Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-03
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! res CT yiesaFy which were in eirculssion. w
. give his letter.
The army Of the Paton1ae is resting and re-
euperalng. It's ranks sre shattered, but d,
spirit II unbroksn. Il has gained a few niles
, OF ensanguined soil and paid for il with the
blood Ct many thousands Of men. Day after
day. and night siter night, it has struggiad
against brave and staHhorn foe, now sdTan-
eng, now reslrInF5 now dashing with Wild reclr-
/ lassness against ihs immo7abls columns of he
enemy, aud then Il turn mseting, breaking snd
taEning back The 1-iCus onslaught Of is q ,re0
antagonist ThrOuga ten days and aieh.s Of
seorchIng heat and drenching Fsin, Il has bzsEied
5ravelY never hinehing Whan ordered % attack
never despsirng Ehsa fsiiVre fsl upon It. After
lEs terrible ieeors, reduced in numbers, bat
strong IN spirit snd determination, il is now rest
| ing aud iralF Is needs rest
B3ioge proceeding % rsVisw our failures aud
/ cur successes, vii ezpl2in an error in nv let
tsr OF she l3.h. IL faas therein stated lhaE after
1 re terrible c12h.ct OF Thursday last Gen Lee
evseusts6 bis position ia 'front.' Of Soosts yIvanis
/ and rstired to smother line bayoud thaf mace.
and nesr tie IA IIvsT. The stssemsnt was based
On tbs reports Of psfgOns arriving here from he
'front.', snd vas gsHerally credited in official cir
/ eie3 bat i now turns out that the story was
nothing 5Ut g fsbrieation from beginning 70 end
Gen. Lee still holds bis lines between Sp5tssyl-
Vznla and Cen Giants 'front.' He still holds
the rife pits and brsasfBorks that wsrs charged
BY syery corps IN Giants army. He holds the
intTeaedmaats thst were es1tured and afisrrarl
abandoned By HsneocE. sad also shs positions
4tt=eksd oy Burnside, Wnsas and WaTrea. Po-
sF15ns Of his Whols Ens Tsrs IN cur no ion
As oEa time skut We could net hold Them Ts
present posItiou Is evidently ors Of bis sr,ay-
est, and hls persistent and successful daisrmina-
uon to hold Is proves thas he vii and can E yht
long AID desPe at5iy before the spires Of r eh-
Hood gladden. tho syss OF cur soldiers.
When ihs people Of he North bring them
selves TO belisyH the papab,e lrnlh lhss General
Les'5 army u strong iu Numbers, brave il spirit
and free from everything ssvoTirz Of derorali
zREioni they vii appreciate the nayuisuia Of the
task uudsrtaksn By Gen. Graas B5f0Te tie re- |
cent battles Fe were told that the Coufsderstez |
waEs hUagry, naked and diEEussed They were
said to &c deserving By the hundred, ana the !
poor, crzFen hearted oaes who esms mo our
lines represented ths comrades they iefa behind /
ss completely dsmoTshzsd, tirs6 of rebsIlioa. /
and a. sliiug 70 lay down their arms. Va [
now h.saeby exeerieacs that tho rsbsls ara de- /
ternined 10 f zbs Il out to the bitter end tbst
their numbers ere almost equal to our oFu /
toas l2aF sEe neither hurgEy nor asksd, sud |
ihGs tosir oTganiz lfion aud spirit aEa a. strone
today s5 tasy Were sTo years ago.
La the matter Of Losses, It is very evident that
ours has bees greater than that Of the enemy
Iroops f ghting from behind brsastworks are |
not likely to suffer so much as those raa,ipy tks I
attack. Les fought under favorable circum- /
stances Ia every engagement. a. The Wilder /
ness MS men were concealed il dense woods m
I'll the mofnsnt Of attack ard after = ehsr-a |
they iInne-i4islY retired sgsiR 20 shaltor. In
tke succeeding sHgagerenss, Szd Barsieul ~
5potisy lVsuIs, theF Uers pr0tacsd By mis- pits /
ald breastw5Eks. Our maa Fad 70 charge On /
these Posl-isns, often bei1g exposed 70 > de- !
5lrueiVs emf ading FIRE of grapsshot and saais-
ter In thIs wsy they Ws1s n wed dowa by 4
Thousands. When Burnside attempted to carry /
ths sanmy's works Cn Thursday, hia msu were |
exposed Go this most destructive Of slI irss. ur-
tll they rselsd, staggered, and fell IN heaps /
IEey eVinced soidigrly Qualities Of the highest I
order, but sheir task was too great, aud sffsr =
furious Struggle they were forced back to !hsir |
own line.
