Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-05-06
The Rnslle nt Per. eIb.on.

In our issue Of Saturday We had but limited
account Of The previous days fight on n-vnu
Pierre in front Of Pert Gibson. Since
have been able to gather some edditionsl p,
ulars of the engagement in which Genersl Boz
en- and command acted so gslsntly. Oar force
in the fight was composed Of Tracsy's, Green's,
and the old brigade of General Bowen. At
about y o'clock on Thursday night the skirm-
ishing commenced several miles from Port Glib.
son, General Green conducting it on our side,
with his MissouTisns. Early on Friday morning
the enemy appeared in force when the other bri-
gades, Except BaldWin's,) moved nD aud took
part in the fray. After several hours fight
ing the enemy fell back a short distance,
when they were heavily Teioforcsd aud
came at us again, sending us torrents of iron
hail aud lead into our ranks. Oar men main
tanned their position for hours, perfectly moving
down the Yankee columns, but were finally
foced to fall hack on account of the greatly
suparior force brought against them, aud the
scarcity of ammunition. The trains, wounded
soldiers whe could walk, and everything con-
nected with the Government was ordered across
Bsyou Pierre bridge preparatory to evacnsting
Port Gibson. Late in the afternoon every
thing was across, when the railroad and suspen-
sion bridges between Grand Gulf aud Port Glib.
son, the wire suspension and wooden bridges on
the Port Gibson and VicksbUrg rosd, spanning
big and little Bayou Pierres, and the two bridges
on the Rocky Spring road, one near and tbs
other at Grindstone ford, nine miles from Port
Gibson, were burned by cur troops The
enemy Immediately moved forward aud ad-
vsncsd into Port Gibson, when the most of our
troops moved around to the Grand Gulf road.
All day Saturday there was some little skir.
misbing going on, but the Yankees seemed
to be making preparations for crossing where
the bridges were burned. Saturday night they
commenced landing troops above Bayou Pierre
some few miles below Grand Gulf, when it soon
bseome evident that place, too, must be sban-
donsd. At eleven o'clock Saturday night an
order TO this effect was issued by Gen. Bowen,
and, at two o'clock Sunday morning, the guns
FIVE in number-wers spiked, and shell placed
in the magazines and then blown up, tearing
the gun carriages TO atoms and dismounting the
guns. The troops moved up the road on Sun
day towards Big Black, where they still remain,
and in which vicinity the Yankees viii find an
amy when thay advance, that viii render their
cam n in Mississippi as disastrous as that Of
Mcf an in front Of Richmond
have not been sblo to ascertain even the
2 bic loss on Friday. It was heavy on both
sides, and quite q number Of our men were taken
prisoners. Nearly one whole company, (the
Yszoo Piekets) Of the doth Mississippi, were
surrounded while skirmishing and taken
BAldwin's brigade which arrived in the fore
noon, having doubled quicked it for miles, suf-
fered considerably. Very few Of the wounded,
except those who could walk, escaped from Port
Gibson. The Virginia battery lost four guns,
two disabled and two surrounded aud cut
of, three eaissons, five men killed, eleven
wounded snd nnetsen missing The 18th
Louisiana, Colonel Richardson, lost twenty Ave
men ia killed and wounded Lieut. Parsons,
an excellent officer, was killed. Adjutant A.
L. McFes, of the 3lst Louisiana, is missing
The loss in the regiment is small Some of the
Alabama regimsnts suffered severely, but We