Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-29
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pretty fOll account Of the fight on wednesds.
evening, near Pleasant Hill church. Since tba
hour thsre has been an arrival of a squad o
eight Yankees captured yesterday; composed Q
B. Whitney, chaplain of the 10Th Ohio, tbss
pnvssss Of the 81 Massachusetts,, and four pr
Yates Of Kuapp's battery Of the artillery brig
ads. Fory-six prisoners, captured yssterds1
morning st three o'clock, were sent to A.laat
last night.
The prisoners brought in this morning had il
thsir possession a copy of the New York Demo
erat, g German papsr, Of the 18th inst. /; state
on the authority of a letter Fer steamer Geovg
Washington, dated New orlssns Nay s:h, ths
an entire regiment sent 10 reinforce Banks hat
been cspture5; snd also sdnits the capture 0
two gunboats below Alexandria Banks is re
ported re:res.ing toward BTsshear City.
Among ths dispatches is one announcing th,
capture of the steamer Greyhound. Among III,
prisoners was the-fam0us Miss Belle Boyd
Austhsr iish item is dispatch from Wash
ingson, saying that Secretary Stanton has az
thorizsd csnEadicsion Of tao report that Gsa
Lee and his whole army had cspitulassl ca Ii.
l3-h, which was published BY re Paiia5s PHI
Isqaiysr. Stanton is improving in his. morSli
aomsThst, or be EoHld n9s Tins dsmpen the 70
j5ieings of Ysnkssdom.
Ia speahing Of Sherman's movements, the
Democrat says the battles for the possession o.
Dalton were as hardly contested as those il
Virginia, and were as bloody considering tbc
numbers engaged Gen. Johnston's army i;
pat down At 35 coo. Sherman's campaign il
ssid to be part of the general plan of Grant
and upon It's success depends the fsts of the
great effort to crush out ths rebellion. TIE
Sousherners, il thinks, from mere pride, will
fight so long as they cen find defensible posi-
non. The capture Of Atlanta is considered a
necessity, and if shermsn is foilsd il this, even
should Richmond fall, the South would still have
have large Geld to operate in, as Lse, By isll
ing back with his own and BsauTegard's armies,
could tall back into North Carolina, and organ.
iss rev, and perhaps, more formidable cam
psign thsn tue one now being prosecuted. TIE
Dssa0eTat is not SO bosstful in its tone as the
msiofisy Of Federal journals we see, and is evi,
dently inelined to regard the bosstiDgs of the
Washington authorities as exaggerssioRs, to
raise The fsgging spirits of the North. The
Federal commanders End it difficult to form an
accurate ides of the rebel plsna, but they have
fouud out that whatever these plsus may be, the
rebels have demonstrated they ere now in such
state of efficiency as not only to be able TO
resist the onward march Of the Federal batial-
ions but, in certain instances, to assume the
sggressiye, and make tteir sggressiOns success
ful This is regarded as sc serious feature Of
the campaign" as it demonstrates that "ths
rebels have not been; as hss been 50 often as
serted By the Lincoln press, paraly Esd; that
they have yet sufficient vigor to embrace in their
operations IS large field az the North can oc-
eupy; 70 wage relentless war on the disputed
territory without weskOnipg their oanter, and to
meet the North in open fields, or behind walls,
wherever thsy chooss 70 go therefore men Of
sense should not hesitate 10 look upon sueh
symptoms as indiestivo Of great strength and
/ ssc-lsr1niusiion" These arc esFssinly sensible
conclusions.
All the arrivals from the front, some Of
which left as lats as midnight, report quite
heavy skirmishing as going on ali day all along
the hostile lines The efforts On both sides
seem to be directed to mansuvsr into positions
for e general engagement, which our forces ex-
pect will take place soon, unless the enemy pos
lively decline to fight.
regret to learn that, in an Insignificant skir-
mish st the front, yesterday morning, Major
Sam Bishop, of the 2Oih Louisiana, was SO Sc
verely wounded in the night arm ss to render
amputation necessary. Hsjor B. entered the
service as lieutenant, and for gallsn!Iy dis
played on fhe memorable fields of Shiloh and
Murfreesboro, was mentioned in the official re-
ports of his commanders, was promoted by the
President, and assigned to his present command.
The country viii loss for time, the services Of
one Of is most gallant officers
A f5s more Of our Han wounded in ths fght
Of Wednesday afternoon have just arrived.
They report nothing different from wha. have
previously sent, bat confirm ths report Of The
nature Of tfs service rendered By our artillery.
Eldri5ge's battery, Of twelve guns, fred four
teen hundred rounds ia three hours. The Ysn.
keo lire stood boldly up this length Of time,
within very short range, bat were 6nAlly forced
to retire, after suffering immense slaughter.
Among the wounded nov here is Colonel j.
W Avery, 4sh Georgia cavslry, IvsrsOn's bti-
! esde, Martins division. His wound is in the
leIteide, Hswas struck by pistol shOt neal
fhe back sSns, and tie ball ranged round The
IBIS, one Of Nhieh is broken The wound i
psinfnl, bat n0t ds7EaEous, and Colonel Avery
wia leave f0rmors coafortable quarters At the
earliest opporlai y. Asul Col Cook is II
command Of tho regiment
Colonel Avery was With the tugee that crossed
ths Eiowah on Monday, at Laringeood's bridge
ten miles above the railroad bridge. oa Tues
day morning, after circuitous march, the com
mend opcountered two regiments of WOlfOrd's
Kentucky cavalry, near CAssville, and the bri
gade Of Geasrsl Allen drove them Of, cspturiu.
about eighty wagons and number Of prisoners
Tho Yankee cavalry lhsn reformed, and charge,
the brigade, diving them back upO> ibs Taxsi
rangers, who in turn charged, and dTosStasu
froin The field upon their infantry supports ne'
: the railroad. Sixly-fvs Of The wagons and "
= b1BdIsd prisoners, fnsIa5isg ts2nstels AZ
strsgFlezs, we're brought eff Tho enemy
Z force in the naighborhood of CAss STATEN, W
!, fouad to consist CT fifteen thousand infant
q and thrae lhousAad cavalry, guarding the "a
: Erosd. TIE Yankees were r1nning their tssiE
I. to Kingston, snd thence down to Roms, and Il
ls line Of road was found strongly guarded at
q points, by infantry and cavalry
Ia consequence of being unabls TO 0 bisin q
forage ior their EbOrses Whatever, the comma
81 reerosssd the river on Wednesday, and was
opcs ordered to the front Of our right vii
al where they arrived st three O'Clock yesierd
be Soon Afterwards the enemy were repoT
be .,.,,... ~, on, ax,rsrno rio