Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-26
LErTER FxOaz DALTON.
OorFsEpendsnee Aemphi Appoal.I
DtrrnN Ianrnrv a IasI

other three regimen ) oa yesterday The Ssih TeHzes
SEQ regiment Is at zaIllssf,r, In East Tennessee sn'
viii undoubtedly, not be bshigd their patriotic eom
TAdss. The old spFis Of ths beginning Of :he wS
sseHs 10 be revived in the army. These meetings fe
rs-onlstmsnt are always foloHsd by jubilee, II
which the GREATEST enthusiasm prevails, and uhiel
uEo lends its charms 10 swell 70 tbs pOns Of inEsasy
It S ast, however. snihuaiasn withsEt rejection
Tzsgs veterans Of tkroo years and dssen battle sid
krs~r right we'll, what aydnous tolls, slseplsss vigil
| and szrnsst PeTlls To be enssuz;srsd. They uu
derssand All that they undertake. wAsn thsy again vol
unfairly ebligste themselves to serve ezzse which
the Iahliss OF he'll itself has engaged to srosnvent
They know that many OF them mast fall In the defense
Of their seuztry, their esradaI have fallen bsfors
then. 1t cannot be psssIsls that tls people sf the
country, who sEioyins tho en5ss-nsnis Of homer
be ipssRsbls susa devotion as tAis and sss fs
10 back them With Al the they hEys aud all
the lSEgsd results lAey bring iHto he hskt II
they d. fa n sasa Ee-pees after sash demonstration
Of Psriosu this army hss exhibited Wilhin be last
isu asys they unwsrsay Of the blessings Of free
osm saa Independence and egerys 10 suffer ths pen
Ey Of srsh iRssnsblity. Bat sush diaiaterssed pat
rintlsn will not be dSregsFded. Il Is contagious and
viii sentinue to spread and extend unt ts Increasing
circle shs ripple the deep heSEt Of tke Hhso Ceufed
eIssy and drive away The Dependency which ever
haBgt tbs miads ef macy. You have already srdsa
the soHan oFTnsny other eommaHds vita regard to re-
enlistment; 1t Is unaeesssary ttat should mention
theEs.
The Brigade whose seiieH have Inst referred to was
originally commanded By BrgasisrGensrAl Daniel J.
DenelEoa one ef the "bFsYest Of the brave" Rs Was
EusssSdsd IN permanent e9nmsnd by BHEadier Gen
Marcus J. Wright, who, as Ieu,snsns.sslons Of the
l54th senior TsRnesIee giment and its commander
at Belant and Shiloh, iE General then Gel Preston
Saith in thlt Aston soznsndlug brgads) yrho yoa
So enduring reputation fs his gaIlGntry and skill As
chief u stsf Of BtIorGsn Cheatbs hs agalz disin.
guisAea himself At Psrryvile KsRtzsky himself lesd.
Ing Into tAe charge, Of lac reglzonts vita in
trsp!d gallsnry At Chesmsngs and Missionary ridge.
be fought his eHn Lrlgase IN such manner a. 70 in
solansndaionE from ths commanding general sud thEs
vindsss the wisdom Of his promotion BY ths President
This brigade boasts, among the list Of s rssiuaentsl
commanders, OF sueh meu rs Moore Andersen. Savage
Donnsn, BsAntoa, L0saey, Carter, and Chester, men
whore saantry and capacity TIE theme of upIver
sal Prsise, sHaang their comrades in tie army.
I promised yon. In former letter, sketch Of the
ssrvises of The sih Tennessee regiment which was the
AEst to tender s services to the GOysrnsn. for the
residue Of the war I now redeem this proEiss. nOt
enlT bsssEss Eush notice Is due 70 that gallant band
but because szeh sketch viii present pislzrs Of N.
surpassed hsrsis1s.
The Ssh Tennessee rtgmsnF was salstsa in May,
1851, at Camp Trousdae, Tsnnessse zzder the com.
nAnd Of Sol FaltOn, Of FsyetsFills. gallant and
esnpetszt sommsudes Il sosn ordered to North.
western Yrsnis and being incorporated in the com
nsHs sf the lsnented DenslEsn, passed through the
sr5uSEs ssmp1lga In that rsgiea, under the rehi Gen
Lee with essdis 10 its endurance szd dlssipus..
