Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-09
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NEAR DALLAS. May 81, 1874.
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sharge made by portion Of Bates sdvison upon the
enemys wosks thls place. sRd more pAEsielaasiy
the part taken by Finssya Florida brigade commsnded
by COL Bullock Gen Finley being wounded At Rei'aca
nhs evening OF the 2sGh inst Gen. Bate, supposing
tha, tbs eneny in his front In small force, ordered
chsrse to be made and ia accordance with thoHe or
dsrs the brigade passed over our brsastworks al half
mast four o'clock, P n After moving about oDs hum
dred and atty yards the command halted dressed
and forward guide right echoed Hioug the Inc
The brigade moved stesdiy forward, and very soon
overlook our own sklrmshsrs. Soon the hrst ngulsr
volev frora the Yanks received, killing Adjt XII
ns.rok of the LET and 4h Florida and yOunding quite
snBmbsr of nsn Nothing daunted, however, this It,
,le brgsde which haz SO often illustrated its GalisDt
little State since this war naugurassd, closing its
ranks hurrsd on snd the left composed Of tbs Let and
h soon found itself in the midst Of the Yankees skiT
misherH n along this portion Of ths ins tat al
most hand to hand conflict ensaed, several Individual
instances having occurred only one Of which VIII how
ever be given that Of Private BsA, company G, lst
Florida csYaEy who his bayons through Of the
Ysnkz am sorry to say that he Afterwards sAot
dead near the enemys brssstworks. The brigade moved
on and did not again w4vsr or tat until within thirty
PAGES Of the Yankee works when, owing to ihssuperi
or force OF the enemy within their nrenehmens they
were together with the division engaged forced retre,
which was conducted In a. orderly the
ture Of the ground would sdmit The loss Of tls brig
ads In this charge was onefourh Of the entire number
engaged In the short space Of hour The lst and
18th Florida under command Of Lieuk-COl Ed. Badger
deserves especial mention for the part berne BY it in
that charge This regiment alone Of the whole brigade
had no skirnsers profess s front It adTansod;
those in s front previous the charge having for ZONE
unaocountHbs reason failed participate in the ad-
vsnce, ard. consequently suffered severity and
under Gre longer than any other regiment in the
brigade. Bus this mads no difference with this little
egmsnt It's leader dding the remember tie State
from whence they came pressed steadily forward,
when at the distance of hundred and City yards
fcon the Yankee works, they overlook the skirnsheTs
and reserves IN full force pouring dssd voiey into
them thsy gave real rebel ye snd charged with ire
sisibis fOrcs into their ranks killing wOunding and
capturing sbOut hundredof them, the balance fed
in the widest dsmHy to thslr brsastworks, situated on
the cress of ; very PRESCRIPTIONS hill The n'ginsnt
marched In good order the foot of the hill where
they were halted to avTst the coming up of Tylsrs
brigade on our left before charging the works, which,
failing 10 come up IS expected having been ordered
back nsessstaied tbs retirement of the regiment,
the enemy was thereby enabled TO concentrate emf
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lading Gre upon its already thinned ranks The hight
Of the hill, upon which the enemy posted and the
regiment being 80 close IN under the same is
why they suffered no more than they did After re-
naming under the crueE FIRE of the enemy in heir in
trsnehmens for the space Of twenty minutes more,
the order was given to fall back, which was done In
good order considering the thickness Of the woods and
ths nature of the ground AT the distance Of bun
dred and fifty yars from the brssstwors, the regiment
was reformed, portion under Lieutenant Colonel
Badger acting skirmishers the other under Captain
LOngfoTd being held in In this position they
remained until they twice ordered in. T,o much
praise be awarded both men and officers Of this
regiment for ther conduct under these trying ercum-
stances and Is bat another instance of the gallant bear
ing Of the Florida troops every field Of battle The
loss sustained by this regiment was 6fy nine 10 killed.
wounded and missing.
In conclusion, would STATS that the reRsen Why Ty
lsrs brigade did engage the charge was in conse.
quence of orders receved from General Bate counter.
mGndng tbs hrst ordsrsths Florida brigade and Lew.
Is brigade failed get the last order The Ar line of
tue ensrsys ntrenchments for their skirmlshers
and ressEveE These carried by both the brig adeE
engaged, and they much more formidsbls than
sueh works usually are, 1t was first supposed thst
breAstwork for lins Of infantry had been taken but
such not the case the gallant Ksntuckisns and
Floridans found to their cost, on advancing hundred
yards further. I'D