Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-27

!e5Fn I5f cur horses We also bzthe6 in = small
s'7ess, but rot Tiihout some rspidasion On rry
part TOR We were simost beyond the lines, and
we're exposed 20 the ensmy's cavalry.
AZ ! p II. / mgt 4 qaantity Of Yankee pris-
ouois who had besH picked up struggling. Taey
tod ne they belonged 10 S.eigios' corps ed, J
tHinkl sui had arrival from Emmsssburg du-
rig 1s night
Asoui TINS tins skirEishinZ began along par.
Of She inc. tut no. hsavily.
At2 81 Gen. L9rEsreat advised ne, II /
Eiasea 20 nave good view Of ths battle. ts re-
ara % ~ tee OF Yesterday. l did 50, and 70
'sained there with Lswisy and Captain Schrei
.sTt aFlrs ths resi- Of the afternoon Bat until
t.40 r. 81 eli wes profoundly still, and va De-
ga1 % doubt WhethsT a fzhs was coming Of
.o-aay a. all At tzat time, however, Long
s55aet tudQenly eolrmenced q heavy cannon
as on TIE right EWsil Immediately took i5 IN
On tie lett The enemy replied with st lesst
| sqasl iary, and IN few Moments tbs 6rine
I aiong tie whole line was as heavy ss II -g
/ possible 20 CONCEIVE A dense smoke arose for
liz niles, theTs vas ltlle wind 70 drive It away
/ and she ayr seemed full Of skalls-szch Of which
I slsned .s haFs different style Of going and 60
I make q different Esiso from the others. The
/ ordnance or beth sides is Of very varied de-
5cTig-isa.
! Every new and thsn eaisson would blow
us-il F-isfal one, g Confsdsrats yell would
irausodis,siy follow. The Southern troops
wbea chargirg OF to express their delight, al
Wsys yell in mannsr psculisT 70 themselves.
/ Tee Yaskos cheer is much more like ours; but
tie u1n;c5sTsie 1Gicsrs declare ibat the rebel
T5ll has pocuGaT merit, and always prOdHess
sala.ary zad us5faI effect upon their adversaries
A eo-ps il ssmsiimes spoken Of as good
yelling regiment"
Sc ssoR as the firing began, Gen. Les jsined
An Just below cur tree, azd he remsinsd there
Hes-iy su ls9 time, locking through bis field
F.ss7-sometiaes talking to Hill ana sometimes
T. Col. LaEg Of his staff Bat generally he sat
qzi-s alone on taa stump Of tree.
Whas remarked e-Secially wsB, that durfnv
.ba whole tine the firing continued, be only
sent ess message, and only reesiye3 one rsport
y IS CviaslFiy his system to arrange the plan
,aorsu-5!y with the thrse corps commanders,
aE3 men isavs 70 t5sm ths duty Of modifying
sUd carrying 1t cut 30 The best Of their a5iltiss
When the eounOnsds wss at its hight, Cor
fsdsTs.e band Of music, between tas cemetery
s1j ourselves, began 20 play polkEs and wslizas,
which sOaaded very curious, accompanied By
the sizs'zg and bursting Of ths shells
AZ 5,45 al became comparatively quiet on
cur l-fs sud in the cemetery; bat 70ls7s Of
R0askstry on ibs night told rs that LsUgstrsst's
iafsz,ry we're Advancing. and the saHsrd pro
gress Of the smoke showed that be was progress
ia- fzv3Tsbiv; bat about $50 there seemed 10 be
a check, sni even = slight rssragrads move
m3Et. Soon after GsR. Lee got a report b.
sgns' fIon L0ngssreet to ssy iss arc dOiEg
sssii"
A little bsfors dark the 6ring dropped sE in
every direction, aud soon ceased altogether.
We thsn Tsssivei iatslh gencs tkss Longstreet
bz3 carried everything before him for some tins,
capturing several Batteries ana driving ths enc
my from ais positions but, when Hills Florida
-riFa!s sud some otHsr troops gave way, be
wzs forced 70 sbsudon = small portion Of tie
gsoUad he bal won, together with slI the cap
sgrsd gHns. except three.
His troops, however bivouscked during the |
sight on gr5und occupied By the enemy is tie |
m5rHing.
Every ons 5epl0rss that Longssreet sriH sx-
1cse himself in such q reckless manner To-day
he led q Georgia regiment 10 . charge agaius,
cs.sry, hst IL hand, aud IN froas Of every
baiy. Gen. Bsrksdais was killed and S .mues
Feusdedi bat the most serious loss vas thsr
Gen Hood, who was 5sdly wounded in lhs
sru esriY n tAs day ] hesTd that MS Texans
3 IN despair. LkTley snd l rode back 81 the
geHeIA's camp, Whiel had been moved 70 within
zliis OF the seess Of action. L1ngsTeet hos-
ever, wi4h mos. Of his staff. bivouacksG On The
seid.
Hsj1T Fairfax arrived At sb0ut 10 P n, in
very sad humor. He had ander his charge
about 1000 10 1900 Yankee prisoners who
bad been taken to-1sy, among them a gen
eTslsHh n I heard one Of his men sccusiug Q
having bssn So drank that he had turned his
guns upon his Own men" Bat on the o her
sand, ice sccuszr was such a laundering blask- |
g5srd, and pr posed taking sueh TErie;y Of
oaris IL order 70 escape from the United Ssales /
army. that he IS not worthy Of msch credit A
gs slsin Of horses and mules, e.e, arrived to
Boy, sent IN by General StuETt, and captured, lt
is understood, BY bis cavalry, which had psns
trstsi 20 wi.lin SIX m les Of Warrington
J.llg (Erillgl-At6A n. / rode 70 he aols with |
Colonel Manning sad went over that portion Of the
ground which a.ar nerca contest had been from
tbs 'euesy yesterday " aing T-s q ad being l
bu-i.6 blt great uuuoers stu living absut a.