The regiment wEs sfdsTed from Virgintts the coast
Of South C rollins where the command performed In
pOrtaat picket duty covering lepg line OF soRs; de-
fsnis in Msy 1854 tss brigade TO which The sth vas
htiashed was ordered to CorintA AEsiIsppI where It
wsI engaged nearly every dsy for nauy weeks, in
heavy skirnlhss With tie enemy. From thence It
foeWsd tie fortunes Of The Amy Of Tennessee ard
was engaged actively in the battle OF Perryvile, KY
Whers is galaniry highly eempimentsd by It's
Sorps, division And brigade commanders for CALAMITY
and ssed esaduet that bloody aeld It returned to
Middle Tennessee ana the hard contested hsl Of
suSthined heavy loss probably
rsssrdsd IN history The 9Th went iHe the fight with
ls7 sfiesrs and meai It lost, In killed ara wounded
so men. Col Moore lis thea gallant commander, was
killed on the held, In the beginning Of The fight when
the sommsnd dsvelTes on Lieut-Cel (uor eoloueD
Jns. q. Anderson. It lost in sOmniSsisned officers
ibriy sf thlrty-sevsn sad seven out Of the ten
I
60 o. beArOr and soor-gusrds eight n zumbsr, hsd
sui Of the eight killed and wounded Six Of Its
sempsEss after the battle dia not have aesumizoned
olSsr left I've OF he comp aniss lad sysry soramls-
slORed and non-s5mmissIsnsd ofosr killed aud wound
ed. Oas company lost tueny.thres men cut Of thirty
killed. Asd wounded Another wezt in With Tiztyssven
men ard lest ff;y;aoi FheSe were sny forig-1i1
cut o. the az Whs wen! inio the battle who came
oHt without being strssk somewhere with Yankee lead
or iron. The clothes ef many mea we're rldded with
bullets. The regiments saptursd in the bstile and
brought os wish them 4la Yankee pTieoners sad six
pieces Of artillery, and vas engaged FOR hours under
his heavy srs with what results 10 themselves and the
Yankees this record has shown San an array, e5m
'osed Of Eaeh hsross be RaIly conquered by vaudGl
Thele men, or the remnant II iAsm, are In foF the
var VIII HSt the Geozgsns, AlabAnians ard Alissls-
ppiEns sks have been sEjoyiag tbs sndesr1a szs Of
ass, rally sy their side and b. the SIDE OF tbs own
5rsvs troops from hsir S,sts to srivs back the
1ushsa feet
A. ChissmiugA ths Ssh Was IN sae hottest Of tbs
GA. ssd fought With It's usual hoTelsu standing in
front ef CALLING ar Of grape she'll ara rsssEs;ry for
three hears and beng slow retire when Ordsrd
10 do 50 by ths commanding Sfhesr.
At AssisHary rldgs, on the rigat the mouth sf
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from the srmy, alarEe body cs shsrnsns corps,
Ifought tbon with great spirit across the nsrrow
.rssa for half hour. uet tbs brgsder general
as that the enemy were sheltered By the railroad en-
bAnkmert and protected from charge By the stream,
and hearing that large bsdy Of Sha enemys cavalry
had crossed tbs Tsnasssss and probably gone round
stack him In ths rsar ordered hls command retire,
which was sens In GOOD order. Such IL the record Of
The s.h Tbs facts speak foF themselves and ere fall
Of encouragement An army composed Of men Ike
lhaIs should despair
Col Anderson, ths present permanent somuAnssr Of
IL h. sRtsrsd the army sNptsin in the 1o.h ZEN.
psssse rsglr sat Of Infantry under Col Altman Of
- best end hrzysgt 0asers OF ths Confederate army
49, ne Esabsr2msas 81 Fort Henry and the
Ne was A. -~issa, Escaping from sspture with
battles 81 forl DO sR whose stsR ho GstHd
Big Cen Bushros JahnEoH, b,rs.s .bat m.
a 'hs bstiis si Snios' An0 A~''-A . --'4es Sc
5sr siu, IL that ever to be remembered and Rie-.
.sa. Re was app p5intsd lieatsolsael Ct the slh BY
Gen Bragg At 1apslo, Mississippi snd tinss the sssih
of Col Moore OF the Gsld Of MurfrssshoEo, las CON
snaed the sth in every battle AID with intrepid eool
psss snd with blended courage and isegmsni thar
usrks she eezsmsuder. Col AndersOa Al present
esu,rsAnas the brigsss, willie Gen. wright commands
temporarily ChsStbAms division.
wish 10 correct an inAdvertsat strsr into which
have fasn in one Of my letters, BY stating that Brig
Gen. ssrahrs brigade was the hss entire brigade 70
rseullss Ter the war This eorestlsn l. das to that
saiart BODY Of soldiers well as 70 justice.
LAMBDA TAU.