Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-12
General Pryor. Recent victory.

From the Petersburg Express, 3d.
The engagement of Gen. Pryor at Kelisy's,
Nansemond county, Va, on Friday morning
last, turns out to have been one of the most
complete successes of the war for cur arms. We
have information direct from Suffolk, through a
source as reliable as any in. the Common
wealth, that the Yankee forces were sigually
defeated and nothing but a lack of cavalry Ia
Gen. Pryor's command prevented it from being
an utter rolt.
Gn. Corcoran. and net Gen. Peck, as has
been stated, was in command Of the Yankee in
vsders. Corcoran comedies 8 loss Of Eve hun
bred killed and wounded, and among the former
is a lieUtensntcolonel, whose name cur inform
ant does not r~ecollect, and a Capt. Taylor. Gen.
Gibbs was carried into Suffolk Friday afternoon
severely wounded.
~STagglers commenced pouring into Suffolk st
an early hour Friday, aud reported a less Of 1000
killed and HOO wounded. This information
proved most unwelc0ms to Nsior-General Peck
and that officers face assumed a very length
ened aud Tueful appearance. But when Corco-
ran himself arrived and informed him that the
killed and wounded wouid not exceed 500, Peck
frightened up and his nerves became more
steady.
All day Friday and up to late hour at night,
the wounded were broughtin filing sl the hos
pitfalls, and necsssitatiog the impressment of the
Baptist church, which up to that hour had re-
NAMED nnoceupied by the enemy. The dead
were buried pear the battle ground
The army of Peck is represented as being
greatly demoralizsd, and cur informant saw over
three hundred soldiers marched into Suffolk Fri
Cay afternoon under guard. These men had
thrown down their arms, and declared that they
would no longer fight in Lineoln's behalf.
CoTcoran, we learn, asserted there was cause
for congratulation on his part that matters were
no worse, as be bad but eight thousand engaged
while he knew PryoF's force to be twelve thous-
and. We do not intend to intimate to the enc
my what Gen. Pryor's force reslly was, but we
do not hesitate to say, that had the C0afederatss
numbered the half of Twelve tboVsand on this
occasion, CoTcorsn would never have gone back
10 Suffolk.
It was very indussrionsly circulated on the
streets of Petersburg Saturday that Gen. Pryor
been surprised We gave the rumor no
credit at the time, believing It to be false Z and
the communication Of eur correspondent, "Mur-
ply, IN to-day's Express furnishes a complete
to this charge. Gen. Pryor was not
surprised, but expected an attack, aud did not
bis eyes on Thursday night. When the
approach OF the enemy was intimaied, il
found the General commanding with armor on.
and fully prepared for the attack.
The result shows how successfully he met the !
onslaught, A prisoner states that Gen. Corco-
expected to surprise our gallant band, and
or this purpose a0ubie-quieked bis men all the
Vay from Suffolk. But he was doomed to dis
appointment. AAd if be was so badly thTashed
he expected 10 fud cur men mapping, We
presume be will be slow to renew the fight here
.iter, when he knows they ara wide awake.
An official dispatch received here Yesterday,
tates our casualties at forty, Of whom six were
iljed.