A portion Of the 5.h corps met a similar rs- |
espd0n. They also charged the euemy's ride /
pits, and although they fought bragely IS men /
could fight, they were FepBlsed with slaughter /
Batteries weTs opened On them on front aRd /
haak uncl they were driven from ali the ground 1
taken By them in the 6rst charge Hancock, /
though successful IA surprising the enemy, and 4
EnAzingssn important capture, could not main 4
tain the advantage gained. He aso hsd to re-
tire. bringing eff his prisoners, but leaving be-
hind seVsTss OF the gpns captured Ol him, IS
On ths others, batteries opened from many 4
points, thinning bis racks and driving him back
beyond range
We have suffered more in tho loss Of officers
than the enemy did. They have not lost one
acknowledged leader, if We except Longslrest,
who viii soon be IN the field sgaiu; While We
have lcsS forever cne Of the best generals In the
amy. Another brave and espabls man, bat not
50 well known as Se1gwielz, isll, aud was buried /
By the enemy. Two Of our generals have gone
A. =
several we're badly wounded and isksa from the /
6sld. Against this account We csa place John
son and Stuart, captured By Hancock, and fsw /
others wounded, and then tTy 30 balance our |
books. l thiuk we esnnot DO Il.
At tbs close Of shs teBth days baltla the Con
lscaTzts5 held theIr own, and Grants amy was 4
30 exhausted he dssermined 70 rest and strength
sn hls depleted corps. ] aR. s1Te that Lee was /
also IN need o. rs5f, but We al know It Grant I
had Cf=rsd battle On Friday Lse yEould have
aco8ptad- Is IS d0Dbsiul If tbs present lull IS /
net As advantageous 70 Les as Il IS 70 Grams, as
It gives him "a opportunity TO repair the rail-
roads sad b have been broken by Sheridan
He cAn also bring up supplies Ct which hs aust
stand IN need, ard rsiBloreemsat5 Il there ara
any 70 spare rom other points.
TIE cause Of Grsas's present delay 10 neees-
itY Of establishing a new bass Of supplies. I
p0intsd this ont when the army moved rom
Brandy station, and mentioned thar Ulses a
most likely to be made the temporary bass The
ratlonH, forage, etc, taken by his man Ehsn
they crossed the Rspidan, Esrs exhausted n
the close Of the series Of battles, and = fesT DAYS
must slapsa before enough can be brought here
. furnish tbs army for another march af1ar Lss.
should Do retire from hi5 present line. Leafs
intTsnehing nov, and GTsnE is not wasting. tina
N idlsness- The latter, if not ready to advance,
Is st least prepared to Eesist an Aslaek.
The New York Times, which went into vieto-
ri0Gs eonvUlsioEs over tie rout ard retreat Of
Lee, A5 telegraphed when tbs Fsderals eaDt1ra8
t8elye guns, and Hancock an10unced sbss. hsv-
ing finished up johnson, hs aas about EobbIine
up Early has changed its tone undsf more re-
east aovices, and, is q1ite surprised that any,
body could have expected the roui Of Lee. Il
says:
No reasonable mar could have ever lookad
forward to anything Ike = roat TO Gen. Lees
army any more than 10 that of our own. When
such veteran corps as 'L0ngsIsst's aud Burn
SIDES meet, 90 they have done on many
bloody held, there Is ne thought on either si5s
OF rons OF tilghi as a thing which could pos
slhly hsppen. Il ls 80 with 0IhsT vesersn corus
n o9tn armies. When they ars beaten they
simply withdraw so much Of thsir nan and A.
hllery as they can save, and rstrest to Tie next
commanding position where hey can make 4
stand
In such country as Virginia an army can
never be entirely broken Ep By Oae defeat
Ihere is no opportunity for such a pursuit. bv
cavalry as We read Of Ia European battles Ar
tilsgy, and the strong Positions peculiar 10 the
eou2iIY, eaG ziwAys retaEd the pursuing enc
ny, uasii the dsieassd army can rsorgsDiz,
isself
Il Is only By some foTtunals double stack.
hAe the. which Is ths peculiarly Of this ca-,-
paigns inst large Tstrsaiing army IN Arsrias
can GO oEckan sp. Unless Butler should Be
PecREaziy fortunaso On the Jaaass. ~ - -
pee. weeks Of stubborn esntest bsfwee-, -.
gsadaaiy iaiiing army Of L.ze and bis ine,sss.
ingg strong end lanseious opDoRsDf. for h
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