Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-29
LEWIS, KRNTUCKx BRIGADE.
We are allowed 10 publish the private letter
given below. It win interest," KsEtuckians and

given below. 1t win interest," KsntuckianS and
their friends:
C6NP or LEwIs' BRIGADE,
DALTos, GA, Dec. Is, 1883. s
BsAR SIN. The p~rsprisEy Of
msuntisg this brigade is again being discasssd.
You win remember that the writer, nearly twelve
months ago, mentioned ia several letters the
proposition to mount the Kentucky infantry,
azd winter it With the cavalry from the sans
State. the command to be plassd under General
Buckner, for operations on ths border and in
their sWn State. I interested myself very much
in the projset. In the Hsa. II. W. Bruce I
found an earnest friend to the movement. He
urged The matter with the GREATEST vigsr and
skill bat = m&iority Of the Kszsusky dslsga-
tiea At Richmosd, cried ''iapOssibls," and ths
subject MAS dropped. A few weeks age another
efsrs wss ~inauguratsd which ! trust viii result
IN & eozssntratisn Of all the KsnsueAy traops
under their idoIissS Gen. sizef +. Saekg0r.
Gen. EsIgAz, Ike al KsntuekiaBs, is devoted
to hin, ssd would give him his hearty co opera
ten. Let these ehesrs enter their gAse, sap
ported By q Kentucky command, and / premise
that even tAs brilliant success achieved by TIE
gallant Forrest in West Tennessee, viii be
sslirssd. Bat few Kentuskiaas accompanied
Sen. Bragg upon his nsasrsble samFaigR.
The msjsrity Of them were in Lsaisisna and
kissisAippi. Shiloh, Baton Rouge, YieksbuIE
and jackson, have shown Whss they are will
ing 70 de fer their sister States sf the
sSsA. Now they but ask an opportunity
Is strike . blow for their eva hsnss-hezes
always dear bat rendered pIseisus hsyoRd ex-
P~ressisn by prOleHgsS sbseAas. When they bid
adieu to their hsarthstsaes and tie loved snss
there, it was to battle fer Cause and principles
for which othsrs were struggling. They were
net forced izto service By ths saHsczipt law nsr
safiesd by beuRtiss. At tsst time, ysa viii re-
msmssr, our State was huggiae the delasien Of
ssutralisy which finally ruined her, thsEgA she
was then as free as Gsorgia is to-day. The
Kentuckiaas in our sSny threw asids every
consideration Of properly End kindred, sad, bid
disg farewell to every tie which makes life
pleasant, snss1ed the soHtbern RACKS. This
brigade has truly wen the indulgszes which it
sSks. It contains but Eve regiments, yet has
suffered as follows: Killed ia action, 1913 nea
died Of wounds, III; wounded in Ae.isn, 1885,
died Of disease, 4g7. No higher compliment
can be paid this brigade than to nsRtion the
fact that ii has never participated IN an evacua-
lies without covering he retreat. at Shiloh,
Csristh, Baton Rouge, Murfreesbors', Big
Black, Jackson, and Missionary ridge, it wss
selected to cover some sns Of our Eetrsating
columns. Other Kentucky regiments IN Mis-
sippi and with Morgan, drigsAy, Giltesf, and
Hodge, can show lists Of essaaltiss as heavy As
he regiments III Lewis brigade. We ara com
PEELED to $50 our regiments malt away ia the
services without any hspe Of recruiting. Morgan
always had fall ranks. If tas President will
grsaf eur request, Gen. Baskner viii have the
sane suceess. Yours truly, W. .. c.