Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-11

eesett I'D sosfuas was IA store for AZ Tbs dAy was
Passed N anzis,y ;l late. whoa tie Greer ssrls to
hiieh A-ths isfGstTy VII. up IA Tia tine, hsd bsen
psrfee.ly inarimasa hcsaa to sAow lite. Fer ave asys
they were Iyiug IN line Of bstts b the woods, AID sc
nonolanous hsd isings been during that fzae. tbss sfl
BAls gazing IN tAelF direction, bsyisA drsams wonls
arIs Of the wooden soldisra that ssnta Clans uas 30
partial TO bring Us upon Christmss. Instead Of AdYnn-
eng We usHt IS NE eses to Ills point. The sisgs was
raised en he lever side 81 the towr) and We drudged
On car way hesplns al togts Of imprseaions u Eea the
ehsraeleE IN charge Of rs Had The generals ears been
isng snough 70 Gdmi. al Of tie fanny sayings sad the
sidieuls, he eatalnly would have made an effort %
stsrm ihs place At 81 AasaIds
Gen Pickstt was Eors successful BE ehargsi and
took possession o. ths snsmy's priselpsl camp outside
u che town, IA froat ct IL shout three miles. Sans
ave or six hundred prisoners we're taken, Together
with two held pieces aso : nuubsr Of AorEss and .
barge lot Of q-uasfsImsslsF and eomnisssry stores
Among the prisoners ONE forty odd a baealoss " were
recognized b inc estzens q Klnston, who pOlatsd
them oat A drum.heas e~oart,martIal was assembled,
and az fast IS hey wsrs polluted out, they wsreo rdersd
% side step 10 lie isfs- After the lot vas well sified
Of these ~rsitcra, they were placed into several large
warehouses. che "bufsloess were put ~" Eepa
rsie, TIL 70 dsy, when they vii meet = traitors tssth-
shot
We also sHlk Ons q the eneuy's g~unboass Col
Wood, Who was IN charge Of orr marine coEph boarded
her took al that was Of any value 10 rs. and. not b.
ing able 70 bring her higher up the stream info Our
lines blew her up.
From 5lllhat / can learn. the place eoald have be0u
captured easily. had We bsen faster In our movements
an intelligent citizen, near The town, tols us thGs tbsrs
could not Be more thsntwo thousand Yankees IN Tia
place. and he Thought nat even on Monday evening
had Its ehsrRsd on al sides the city would have fsBs1.
But i1stsEd q doing this, re visited til too late. Non
dsy night, while on duty, an ung0dly yell could be
heard IN the direction Of Nsw5srn. ny finn belief "a
tsatis originated ho1 Tsnkeo rsiEforcements, and tks
r~etrograds since veriGes my view Ct The matter.
Willis e~noauPed AID Rssr he iine Of battle, 3 raihs
anutleg Incident occurred. PraplaioHs becoming scare,
gu. eomm,s1sfizt ~ concluded 10 infringe upon the Iards
Of . wealthy farmer eiose ~. be took shargs Ct a
old on.-aouse which was supposed 70 contain oniy = fsv
He, the eouamisssry, having sPpsrentg taken every
thing Of value to bin, told the boys to help ihemselye
% q few scattering pigs feet, (of which we got a fev
o~grsslves) pess, etc, w4ioh We Go e readily. DurinI
the rznbls sou,s OBS kicked over a large cigar box +
he corner fGI Of sfvsg yes, The yer table shining ssua
Tbs cry was given silvs i-aRd auch grabbing su
: uains fer it esnoaly be rssIizsd By Al eye witness
For oar part. tlinkiag it merely = russ, Ne retired wit
our few pigs feet whilst others soon followed in OF
wake with hands fn OF qusrtsrs, dimss snd shininI
hAf dollars. We attributed cur not getting any o. tn
sEisisg s8F ell 70 the uulUeky gtsF that hovsrs ever gu
lbnhd y. "W. A"