Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-31

:. and companies were all intarmixed, and in eh,
{ ss. A few paees to my right saw Aajsr he.
a cyan and some Of the S6sh--Cspt. Qusrle
: company. They fought heroically. Ny atssi
: ten was attracted to Ssrgssnt MoKiRnis, e "a
lant young man Of that company, who was q
] ceol as if shooting squirrels. That cempAR
has msuy gallant young msn, who have alwsy
besR near me in battle, and the intrepid Majo
> Hsnegan is generally with them. Just behia
: ms saw VIM. Watson, of Mobile, oace "Rs
: Eagle" and new in ike ED. He vas agAtin
as "Rsd Eagle" always fghts-dsspsratsly
:, These incidents win show what junbls theT
, was Of regiments.
law from the frst the ef,rt to aank q, an
lsaw it again aud again Tonewod, bat it va
the business Of the regiments On car left to PIE
vent or look after this. Oar business YVES tl
fight these in our front We did this SUCCESS
fully, snd esnrlssely checked them
We Arsa, $50, as OCCASION offered, upon tbs
hankers. BufsEr left faHk was turned. I knos
il. but would nst retire without erders. Finally
Lisat Tidmer reae aP and repeated tha CIDER 4
fali beck slowly" l repeated il slonR IL.
liHe, called .sG 4he eeleI-baarar and tho rner
sone OF WHOM Eeened reluctant to leave, and
started of with the eoleTs, slowly and in sons
orcer. teld the men to IRE es they retired, in
order to check the pursuit of the enemy. Bat
lAo onShsyl asc-k Gtb a1E4A7telcy bfCEEeGlt p1g
sued Es hctly, aad soeH heard the cry that tke
Yankees were righ! On as Is vas truo Il now
became Test. Nothing more esuld be deue
and saEgs 4si pes" became the general i'm.
pulse. The eelsr-bearsr, very brave man, was
| By my side We went Soma distance together,
| and the last / sew Of him was that 10 had got
a8g hazg Ia fallen t1eo. Beta he and our eol-
ors were sosn after captured. All that azy oi
useesld do BOW was TO escape if PsEsibls. Fhe
plan GTm9a was to pass down the westssn
side of tho ri3gs, tewsris tks osstrs and right
Of cur division The Yankees lad turned car
LETT, and were On tbs eastern side of the ridge.
/ tsek the western side ef tbs ridge, to eones al
us and SHELTER as from theiT Ere
| hspea and kslieysa that soEao sther brigade
| would make E stand, If oEly for Ave minutes,
which Wsala seeare eur escape. Ths man with
Hs wsrs giving eEt In exhaustion and despair
| sxheftsa them to esue %, in tie AePe sf es-
csFs-!ela them that W. Neald ssoa be safe
One man, wis clasg TO me slssely, Hss shst
dsEa By ny side / Rs4 saw Ysnkses ssning
sP .as western side sf the ridgs, and pressing
!ks psTsuit. Thsy nov opened upsn as an ar
tillsry fire, ssd she'll 5aFstoa alnsst azaer ny
feet. hssams utterly exhausted. l threw of
Ry cleak szd haVerFsck fer relief. and bat fof
my swsrs, which used as a STAFF to support
me, esnla asithsr lava walked or stead. Il
was nearly saTk, and lad keess that night
weula stsp the pzrsRit, or that ssms sthsT bfi-
gaae wsula aSks 8 temporary stAza. Bal fer
these hopes shsald have fallen behind q log,
and Erstendsd TO be badly wounded or killed,
60 tss. the parsaiHg Yankees wsulAhsvc passed
over ms, and thsn sitter dark might kaVs es-
csped towards thsir rear.
This is al admirable trick In battle, in desper-
ate exsrsmites. Iasssds man Of TesenEess
can generally escape By ssns artiGcs. now
saw, about three hundred yards ahssd of me.
