Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-29

~ 6DAtAg WAAAc 49,
Great Importance of Ehsridau's Rafd-
AZ lie Ceunted Equal 10 n Battle.
Tie STAIR under Sheridan, which proved go
missrsble a i~ailurs, had q high place in the
hopes Of the Yankees. It was expected to
thrsw Gen. Lse, bag and baggage, into lie
hands of the "g,snt," 70 be eaten mp a: leis-
ure. The New York Tribune has an editorial
from which the reader can infer how importan;
was deemed q movement that failed even more
disgracefully than Dahlgreu's:
We have no account Of the events of Wednes.
dsy-do not know whether thera was Z bSshe,
nor what were the positions of tho Two armies
on Wednesday night. A dispatch is printed
elsewhere which Processes to announces the re-
treat of Lee, wiki enormous Losses but &C j.
was 4 ourren. rUmor merely in Washington,
sud along the road thence, bat without any su-
thensic source, we place no Telisnes upon its
numerical statement. Setting that aside, there
is 10 decisive intelligence directly from toe bat
tie field iater than ihat which we printed yes
terday- morning.
Bat there is intelligence scarcely less impor-
teut than-the news CT suother great bstle. The
War Department has received sn Official dis
patch from Gen Sheridan, listed the l0.h, with
the information that ne had destroyed eight OF
ten miles Of tbs railroad "a rear OF Lee, csptuT-
ing two locomotives and thres train tnst
statement is to be s~ecents1 ssfoadly-if General
SaerIdsn has really made the Richmond AID
fredericksburg railroad permanently impsssa-
bic for eight mllss-Ee sbsl Immediately hesr
that Lee has rsreated from his hne on the P,
river. lie mas no transportation by wagons
waisa can s,S-3 49, o;zgr5 1Iiiss, and
mEst retreat, surrender, or stsrve.
Since Lee abandoned the Rspidsn line snd
ra!reated from tue Wilderness bsttle6elds 70
SpoltsylVAuis, he hes been wholly dependent on
tie Virgins Central aud Richmond and Fred
eTieksbuTg railroads 10 iced bis array. A break
ia either of them 10 fatal to The 20 line. Gen.
Sheridan omits to state whsre 1t is thss he hss
severed he railroad, hot the road IH certainly
The fredericksburg, ard The gap he has made is
~presuuaedly some distsEcs in Lees rear, more
/ probably iust sbovs the North Anna bridge thsn
elsewhere. With the rosd untouched, Lee has
had great difficulty ia getting up supPEes, and
now that il is broken, no must tali back so0lh
of the break and establish himself on q uee
line We jadgs there can be 10 intermediate
point which be viii prefer 30 the south bank OF
the North Aana. There he may sin project for
a time She YirgiGia Central rs;lEoad against ihs
urgent advance of Grant IL front, Tesnmiug bis
connection with G1rd0ssVille and with Ken.
mond, ard again defering for : few days biz
inevitable reirest-
But G,n. shsridan's dispatch is dated May
IO-three days ago. VIA has he been dong
sincsf Were be r~etraeing his aieps va should
probably have heard OF his IeturD, and lie is
prsssHg on Is must be b stdse also tho FIgsnis
Ust .ral. gad to render Lss's hold on the south
bspk Of the North Anna as pgecsriou5 as his
present hold on the Pc. Indeed, assuming tie
presence Of SbesidAn's cavalry in Less rear, It
becomes dRsalt 70 f@oTesso the e0uTss OF the
campaign, because tho psfplexities ahielf sur
rousd the rebel army sse te BE- escaped culy by
expeiients Of desperation. Lee my stu be
able 20 hght-Ec viii not altscapt 10 ss1 q Eaii
to bis capacity in that Tespeci-ii he can ges
food, but hs can ges food only oyer the tive rail
roads above Ts.erred TO, sSd both Of them may
be at tho mercy Of Gen. Phiip Sberidsn Il is
this element CT the campaign Which 50 i'm
menssly sccsleraies its progress.
MAJ .GES. sEDGNIcK's REAIAISs IN SEW oRR
The body of Nj Gen Ssdgwiek, killed in
Grants srmy, arrived in New York lass week
BE was a Connecticut Ysnkee, znd there wss 8
general turning ont OF New E3glandsTs 20 L.
menl over him. The Herald has the following
account Of shs obseqnie5;
The remains Of Asj-Gens SadgWiek, who
was killed in the Tscept battles Of Virginia while
riding along The fToEt, arrived in this city yes
terday morning in charge Of Maj Waiter,
Capt. Halstsd, and Capt. Beaumont, lsls of
his sGsf, and four cavalrymen, who escorted the
body from the BATHS field to fredericksburg,
thence TO Belle Plain and Washington. al
though the route to tie cspital IS infested By
guerrillss, the escort reached their Gess nation
Without uelss!stion, Ths body having bsea
enhalmed IN Washington, was brought 10 this
city on Wednesday nighf, Ind on its arrival
yesterday was received - he C5ursiand, rsv-
depot by two companies Of regular
errors island, who escoTogs +, Bras51.y
Adams y Cos exprs6S' their bslrscks' subss,
sno sesn sssihlsins were removed 20 tho gov
4asss loom, City Hail, where they lay in stats
Turing the dsy, end were gisiEsd BY thousands Of
people. The ccain vas ens1ToUded with 4 silk
Dag, sid on the lid was 8 beautiful wreath Of
solly leaves and flowers with this inscription
To the Memorg Of
GEN. sEGDwIcK, OF C~0EaECTICUT,
Mn jas. Dixon, Of Hartford, Connsciient
Ga the breast Of the deceased wss g beautiful
which was attached 70 Mrs. LiEc9ln's
ard.
Col Ludlow, Of Gen. DiR's staff, took the
,odY in charge ia order 70 allow the escort a
rest alter their tiresnme and sorrowfpll
ournsy. The body will be conveyed TO its des-
instiou in Conneeiieus this morning TIA
ouutenanee OF tho deceased wears : natural
composed expression. Tee wound eansad
J the fatal bullss can be seen undsF tbs ~
70. The deceased IS dressed Ia thu same uni.
tbat he wore on The battle field. j
The Sons OF Connecticut met al n. 30 Pine /
rect, yesterday afternoon. RobsItH MeC.1rdv 8
the chair; Charles Could scersiaYy. Among
e gentlemen we're GOV. Buckingham, Can /
asssed, Col Almy, Waldo Hasesias, JUDGE S
snd the members OF tho late generals :
I'll Alter brief remarks By several members 4
tho society, the fel0Ting resolutions wsre