Ea-y us-taliy wounded for whom no hIeR eoud b.
ssus. mlug the latter were nHmbsT Of Yankee /
-szsl ia iaitsiiona of tue zouavs costume Thsy
opened thsr glazed eyes a. rode Past In psi1fulg i
ilsrio1icg znann5r-
We joiasd Generals Lee AMI Loarstrssi's s,sF thsv
Fsrs reccln9i-crag Eld making preparations for re-
-i5s he ATTACH As Ws fora=a pretty larss party
ne oiisa crew un ourselves The attention of III hosis
81 rssas5tsvs, aud were two or three tin. favored with
sasL One Cl thee slels sst brisk bui.dinE Ere
which t1ated be the ine- phis buildins
{ Il Uila w7uadsd, principally Yankees whs. /
atca ald lsusl hav5 p3rJs. ed liseraby IN hs flames
JellnO. SgrrsI had ben slightly wounded yesterday
Eui sil did du1J. M=ior Walton's horss was klsa.
tli s-la aeTe 40 0sasr 1asuaaa amoGg my Parteulas
frisAas.
Trs plan OF yss' z rs attack seems TO have bssa
very lir o. rst heavy caEnenada al along The lias
loved y 81 sjFsGcs Of L3Bgstrssts two divisions
raa salt d Hills c.r1s n ssazeausncs Of ths sa-.
rays having bs. driven back aistancs Lang
st-asts CagPs fpsri Of ij mach Elors fJruari
t1s tAsE vest rjsy Sat tas range 0f kzhrs 20 30
Csnei yis sA aost formidable and evidently strong
Tbs.dislarss between ihs Csatsdersfs guns and Ii.
Yankee pcaiu5n-l 8s.We- he weeds CrsNnrR th. /
OPP rs,.a Ildsol--Tzz s. eas E1lsqIto open gently
ue@it-g ~sd exposed 20 sFilasT the whole dists1ce
a was tha E-ctcd FFch lad 81 - crossed fB IN asfs
attack. PcEsi-s diTiaon- Which % jasi cons up, 1
vas 70 5osS h= 0ruu "a LoaEstrsats attack. tagsthsr
llssa aEd PstugrsW Lil5 corps. PESTS d.
visi7a wss vesk one Clndar 8000), ewing the alb
Al ao=1 ell Lr,nsstr-st'f ssFoEitsns vers msd,, IS
troops 1s TIE tJk were Dc into line sua iyas
t.0Te h. -e wgcssi bis batteries were fssdy % open
sher- time.
g8p.s.n - aldI rods OF to gsl IF possible. isto
sars n11 aaa'at position fron whence W ciUd sea
aa "lo-s iors 'ttcut without 5siss exposed 20 The
trsllaaasus are wal "a was abuus 20 c,mmsacs AEer
dig about leg -Af hour wtaout being sls 10 dis
G=slr 1l8 8 .lt1at on determined 20 uska \
for tha Dols near ttysburr EwelIs hesdqusrfsrz
JUST reached the entrance to tbs rTn can
aonads 77eaed vita tury which surpassed sysa that
OK yes,e-dsy-
sooa sftsr Pa,ssg through the soU gass a. ths 81
rance OF asltTs1Ers ws t-uld shat rs had got into
.s.y cross hrs--s els both Fs sdsral and O. fedsras
.7zsUg ss-r eur be sds vvifA great hs4ueney.
At h1gth two shraP el she'll burst qu,s clogs % us,
ard bal ircu oEs Of them h-t the oficsr whO Wss
GO 5usuugus We th-n tarned round aud changed olr
views Uisn r gar1 70 she C clpOa-sas j Of aids
icing bad suOug1 Cgt pr8i- -rbis 20 that Of both sides
,rel BOY, cf twelve years was lidi1g Eith rs az
bs ,l1r- wao took ia5olesi inter tas burstng
ef tie shells and screamed with delight whea be saw
rh.m effect never saw tbs boy again oc found
out who % Tls road at Gettysburg was lined
With Ygrkso 1e17, and they lad been sile5 - re
lsl lGe gCor fellows had already begun - 1s ver oF
ieJsve We Jhen returned to tue xii was on Ys,tsr
s-y Bat finding that, 20 see the actual ashtinr il
absolutely necessary e 60 into lie thick Of IA
tang determined 70 maks ny way % GsceraI Long.
street 10 was thea about 230 After pas-inq e.
Lee and BIS stah, rude on through the woods in the
iirees n 10 Wuicl hai lsfs Long ftrsst soon peg %
% meet May Wo1nd>d men returning fron the frUati
uruy 4 them ssEs1 ia pite0us tones she way 70 doe
tor or an Rmoulancs ne further / got tie greater
became ths ns1lbor Of the wounded Al lat csms
psffee. stream 0f ihsmh cki1g through ths woods in
numbers great Is the crowd In Oxford IN TIE
middle Of The dsY. SONS we're walking alone on
c1u-ches composed Of two rifles Others supported
y men ess bady E0uuied than themselves; and pliers
erried strejehsrs By The aubulznce corPsi but