the unconditional sgrrsRdeT OF him
self asd eoramsad Very soon after its Teeep-
ton one Of Sen Frszieg's ai1-dsesnps cas1e ia
great haste dewn the mouuisin and ordered me
to take down my battle-hsg and hoist ? white
Gag instead thereof Although many OF Us were
Of opinion that We weuld be surrendered sooner
OF ,ateT, yo8 can imagine the ast9nishmenE
WITH which this struck t0e brave bsys that were
so suxi0usiy expecting an engagement.
Various statements havs be9s made n regard
to tha coHdses Of the trooPs, composing tbs
command ss CU@aerlapd gap. assert rooss
Pasitively that I have yet TO see troops in hler
s8ifits or more determined 70 held their gra1Rd
t5a1 the troops in She gap. 1 have learned that
IA ssteules is being made to justify ths suncE-
der Of the gap Bpoa the ground that the troops
in ths gap would not fight, and that some Of
'Aem sh0uIed when tbs hsg was ordered down
The last charge was made against tho 62i North
Carolina regiment. Tbs Erst is false, and the
saceHd is not 9aly false, but is a base and COW
ardly etfsrt to protect those thst may be guil y
at TIA expense Of the innocent, brave, patriotic
snd true. We were surrendered. then, TO Gen.
Burnside On Wednesday, the 9Eh, at e'clsek
P M. &asy made their escape after the sur
render, and among them was Jour unworthy
correspondent.
We had when we were surrendered Provis-
ions upen which we coBld have sRhsiSted thir-
y days. We hsd sli TIE ammunition on hand
thss 80 had whaa the gap wss hrst invested
Aiy regiment had $50 ToaEd5 to the man, and l
presume o.hsr regiments had the same. As 20
sp.kirg and throwing ever the q Is the artillery
lasutigned IN your issue Of the 7Eh, taken from
ths Knoxville Register, l knew noihiag, save
0ae piece that Two men CT my command, was
Eieketing, which they spiked aud ib-eE over tie
cliff nsar It on thsjE Own responsibility.
This I witnessed aud know 70 be true. The
number Of forces investing the gap l am not By
any meaRs PREPARED to state. It YVES represent
ed TO be scar 10 600 sn each side 81 the gap
If the surrender was matter Of necessity IL
was frsm csgses other tbsB want Of provisions
ammunition, or q TiiliEgRess or taa part OF sEo
men 10 DO shair dUty