Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-23
BY M'CLANAHAN & DILL.
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Army Correspondence Of the Savannah Republican,
HAGERsToWN, MD, July 10. 1863

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Prom General Lees Array.
Army Corospsudenee Of the Savannah Republican
HAGERsTOwN, MD, July 10, 1863.
There Is one thing which If ssems iBspossisls
for our military men 10 learn and that is the nd
vsntagetf . eerPs OF piouesTs aud pontooners
to 20 before the any, clear the way Of ebstrua-
tions, rsPsir TOsds, construct. bridges and do
whatever else may be Necessary 70 facilitate ths
passage Of hsops TIE necessity for such an
organization hss been abuntantly dsmonstrs.e ed
within the last four days The army returned
to this place with 4, 500 prisoners, wins had to be
GsndHcted 10 R5chmosd ts be exchanged, sRd
with an exhausted ordnance train that coul6 be
replsRished only fr9n the south side Of the Ps-
tsmas, WEieR hiss besR and is new &c mueh
swollen 81 WilliamspeTt ford as to render It i'm
Ps5sable to maa or ksrsei and Jet the only HssHs
at hand to sross over the prisoners sad W0uBdsa
brought OF frsm Gettysburg and receive sup
plies Of mnuniion, are & few ferry fats, which
are drawn 10 AID fro by tlse aid Of q ebsin that
was broken TIVE dsys age.
We have beeH here four days and still We
have neither psRt0ons, rats or ether helps 10
Cross, except such as hsve been mentioned
AEd eli this sBs at time when the army is IN
the eRemy's cgUntTy, ana just from a Esa
where, while it was net beaten, il cannot CLAIM
to hsve been victeri0uE.
men, called pioneers, attached to each division
Of the army, wbo are furnished wishaxss, picks,
aRd spades bat they aTs sf little soltiee sad 30
litsS else than lay few rails acress swollen
branches, aud pull down tic fences for the
troops ts march through the fields Wksrs the
rssas are rsugh or muddy. Il is said that an
engineer coTps is about TO be organized, num-
beTiHg eRs hundred men 70 each division, aRd
having CHs captain and tbres lisUtsEsats-the
whsls 10 be under an sficer witk the rank Of
Cslousl L is hoped that this IS Sc, aBd that
the osrpg viii Be commanded by practical erg;-
EeGTF, and made cd Of carpenters, HsehsnIcs
anS blacksmiihs, and that it vii be provided
with portable fOrg0s and say mills, and bridge
tiubers fitted tegsther and ready TO be laid
down.
Poatoon boats, sufficient to lay enc bridge
across the P0t0mas, were hauled from REpiisR
station 70 the vicinity of Willsmspert, Sat
beisg Jeff without gasri 20 pr0tgC. them they
vsTe found By the euemy's cAys.ry ssouts, du-
ring the absence of the army in Pennsylvania,
sHa f0atss down to HsTper's Ferry. If the
same negligence and want of forethauxht arc
to prevail in tire future, the engineer corps,
which Il IS proposed te organize will accomplish
bat -Ettls COED Ia moving the army. Under the
superior energy sna RechGniesl skill Of our
fees, tho way Of march is made srsoth, ard
bridges snd fels works spring mp ike mush-
reoms in ngst. As far back even as the begin
Biug Of the Christian era Julius Cesar and bis
Roman legiOEs knew how 70 thrsw a military
Bridge ever the Raise without the use of iFsn
material, and IN space Of time in which the
Confederate engineers, wi,h their present ap-
planes, esuld hardly perform 8 sinilsr feat.
I.is reported thst the last Of the prissRers
sRd maHy Of tie wounded have passed avez the
river hut II is questionable whether they will
reach Winchester without an attempt to capture
them being Hlsde by the enemy, whs has had
s2ple tins te prepare for such an enterprise
Gen. Ssmmas crossed over some DAYS $50 end
reached Asr.jusbHrg, where, x was reported. be
died last EisEt Of bis wound III tie repert is
trEe, theH the State Of Ge0rgia au3 the Coafea-
crate aTHy have lost s8 true a e0ztisman and
brave q seidier az ever graces a Psrlsr sr shed
his klsed or the field Of battle. OF him it NAV
be said as sf Marshal Ney, thst h, was "ths
hravest Of the brave" sE3 like the C5svslier
Baya13 was without fear or rapr0aeh. He said
TO me the dsy after receiving his death Heurd,
with tears Of gratitude ia bis clear blue eyes,
that bis brigade had behaved with unsurpassed
gslaEtry sEd that he considered Is g privilege
to lay dewn his iie for The liberties of bis esun-
try. Like Bartsw sud Cobb, Gregg aH3 Bzrks
dale, Johnston and Jackson, au6 "the unknown
and UnrseFrsad dead " who have fallen j. a tkis
war, be has quit this army an6 gone to join that
grand army Of martyrs whs bsve shed their
bs0d fer tAo freedom Of their Tscs What
precious contribution The people Of these States
have made ts thst heroic ihrsng How great is |
the price of liberty How dearly sheul3 we
prize the boon, aud h0W Teverently and affection
atay should we regard the menery of those
who have purchased il with their bleed
There has been heavy skiTmishing ia fr0at TO-
day. StusrfE cavalry have b5eR driven ia, and
they bring Ispsrts that the enemy is advancing
along the Boonsb0ra sud ShsrDsburg turHpikes
Kershsw and Colsnel Goois Bryan, command
ing Sgmmes' brigade, were sent to meet him,
and It was between their decimstej commands
and the Federal advance that the skirmishing
tosk place. TIE opisiOR is prevalent that Cen
eral Meade intends 20 cross swer5s with General !
Lee again. Knowing that there is a freshet il
the Potomac which wsHld render escape imDss- /
sblo in the event Of 8 disaster to eur erms-
that We have not yet Tepleuished eur advance
trsiB-aHd bslisviB sipee we too abandoned
battlefield nearly as soon as he did thas We are
ia 10 condition 30 renew the c0ufcl-he mGy
Aspe, with the aid ef fresh reinf5Tcements, to |
take General Lee at s disadvantage and by enc
lell-bloW 70 end hin. Whether the trial will
come tomorrow or next day, OF whether, finding
that the Tver is falling, 8nd Leo prepared to 70
ceivs him, the Federal commander Ray net re-
consider the HaiteT, remains to be seen. Men
are abundant ard OF but little value in ths
United States. ia the CeHie1eaey, sn ths con
ifsry, wheIe tie poPulalisR is less dense, even
tse surgeons have come 10 regard the life Of al
sble-bydied soldioT As worta preserving. Under
iuch BRsqUal conditions, Mr Lincoln msy hsEe
By repsEtcd bleWs so far to disable ss as to place
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