Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-11

Froua she RIxhr vvEnx Of shernsaSs's Array
Correspondence Cincinnati CoEnmsrcisll
SUGAR VALLEY, Ga, May III had hardly |
mailed my letter st Chattanooga, whom We were
ordered 10 march and our division moved and
eampsd At Rossville. The ID division bad pre-
esded us, and were cAmpsd 3 mile ia advances.
Az we left Chattanooga, the advance Of the 18th
arrav ,cnrps came ia aud was preparing to fol-
low These troops, the Lsft Wing 18th
CORDS, composed Of Gems. Sweenv's and Yeateh's
divisions, commanded by Cen Dodge, and the
18th corps, Gen. Logan commanding, consti-
tnte Cen McPherson's iOrcs In the 6eld here.
But the command ID increasing by the ofhef
portions coming mp.
We have but one wagon to regiment now,
and are marching with greGt ease There Is
not a tent in the whole ecmmAnd-not even
aag ieut, and mess chests ere unknown. OH
GERS and men have the same rstonB. When the
order comes 10 move we can be off in about If
tesn minutes, and the column moves as fast as
horse can easily walk.
"EN ROUTE"
On the next morning, Friday, Nay 9th, we
moved forward on the Lafayette road, passing
through the right of Chicamsuga battlefield.
The marks of this severe fight are painfully evil
dent in the shattered trees aud scores of graves
along the road side There are proofs Of the
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dead-parts of skeletons protrude from the little
mounds, where a few shOvelsful OF dirt was
cast upon the body Of the dead. Il pleased me
/ To see that the bodies of our men were being Te-
moved to one common burial ground, where
thew are cared for IS the bodies of men should
be. who have died for their country.
We crossed the ChicAmAuga at Lee & Cor
| don's mills and camped on its hAnk. l had al
ways thought OF this stream as mere ditch,
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suggesting only sickness and death, but It has
a swift current and clear water, and the banks
ere picturesque, with views worthy OF the sFtis-
tic peneil We remained ell night, bsthed in
its waters, and slept swestly beside its pleasant
murmurs. But there was one ssd incident in
connection with our camp here, for We msTked
its bank with soldiers lonely grave poT-
ton Of the troops were encanped in field oi
deAdened timber, and a limb falling from ons
of tho largest trees crushed the skull of private
John Hudson, of company F, $50 Ohio, and
caused his death.
/ NORTHERN GEORGIA.
Saturday morning We marched Through a
baHutiful wheat bearing country, that bore IN
every respect strong resemblance to Southerr
Ohio. The people had smiles for US, and FILED
the csntssns of The men with milk and water
refusing pay, which is good sign of Unionism
We now took road TO the left, and found tha
we were making for RssAea. on the Railroad
eighteen miles from Dalton. When we reached
Fsylor's ridge, long, bold range Of hills, which
the people here call mountains, we found thai
Gen. Hooksr's column was then passing through
Gord0n's gap, Immediately in our advance, and
we went into camp.
Al 5 P. n. Col. Sprague was ordered to move
his brigade forward about four miles and occu
py Msttuck's or Ships gap. We did this be
fore dark, the rebel piekets retiring before III
without any resistance. The 43d Ohio had the
advance, their camp fres high upon the noun
tain sides cleaning like signal fires.
The passage of the gap on Sunday morning
was tedious, and it was late when the troops
commenced the descent on the southern side. II
the mesntime the I5sh corps was crossing a
GoIdons gap, with the exception of one divi-
sion which followed in our rear We marched
without say incident, and, passing through
Vllsn0w q small country village, camped Oh
Sagsr creek. Bsfore us the ChAttooga ridge.
THE ADVANCE ON REsAcA.
The orders ON Monday morning indicated
clearly the inten lion of the days work. Tn,
regimentRl wagons were not to follow. w,
moved over Snake gap down Sugar valley
The enemy were cloEs on our front, and ",
were expecting fight. Our FIRST move pro
voksd the enemy to dispute our advance, tbs
first symptoms Of fight on our march.
The Oh Illinois mounted infantry had CONF
up ia the night, and gone forward TO picket tht
read at the mouth of the gap. They moved
shortly after daylight, and had advanced scarce
IL the length of their column, when a force O
nine hundred rebel cavalry met them, and they
we're compelled to fsl back, Col. Phillips having
his horse killed and receiving severe wound il
the leg Several of the men were wounded RnC
q few captured
Tho Goth Indiana aTpshOoters-fOTmeTlJ
known as the Bridge shArpsho0ters, companies
g, 81, and K, being recruited in Ohio-wert
thrown forward as skirmishers, which position
they held all day, and acquitted themselves Il
the admiration of the whole command / may
say here that Corporal Edginton, Of company
X, was killed early in the fght-lster, Thomas
Me- Connan, company G, wounded slightly. Tht
regiment passed twenty-Ons dead rebels as they
advanced during the day, and captured quite
numbar, some of them badly wounded.
At 4 o'clock, General Sweeuy's division in
iront, We had gained the ground slowly to
within half q mile of the town, when the rebels
opsned with their artillery, and checked our ad
vance Rssscs = small toWR where the rail-
road crosses the OOstsnauls river, branch o
the Cooss, sboat eight miles south of Dalton.
The battery WAS on the east side of the river
and the gunners, knowing the ground, fred
| with accuracy, but we were protected by the
hills, along which the road passed. Both d.
visions of the left wing were thrown well mp to
the front, and Gen. OsterhGus' division, of the
18th corps, closed up in supporting distance.
At abous five o'clock Gen Fuller w.s ordered
to swing to the left of Gsn. SWeenys division,
move down the hill, gain the railroad. cut it,
/ and, if possible, push into the town aad carry
the rebel battery. Col Smiths brigade was to
follow and support him. HO advt need in fne
style and sanguine of success. The rebels noted
the movement and threw ont column hastily
perhaps = division Of infantry At this moment
Gan Mcpherson easIntsrmszadaa ~ s,r,ei
called the troops back. 1t is underssood that
he bad dispatches from Gen H0oker's corps that
we're not favorable, and thought she move was
extra hGzaFdous, but we feel that we could have
done the work easily. The loss WAS SMALL one
man in the Gath Illinois, wounded; in the 18Th
Missouri, one man killed, three badly and three
slightly wounded, by one shell.
At six o'clock we began to iall back toward
the gap, and ii was nearly ten o'clock when we
got into camp.
The result of the day, 90 far as l can learn,
| is about 90 follOwss four killed and MORALLY
! wounded, about fifteen wounded, and four miss
/ ing We had no less than twenty dead rebels
within our lines, and have more than forty pTis-
Oners, only seven of whom are wounded-for
they retired their wounded as they fell back,
with IS much care as possible.
| All the prisoners are of the 37th Mississippi
infantry, and form part of Cen Catties brig
ads all of which is at ResacA. The prisoners
tell me that they are lately from Florida, having
left Pensssola on April %. They givc conflict
ing reports of the force in 'front.' some stating it
AZ low ss 5000, others as high as 10000.
Yesterday, tie l0th, was fruitful in earth
works, and We feel that the enemy would
scarcely find j: advantageous 10 attack us. Gen
Fitzpatrick is hero with cavalry, and our bate
ries have come up that we left as WOodVille,
Alabama.
One division, the 4ih, went forward yesterday
| about two miles, closing I'D on division of the