Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-18
IntsrrssIEsE Details ef the Battles near
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Osr--rusudsnes Of TIE Riehuasnd Enqzirsr
WIECHEsTER, Va, Jaly 8, s63-I wrote
ysu sp yesterday a hurried statement Of the
negt Trustworthy reports that hss reached this
/ poiHt from the bsttls hs!d Gear dsttysbgfE, Pa.
| 1 proRozo te-SEy 70 give ysg a msrs eeznsals3
aud intelligent review sf the facts as l hava
/ been ssls 70 gathsr them.
| BsfsTe Beginning, it is perhaps proper that 7
sbeuld explain why 1 have selastsd this as a
/ Bsin. from which to commuRies.e, iRasuueh as
! fhe-ezeBy IS some seventy milcs distant Tsis
/ 1 vii so briefly Ga account ef sickness. and
| ether causes, I WAS unable TO msve witA the
army as It marched to the seeEe Of the late great
conflicts I have, therefore, TO select fer the
! Eass Of ny operations BsiHt frem which I car
readily cemnUaicste Wish Rehmeua. at tke
sazs time bs able 70 gather the news - 1t eames
frsm ths army. Fer these purposes Wiushester
is nOt,as near, bui certainly better poiat thar
ssy ether accessible MartiHsbErg, as it enjoys
beth tslezTsPhis and mail esnmaHiestisR Hiik
the Capital Is = sort sf. renissvsuisg sta
tioa fer the Brmy. AsrtiRs5gTg is nearer tie
sseHs e conflict, bat is withsut dirsss mail "a
eilitios, and psEssns returning iTsza the army Dc
little msrs than pass taTsHgh it; bEt fey make
even q temporary stay there. BtyeRs the river
it is quite unsafe, except to large bodies sf
troops. ! shall, however, GO ts MsrtiasbuTg as
sesE IS the rsiH shall cease and the reads re-
lieved Of the ambulance traizs that are passing
ever them. Sc much for prelniaAry.
The army ef NsTlhen VirEizia, il tbs war Of
invasion. erssssd the Potomac By wasiRg at or
near Willismsport, frsR tkeHss they Asrshei
% Hagsrstown, ts GFeencastls, and tAeacs fo
CbsBnbeTsbuFg. Bwsll, who held the advance,
vent ss far a. Carlisle, seme twelve ailss from
Harrisburg Meantime, Hooker having with
drawn his foress from Stafford. moved them to
and scr0ss tire P0tsmsc, and t8ok mp lire
extending from Washington to BaltimeTs, ex-
peetiDg Gen. Lee to sffsr hin battle in Mary
! and. Finding himself aisappontsd in this
sad having been compelled By pride or his
superiOFs, be TeliHqaishsd his esmaans to
Meade, who, finding out that Lee had dehestsd
/ is bis march through Psnnsy fvsnis, and was
( moving down the Baltmore tuTRDiks frsm
! Chsmbsrsburg, moved from BAltmoTe on tie
/ same read to meet hia. The two arnsies,
/ which hsd ceased to e0nfront each other since
! the breakiug@up of the Frsderieksburg Ines,
/ found themselves, however, sgsin face 60 face,
near Gettysburg, on Wednesday, July 1st
/ Eary ia the dsy skirmishsTs were thrown for
( wsId By Gen. A. P. HiIl, who had the advance
] ca tAs pike Leading tT1a ChsmbsFsbuTg.
AbsEt enc P. NJ, battle began in earnest be-
| tween Msads's and RsyRel3's corps Of the
[ Aershera Fot5Elae army, and iayge hsdy, il
| Is ssi3, Of Pen ssylvaRia and New Ysrk militia,
Bndsr GsR. Meade, ard A. 2. Hills eerps who
bsid bis Inns imme3stely in frent Of tewR
ssea after A P. Hill .besauss sngag 81, Ewsll
with Eary and Ro5e's division msvsd down
.rom Carlisle, and ts0k Sp a PssitieR ts the lsft
/ Of Hills corps, and ssaewhat the southwest Of
Harrisburg Tae battle ragged farisusly fer
about two hours, when the Yankee line gave
back some four miss, passing through and be-
lev Gettysburg, We oesuped the town and cap
I tunng their w0usded, ssse thirty five kan
I dred ii BEmssgs, and also large number o
armed prisanefs-tbsss lastsr bsiRg esptured,
I laara, by Ewell. Thus tbs fght closed on
| Wednesday,, with signal advantage to as 1t
had been an open field fght, and charging over
slight aeeivilies, in which our troops, by in
Ispid val0T, had sueesssively driven the enemy
before thsm.
Or Wednesday night the eHsmy were heavily
reinforced. aRd tsok up strongly fortified Pc
silioa en- = series Of very elevated hills in the
rear OF Gettysburg. From tkese hills a. etfsrt
was made by us, bat unsneeessfHlly, to dis
ledge them on Thursday, the p. The hgh
was begun Rsd rsaiuly contested en- the righ
BY Hesd's and MgLaWs' divisions, Of Lozg
streets corss-Gsn. L. with his fsrces, having
rsaske3 the field after the eisss Sf the hght el
wednesday Ewau was Rls8 engaged durisl
tms ssy on the extreme left with tie eneEzy
yrke attempted to tuFB his extTeme rights
sxtrems lef-by m0ving in upoR hin rec
above bst&een GsttysbRTg and Carlisle bat II
this they were successfully repulsed. In
+ espter. under Gen. Hill, on this day held II
e ground firmly. Gen. Lengstrest, 90 the Tight
. succeeded on this day in driving thsm In on sh