Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-19

incident until the morniEg Of tie 1Sth, VIXEN
Col Spencer IesFgsd that tha Whols esvalry
fcres ef tas TuseUnbia valley was Concentrating
ts cut him Of A fores Ct Eve THOUSAND men
wa ssesrtEiEsd 70 be e. FglsSn, gps1 which
Gel spencer wns marching A forcs Of ssusi
streEgth WIS upsn ths east side Of Deer creek,
B3sn ss right; aEd Ncrel1Hd's battalion of two
hundred and City nsn ~ FiEcssfs cross roads,
to hold our force IN checa, ghsEli thsy attsrBt
10 maFs IN that d~rscfisa, uatiI he ether forces
c0ald oozeontrata shevs dat point.
Gel Spencer BAD aFoH. I've hzzdred sEscfivs
msn, aEd be immsdiatsly ehsagsd shs dirse-
haa Of bis march, moving rapidly upon Vim
csss's cross roads, with the intention Of cutting
Through MerSlaad's feress ana leaving the enc
MY 70 concentrate behind, instead ST ahead ef
him Al the cross reads IL fsrce was foRnd,
and, moving up the Iuka red Col. SPsHaer wss
znabis to learn the e~xistsncs Of any foges be-
tween him and Inka, wish ths sxcePdsn Of
Msrslaad, aEd finally sd tTaee was lost Of hin.
About 3 o'eioek IN the aftsFnosa, however,
the advances came upon 1000 rebsls, under e1n
mand Of Cen Fefgus91, CT the Confederate
array, occupying 8 sira7g positisn aPea q bit, IL
tss extreme southsast corner Of TsAeRiage
cousty, Miss. ~Sapposing il 70 ss nothing mors
than E9TelsEd, Col. sBeRcer Immediately Termed
bis TsgimsEt Ia line Of battle, aa6, msViBg for
ward, engaged the enemy. After an hour
sharp fighting, in which our msn, from at
tempting t. carry tha rebel position, wsgs called
gpoa to aAks ERe nest dsaPsTsts sfsrts 10 held
their oaR, the rebels moved forward in force,
driving cur line s~vsryNhers befsTe theM and
turned cur right hask.
Succeeding in heldngIhe rsbels in ebaek Ga
tha right fcr = few moments, Col. SPsscsr selses
cd & lew position, abeEt half . nis IN ths resi-
of the FIRST, and rapidly breaght his EoOps Rte
~posiaoa. Here We had an ossn fsld aFon ihs
right, which enabled nearly the whsle fsrcs &c
Be dsDloysd Rpoa ihs Jeff Asnk. The rebels
nsvsa fsFWErd 70 lAo assault, AID, despite tia
most Stubborn rasistAaee, agaiR drove car Her
bcfors them sad sRtirsly aaDkea the position oc
cuR;ad By them. A thud position wa8 ek0aen
sus, rssIziag that they w5ys 9uiAaakaa and al
msst surrounded By . largely superior fcFee
orIY a portion Of ouF farcea could be brought {.
3 asasd, tho TsRsinasr moving rapidly 10 tkC
rear. We had = hundred or mere Of Hsw re
cruiis, Whe had jJiBsa as HPon tEs Rsreh. They
hsesms Bazic-gtreksH, SBd, lsevisg the read
Fed prseipitAtely thrsugh the woods parable
with Il.
The regiment was coHpessd entirely Of Ala
b2niGEs sad AissiEsippisHs with G9r.ksrR e3.
GERS, and, being rev and G5zpGEiFsly ancis.
e.pGred, was seen stAmseded ~ these rseTaitl
ard II fall hzhs down ths Rad. PsTe9ivins
rhs RopslessRssa Of rsllyisg tasr, Col Spsscsi
Il Aatt Lf1Al4@G4f DeAAa 81 DAEFtGE az AaNA "a
gacu Of the uoePs az lad bsen bzoaghs ints hnt
in the third position, while, with 3 gaids, hC
sought tie fT0st, sad Attempted y lead BIS HsT
thrcuEh the woods 20 another read. AsoRt tvs
Riles from the battls-6sid Csl. Spencer t1rEed
he csluma 80 the right sloRg ga sbzczIs read
leading into 3 swamp. After crossing thii
swamp, another foEee Of the aEsmy Was Ga,
eouaterea, which peursd = heavy frs IA Aank
mach increasing the disorder. Tbs rear guard
was sssHulhsd BY 3 force Of ten t. eRs, sad wa
soon IL IS ssHfused 4 esndlIi0a as tAs main col
CRU.
Gel Spencer and Capt. shurtlnf and a few
ssher cAesrs, succeeded in Tsll7ing about swe
hundred men upsD 8 ridge, where lacy held the
enemy in ehsek for an hear sr more, whsz
night coming On, We retired through the woods
to q hY-FoAG, By which We reached Bay spriags;
hsm tHsRes tskinF tie nsia read to JaciRte,
fsrty miles frsm The battlefield, where = halt
was ordered. Besides the force with CoioRe.
SpsaesT, sns handred and forty Eea and ofiseTs
succeeded il reaching IakA The remainder d
The EsgizsRs, Bciag tssrBsghly eoever.aas with
tie country, divided up tats small psrtisa aad
plunged ints tbs woods, and NEST OF them viii
undoubtedly GENE thrgsgh ts Glendale.
Dr.. Stewart, surgeon Of the regiasRf, who
was captured, came iRso Iaka tins noraing.
wlth q Gag Of tYUCs, after EmbaiErcss and Esd-
icinel for the wounded. H5 reports thzt the
rebels only succeeded il csFtsEing some City
prisoners. TIE Wscds were still EH oil sraE-
I gisrs; but, being spprehsnsi75 Of sc sttssk
foE Iaks, the rshs's bad taken ug tksir l4e II
march southwark. Oaly thirteen Of four wsUHded
hsd been found. Missy mCrs we're wsundeS.
bas sEl sbis 20 K 80 TIE saddle. Csst. Stein
serg, EeB,cg near J5ist, liz, and Cast Chad
Ter, reading EesT P1lo, I'll, wars killed. LiruE
Perry, OF eOn7auy L, list Aiabams cavalry. 70
aidag somewhere IN the erth. vas slas killed.
OslT zen or twelve enlisted man were killed.
Lieut. swift Of OssRs, III, vas morss!y
wounded.
Gel Spe8csr's disposition Ct bis forcaa vas al
mireble, and, bot for the largely cuparisr aaE
bsrs of ~thseEsmy, world have secured bia an
essy victory. His eticsrs aI Gchavsd hand
lonely Tbs men, u1lI twice compelled to fsII
back, 4sugAt Ike veterans.
IL view Of the lsrgsly superior fores Of the
enemy whose Ines Issembled IL shape a horse
shss, the two wings closing in upgn as, Col
5Degcsr vas iDdeze f~0ctRss5a Il briagiaz Of
any Of bis men HID be zaccss5ed IN solalBg
s7y Of bis pcsis.sHs for any length Of lue. bis
vhsle ta-ca wsdld undoubtedly AaVs sgsn SER
rounded aid captured.
Dr. SseWsds dss- not state the extent of The
rss-t less sus i. Hsust haTa 5ssn saiss soys7s-
probably, IN killed ard wcRadsd, assal!ng The
loss upon egr side, Including prissnsls.