large body Of trsePs standing on tie tsp Of the
ridge. i 1seaHnsa them saxieusly, GBa though
it was nearly dark, ssrtainly Tesognizsd gray
coats among .tsra. Thy were Just where enc
Of eur brigades shexld be, and Believed thsy
were eur meii. They were locking at me and
my squad, sad halted, thinking that if they
were Ysnkees they would frs On rs. Bat they
did net fIe, and as the Yankees we're holly Rress-
ing ear Tesr it was bat = eheies Of dangers, aad
chose the lsast walked right arucsg tAen,
end seeing Coafsdsratss areuad ma, began TO
Whiri my sword around my hoad, Gnd shsEtsd,
''vTe ara cafe ct lest-ws are safe ai lAstF' An
officer vhs %. sE his herse just by me, but
whom had net bsfsEs noticed, said Is ne
Have yau surrendered, siri" Greatly ssten
ishsd, Ireplisd, locking at him, me, sir, have
not; who are yeuf" Eo replied, II am General
CArlen, Of - brigade; %ta army cerps, of the
Bnicn army, / demand Your surrender"
: looked aFesna, and saw that was entirely
surreas1ed By Yankees, aud / responded:
tThsn, Tsurpese must do So, a. see 10 help
fer is" He asked my rank and demanded my
swsrs, which gave Kim. Ia delivering my
SwsTs re marked, "Wsll, General, have enc
eoHBslAtiss in EureEdsriHg this sword. It il
enc I ssptxred from eao Of yeur esdesTs at
Chiekamanga, and ysu GTs snly getting back
your cgn property" He smiled blandly, and
begged me not to feel msrtiEsa-that The fats Of
war was variable, sad Gil of as were liable to
sseh accidents. Hs assured me Of receiving
honorable and kind treatment as priaener OF
war. A STAFF efiesr rode up and offered me a
agink Of fine whisky, which scesPssd. Lssrn.
ing that wa3 frsm Aesile, he asked ne If I
knew Stewart Csycs, aud Cox, Brain2Td & CO
whom he said that he knew. he was very kind
but did net fael leRsush interest in him - ask
his name seen feuaa that al the oAesrs of
ny TsgiHent but tArss wefa captured sad hes.
CT the raen. Great esnfssioa pTagailea, ard l
would then have skeaSsd, Eat was too sx-
hsus.sd 10 get away.
could not walk the distance nscsssary 30 get
beye..d taeir lines. saw ness Of my company
Il then &esght all 81 thsn-ss saptives, Bat I
havs sinss lszrns5 that three Of them esssFea.
Oaiy TIVE eGsers Of ny regiment escaped. i
had INDUCED tho hope that LisHt. 6aasrsek, Of
eonysny /, had sspsa, but hear that he did
Aot EAo Wh5 eAb DlAFSSt eA1CFt VI AEkAV
sens ss the aeld, and in ths lsss neEests Of the
eght saw hia making gallant stfsrs to eassk
the fugitives He fsught as a pEivsts, under
Rly csnHana, q. Chiekf EaUgr, and was pro-
msssa for gallant esBdEet. He wss net cap
tursa, and as ks did net eses5s, tssrs TsElains
only the nelanahely -osvietisa that he 6isd
hsro's death, en that sad field, where there were
bat fsw hsress. lsysd kim well, and ] joiR in
the grief Of his faE7ily and f;sads ever his m
timely fall l uHSsrstszd that bis mother re-
sides in Mekils.
Thzs ended the sad day sf Esvenbsr 26h,
1853 The fRsars kistsri&A aHst record TIE
events Of this day in tears and shame. For thu
srst tiras in this war did entire rsgiasnts ana
brigsses CT Confsderstss make G coWsrdly and
pARis digt ia The fzse ef the enemy. The en-
tire left wing ef the army was rsates, and there
was sns wild, Whirlisg scene Of panic, tsTer.
Sight szd rsut, in "csn.usion verse coniandse." !"
Many did net wat 80 receive tk9 arst AFs OF
the enemy. 0Hissrs high in rank, It is said,
pat spurs to their hsrsss aaa Asd at the Srst
firo. There was few bright examples Of ks.
role courage, lHstrsEs IS STARS in . darksnad
Ornament, but their noble efforts were In vain
Nsshing Is So painfully sppsTent In battles as
tha izsfasisrey and eowsrsi2e Of ezeers. There
nighi as well be Sc nsEy cotton umbrellas &C.
capying their places, fer al the Esed lksy de.
Ther frat eeaserR Is to find tree 70 akzlk be-
hisd, and there they stay. Unless eksnge is
msde--s vsry general shango and PHTgston
among the sf5ceTs of eur army, by removing
these sarnsslss aaa placing brave and skiIlfRl
officers in esnmand-ws esn hope fer ne more
victories.
he matter what eezsral eenzsnds the army,
we shsl enly moes defeat and disaster antil this
ehssgsis made In iks sfissrB, and the men are
hfsaght under higher discipline. Tho Yankees
whip us--whsn they do it--By better fighting
than we as, and iAs sooner ws acknowledge this
trafh tie better fer us. Il gives me pleasure ST.
wars to do homer to the brsve, and / therefore
taxa pleasure In naming tkEss whose Essd con-