Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-02

pressed back Our brigade MAS then IN
ront Of the divisioa. and Was put in line OF bat
lie immediately aud almost before each fegi'
nsnt could got inEo line, it was ordered for
yard in an echelOs movement from the lex %
zach regiment went As rapidly ss the weeds ana
dense underground would admit, and 10 very
short time We met the eEeny. and inca Q ven
You never heard as our line poured in thsf nne.
The enemy did not stand long, anil soon gave
opposite TO all the regiments except the 5osn
Georgia, who did not drive them kar After We
had followed them IS far IS Il was sats SO 60,
cur regiment and the 60sh were rallied to the
cOlors, and hearing firing still on out night Ano
rear. we marched through the thick woods ana
TINS came down il the rear Of the enemy, VINO
was still holding the 3Ssb in check.
As we passed through the woods we captures
many prisoners, officers and several horses 1
To114sd ne frat one we got-hsving sent
Dolly to the resr before we charged. From the
orisoHers we learned the whereabouts OF tneir
regiments.
Having bat part Of our regiment with Col.
Lamar and myself, (Col. Macarthur and q psrt
having bscome separated in she thick woods,J
we deployed our men, still continuing on, tax
ing up prisoners. / was on the extreme night,
and learning from prisoners that q regiment was
IN . ravins near by, being entirely cut Oh, 4
took some ten or fifteen men and went that way
70 r~econnoiter, and before l vas sssre Of II
Wss right on them. In view OF the lew men
with me, my 6rst impulse was to turn back ana
hurry nm my men, but it dashed across my
miad that probably, If 1 did that l would show
nv weakness, and they might FIRE oH me or try
To- get of. So l called back, IS if to 3 regiment
behind me, and said; " Forward up here-teL
Col. Lamar to bring up the 50h anc 6lst resi-
ments,p and then / rode right up to them-a
,okols regiment and part Of another, with their
Esd officers mounted, and their colois.
asked for the commanding ofhcet, and vas
told he was down the line. 10 the mean time,
he men had thrown down their srins. rods
down their line to the colonel and asked him Il
he commanded that regiment. He said he did
In ne mean time the ten or twenty men with
ne advanced up slso. told the colnnel he wss
nv prisoner, and demanded the surrsnder OF bis
officers a.d men. He asked me TO what force
he vas commanded 70 surrender, and my rank
I teld him nv rank, and told him ne and hii
nsrtv were p~risoners 70 Gen. Gordon's brigade
which was in bis rear, and there Wis no bsiI
for him. He said although il was 9 very IN
pleasant duty, he supposed he would have u
comply. 1 demanded his sword which ne gave
me with his pistol Some Of the other otdeeTi
offered their swords, but / already had my hand
full, and told them to throw down their piston
and keen their swords for the present.
ON Ais tAl1 A40 ~
regiment that they were wanted, and they be
0sn TO come in, as I thought, very slowly.
! ordered the reserves 20 fall in, 4 marched
them back toward our regiment, and wen
about fifty or sixty ysTds of, to the balance o
our men with Col Lamar, who did not have ex
ceeding fifty men with him. Previous to this
many Of the Yankee officers and men seeing
our small force, commenced acting very dlsoE
Derby and threatening, and l told them, ate
ordering silence, that unless they kept ordea
and behaved properly, l would net DO RESPONSE
Ne far the CONSEQUENCES; and told ogr men Il
shoot the FIRST man that attempted 10 escape.
told the colonel I should expect him TO keep M
men in order, and would hold him responsible
for THAR good conduct IS prisoners. He VIII
inplV assisted 10 restore order. When WI
marched back and met Gel. Lamar, as heior'
stated, I introduced him to Col. Lamsr, Wit
took charge Of his horse, and We then proceeded
TO find our way back to our lines, which diree
tion was not very clear TO any Of IS,
After beasing about, first one way and theE
another, we got in the right direeson--our mel
marching on each side, aad in Tons and rear Q
the prisoners. l forgot to say it was the 36tl
Pennsylvania regiment, hsVlrg \ 6sslltlul sili
stand Of col0Ts, and their celor bearer Wep
when he had to give il up. We gOs al the OF
GERS horses also.
Having several men in fTont, feeling and look
ing their way back to our lines, We zane cut o
the woods and saw our picket lines about eigh
hundred yards across a field, in the edgs OF tn
woods opposite.
They looked inGuiringly at Us aud l started
to ride forward to sppTiss them OF our approach
They SAN the large crowd Of Ysnkee and ~
not notice the few guards around them Ths.
opsned = heavy tire Of musketTy on rs. Tn,
horse I rode was q very spirited one, ard WA
very much frightsned and dashed back into tAi
woods with me, the balls flying all around m
and owing to the branches Of the trees l hsd &
dismount and make my way on foot. TIT pris
oners and guards had laid down AMI not ont
was touched. We kept back in the woods AM
marched along in front of our line, and sen
some men forward to appriss our people of on
approach, and soon sitter we arrived safely II
our lines much TO my relief, for between tht
chances of the YAnks turning the tables on u
or our marching accidentally into their lines b.
mistake. / confess l was quite uneasy. Witt
the part Of our regiment | took he prisoner
back several miles and turned taen over to tn
provost guard, taking 8 receipt for 43O men, on
stand Of colers, one colonel, three majors anC
some forty staff and company officers, and en-
surgeon. Lieut.. Crawford brought in some fifty
more. The other regiments of our brigade tool
several hundred more prisoners.