Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-03

From he Mobile r gtstsr, istinstl
CANDIES, ARK, May ., Is64-It may Be Of
interest to you 10 hear Of our glorious and bril-
Hsut successes in this department. daring the
foTy-niua days eampsiga. With IN army less
thsa one-EBird that Of she enemy, IN numbers,
We have almost entirely redeemed two States
and rsoecupied them.
On the 18th Ct March, Banks army % SD At
SinmsDoTt, in Louisiana, on Red river, and
Fort DsR1ssy fell; Alexandra was evacuated
and our army took position at Nstchitoches and
subsequently, fell back to Maasfsld. On the
23d March, Steale moved southwark from Little
Rock, with Is ZOO man snd thirty-nine pieces of
artillery. TIE enemy thTestened Texas from
The Rio Grznde. The columns msnaced and
advanced into the thin districts; each column
stronger than the entire f5Tee which defended
The district in which it moved. Concentration
became necessary, and The brillianey Of its *
eeution and results are shown BY the campaign
as i now stands.
Price Commanding the district Of Arkansas)
/ vas ordered to retain only his cavalry, soma
six thousand, and three or four batteries; with
them % delay and harsss the enemy ss much SIS
possible; c1t bis communications, keep him
from supplying himself from the country, and to
cover TIE movements Of the infantry, which he
was directed to send with al speed to Shrsys.
port-z distance Of enc hundred miles. which
they made in less than Eve days. Here the
troops we're allowed 10 rest sHo days, Banks net
pressing below, and then started for Maas6sld,
! forty-tbrse miles below. At the time Price was
ordered to send his infantry, AsgTuder was
ordered TO send I've thousand cavalry from
/ Texas 70 Mansfield, under command Of General
Green, and Join Majors. The troops arrived al
Mansfield, with the exception OF the Missouri
aud Arkansas infantry, in time to meet the sd-
vance Of the l6sh array corps, .. s. A. The
Il e-~a-n-nars E~rE ulana laha IN fhn awouiun and
was E complete victory, then followed Peasant
Hnl-0f both these battles l have written you.
Gen. Smith turned at once TO Arkansas, Brought
back his infantry, reinforced by some Of the
L9uisiana troops, Chat is Texas troops from
LouisiEus d~istrict,) aud by forced marches for
g distance Of two hundred snd eighty-two miles
overlook Steele, who WAS in full retreat on
Little Rock, st Jenkins ferry, and defeated him
bsdly. A deep and impossible stream on the
bank Of which be fought, and which late in the
evening he crossed By means Of his p~ont0oRs
which he destroyed prevented our capturing his
entire army.
Before Steele evacuated Camden, be sent a
trsin Of go Wsgons, guarded by 300 men sEd
SIX pieces CT artillery, cut foraging. This train
was attacked by our cavalry We took 200
prisoners, killed 500, captured the train and ar.
tilleTy, and saved ali but sbeul 30 wagons. BE
sesin sent q train Of 300 wagon to Pine bfUff,
guarded by 25D0 msn and SIX pieces Of artillery.
rhess were met By Fsgsn's division Of eavslry,
beaten, ell ther force killed, wounded and
taken, and mos. Of the wagons and all the az
tillery saved, together with HOO prisoners. 1.
vas On the receipt OF the news Of this last cap
ture thst Siee,e evaeaated tho place. The cam
pzlen has opened very brilliantly, and viii be
closely followed up. After beStiDg Banks az
Pleasant Hill, Tsylsr continued 80 follow him,
and is now investing Alexandria, where Banks
Is One ganbost, tas lsEgss! Of their ases, was
partially destroyed, A9d together with their
transports, is in oar possession.
I an delighted with tne dash and brilliancy
of Gen. Smith, and find him in the field to be q
pleasant officer to serve with. Horace Randall
Or Eadier- geEeraO was killed at Jsekson's
ferry, Gen Wsul had bis arm broken, General
ScUTy was killed and Gen j.. B. Clark, of
Missouri, slightly wounded Frank Won Phul,
A d c.. TO Clark, was slightly wounded. Oar
less vii reach 1000 killed. and WoHndsd AZ the
last battles the eneny's more. Steele Destroyed
every wagon be had, and we took his entire
ambulance train and wounded. Gan. Smith
hsd his horse shot under him.