Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-28
Gun ARMV COKREsP0NDENeE.
Special Cs-rssPondsnos OF the Memphis APPeall
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Special Cs-rsspondsnoe OF the Memphis Appeal
ARmF or TEENEssEE,
Ostsber -, 1883.
II here Is any change to record, Is il in the condition
Of the weather. which, after blessing The army with tive
DAYS 81 slzost aummsr warmth, has ~EsSdenly proved
rserssns to It, fair promise, and now tormeRts rs with
a cold. searching nsrth and ssstsFly wiad, sseonpasiea
By raia, which reminds sHs Of the sevsrelt hours Of
winter. Oar troops, provided with but q singi blanket.
as most Il them are, rise from restless EiumbsFs ali IN
rcfreshs5, snd the dsglags WEAKLY around the eaap
Eros. Tho woods sre disappearing rapidly before the
thousands Of sxes which, even At night Jon hear re-
sounding across the country, and in sIttls while barren
hil sdss and denudsd d Ids viii greet the vision Ct the
observer. An arzy ID 5 g.sat gsurasa&, and wherever
It rests the noblesi forests AID the lidsst psatares soeH
has r. N sight, IA the sapseious swallow Of tie never
sztzasd monster.
We are uueh better Of. however, tAzn our sntsso-
aisis opposite. AL the dsserteTE and prisoners eonsT
in tie statsnsRt ilas uot snly as regards r2tioHs but
Wsrmth, The Fsdsrsls are en- The verge q szfs-ing.
Around Chattanooga shsFe is ntde Or 10 freWood On
this SIDE OF the river, and they have bsea compelled to
have recoarss 10 he railrsad ties a a dernier resort. A
few rssEs more. perhaps days, sud ths last vezigs Of
that essential adjunct to a soldisrs lie, wood, VIII have
dlsappesred. The army viii then bs forced to rely upon
"a HAIas III 49, VS. " 1-~NF~aI
ids OF the Tennessee, ana to draw therehom every
stick cousuusL How much this staple item msy affect
the issue Of tue campaign. considering the trsashery Of
the river in every rain, the instability OF the brdgss'
ard the employment Of heir wagon trsns N provision
ing The srmy, Is = questions not 70 be f~o~gottsu in dis
sus-iag the position and interests Of The emery.
The attitude Of the Fsdersls rsmsus unchanged
There areKarious ruIaors zaost TO the eject that strong
relHferce1cuts hsve arrived At Chattanooga but none
Of them have been confirmed BY Concurrent testimony.
Indeed, unless Roseersns anticipates an attack from "a
or ~coatsmpIaies An advance directly upon our from
and his ssgaeity and oar positl "a forbid sach a thought
an addition to his present nambers would be fatile. Il
ia more than probable that the several corps on their
way to cooperate " tn him viii take ths.r positions in
smother porien Of the vast fsd Of eampzsu which the
next s7ring vii opeA, His haaks and rear have % be
protected szd vzrieus sirasege poats znd lines Of oP
Grafton 70 be siezsd and held before he can again as
suns the of nsive.
" Ths great srt," says Napoleon, in his peculiar and
lucid styls, " consists in knowing how TO separate In
order TO subsist, and low ia conceatrsts to hghL" The
Federal general has already shown a tendency to de-
concentration IN The movements preceding the battle Of
ChieEansuga. The present status OF the enemy, with
3 corps here sud Z corps there, a eorps in smother place
still ln5.oats that such is still his fsvOrits idsA Rely
ing sP0a ,he various Ines Of railroad FOR rapiiity OF
transportation when the eliminating point cf the esnf
Baign arrives, he hopes, until then. to mask his designs
ia puEzlng moves from the ken o. he Colfederste
commanders whether, n tho fnsl heur Of hs need
thess heI-s viii be at hsnd-whe;her, with NspolosH
Ike skill, be can combine his forces a. the moment mos
valuable, and czEse the sseReasst Of lAe struggle
nsi1s 10 be sesR.
Unqaesiionsbly, the campaign about TO open viii be
the most Important Of ths Wsr-not slone as regards
the vsst interests at stake il The projections Of Georgia
sad her sster st4tes, but in resgset Of the uagutuds Of
tie field, DE number Of forces engaged. the s~trategcsl
comb nations that viii result and the general military
interest involved
Is vii resemble the grand campaigns Of Europe, N
which detached armies were moved ike men upon a
chess board, TO accomplish lie one single object of tie
game, and Tor the first tinein TIE war, the great battle
That E~iIresult msy. ha victory for as, exert a deeis
i've influence upon the question at issue. If successful
We shall overcome the last powerful concentration OF
forces the enemy can bring against US Rosscrsns,
with his reiuforcemsnrs from Grant and Msade, now
represents TIE bone and sinew OF our of stricken An
~tsgonist, and 3 total defeat or these is a total ever
thertbrow Of the principal elsmsnt Of opposition with
which we Csntsnd.
Time and sober Judgment having eBaeed the trees
Of disappointment that followed upon the heels Of osr
recent victory, because It's advantages we're net Pur-
sued, he sentiment OF the army appears te have sub
,idsd into tie bolisf that Gen Bragg aid all undsr the
circumstances that lay IN his power While. men fore
see with regret the wonderful political resats o. the
battle Of C5ickzmaGga that eIudsd our grassy, they now
recognizes the fact that even hsd We dsmorAlEsd the
entire Fs5sral 8rny-ths right as well a. the left-we
could not, with CIR lack Of transportation and army
material have pursued the retrestDg columns mere
than to or three days march beyond ChsttsRoOgA
Indeed, L IL doubted slresdy whether Roseersns having
retired from the fad early on Sunday end organized
a rear guard TO occupy the Notifications now in eur
front srd then erected, aud thss cover the passage Of
abe river, We could have made hssawsy beyond
eur present position without iameDss loss Of lts.
Chsstaaoogs was q fortified base, Ike Arlington Highs,
and unless an army was s netting more team d-mor-
slizsd-as fer instance stricken with few brave
nsn msaning the works, woud then have As sssly held
a pursuing eolun IN check as now. But night wss a.
hand; TIE srdsFs Of Bragg had 20 been fully carried ont
three or four valuable hours were lost in idleBe,s in the
morning and itte mere remained to be dore. but to &C.
eupy the aeld and s1vanes our front The mere posses
Of Chattanooga could have added little to our
strength and We are siresdy enjoying all the benefits
which woald pertain to the occupation. Were we
there to-day, tbe enemy wsuld shell rs on In six hours
At this moment the Federsls are paying three times
the amount Of the expenses attending q esmpsisn
which would have been involved had We driven them
back 10 theireorglnsl Hae-sven to Nashville itself
This, hswsVer, ia not the polnt in question
Money, VITA tbe Yankees, is 3 drug cost, nothing.
Jou'd ne have parsued the enemy to a distance that
Tould have compensated Us FOR the venilr-i We could
act. AID this being the ease, We are unqaesuousbly
as An army with a railroad at hand, than il twenty,
hirty or Afty miles distant, and dependent daring the
winter on wagon transportation
TIE e remy's batteries have shslsd Lockout mountain
within the last three days more than usual Whatever
appears in sight Is Erred a. uncCrsmoni3usly. Four balls
we're put through "Crsvcn's hog.e," bali way no to
he summit, and one through s bed, which only twenty
"a 'meuts before. hsd sesn esacuste By B sick soldier.
A hospital hay was flying at the rine.
OUEL OUrUN.