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

t1laly .Idet t0e ISDei5 IN bLtoDR IOlCS uHUot
KIRBY Smith, Dick Taylor, Mouton, Greene
aad Prics, with from eighteen to twenty-five
| thousand men. There was brisk skirmishiug,
and finally The rebels came on in force, Gene
/ rsls BsnEs and Ransom being upon the field.
/ Ffanklia vas sent for bat before he came up
the rebel success had been great They made
desperate ehsrges in mass, and were desperately
resisted. The losses on both sides we're fright
| ul Finslly, sitter Franklin hsd come up, ito
whole Federal force was driven back three and
a half miles, bat Were checked with fearful
slaughter by two brissdes under Gen Emery
Eighs put an end 10 the contest. Tie FedeYals
! a ere under Banks, Ransom, Stone ard Lee
Nary guns Wsrs Loaf. On tie rebel side it is
kaosB that Gen. houton was killed.
ThIRD DAYS BATTLE JUNCTION WITH shITH.
kfsr TIE close Of the battle of Friday, q
council Of war wss called by Gen. Banks, and
IL wss decided 10 withdraw the army to Pleas
ant Hill chat place sff3Tding better position to
give battle 10 the tpOmy, who, it was expected
would renew Ghe attack early in the morEipg
L vas also kuoWn that General 4. j. Smiths
coRimeud hsd reached Pleasant Hill, and Gan,
Bsnks vas anxious to unite the forces Of S0i.a
Wish his oTn.
Ths 7i.kdrssgal of tbs force commenced at
tsg O'Clock, and before Daylight ths rear Of tie
army was sell or the Toal. The enemy in the
night bsd pressed lis picket down on our hoDt
! but he failed 10 discover tie movement OF eur
troops, tho Withdrawal being conducted il the
greatest silence aad expedition. Il was net un-
I'll morning that he was made aware that our
army had lef! his immediate front, when he fol-
| lowed sfter win his main force, sending for.
Eard bis cavalry in hot haste to 6nd our where
Ebouss But they failed to como up with our
forces uaIl they hal TeRchsd Pleasant Hill.
Gen. EnoTy'g division brought up the rear, and
arrived st Pleasant Hill about seven o'cleck in
! the morning.
/ Reconnaissance AND sKIRMISH-PLEAsANT
HILL BATrLE-FIELD.
Cclonel GOodiBg, commanding the oh bIi.
gade Of the cavalry division, as soon as General
| Emory had arrived q. Pleasant Hill, wes ssns
cut 01 the StrevepaT rosd TO fad the enemy.
Ha had n0t proceeded Gp ths road more than
I nsie when Re mes the advance of the Tebsls
coming down. Finding the enemy approaching
"a strong force, Col. Gooding skirmished with
K him until Gen. Emory bad completed TIE form-
siion of his line of battle, when the cavalry re
/ tired in good order, the enemy keeping up
hot fro on them IS they fell back, killing and
Wounding some forty men.
/ The battlefield Wss . large com non iast on
thu outside of the town of Pleasant Hill, on the
Shreveport road. The grouRd was open and
rolling, and agcended both from the side of the
town and from the side on which the enemy vas
expected, belt of timber extending almost
entirely around the held.
General EnoTys division was drawn MP in
line of bssLe en- the side Of The hill, his right
resligg across the Shreveport road. Gen. Nc
/ Millen's brigade formed the extreme right of
| the line, and his right rested near The woods,
which extended along tie whole base Of the
/ hill, AID through Whicl il was expected the en-
emy would advance Gen. DTighes brigade
was formed on the left of Gen McMillen's, en-
| tho right Of tho read, the left resting on the
road. Col. B ,asdic!'s brigade fsrmsd en- the
| lelt Of Gen. d wight. the right resting on the
| fosd little in the rear Of Gen. D wight form
| ing an.ecLeion 10 his brigade. Two pieces of
| Tsylor's battery were placed in ths Tesr Of
D sights lelE on the road, and the remaining
! foar pieces were got Into position on an emin-
ence on the leli Of the road and in rear of Ben
edics's left. Hibbsrd's Vermont battery was ia
| tie Iesr OF the division.
/ General A. j. Smth's division Of the 18Th
army corps, under command of Gen. Mower,
I were msssed in two lines of battlo, with a.til-
! lery, in resr of Emory's division. The righs Of
| the first line rested on the road, And was com
posed of two blgsdss on the right commanded
| by Colonel Lynch; tho second brigade on the
! let commanded by Colonel Shaw. General
| Smiths second line of battle was fifty yards in
rear of the frat, and Was composed of two bri-
| the islt commanded by Col, Eli.
Genefzi Mower commanded the second bri-
/ gads and wss temporarily IN command OF the
whole fOFes, while Gen. Smith ooaamsndsd the
c5rps 81 3 separate command.
THE ACTION.
| The disposition bsiEg made, our army await.
cd The sppToReh of the enemy, but rs the day
wore away, many began to believe that no at
| tAck would De made.
! Il was now five o'clock, and bat two hours
! Of daylight remained in which to fght the bat
| tls. The skirmishing, which hsd continued all
day, at this hour became lively, and at ten min
.us5s past Eve, Gen: Emory sent word to GeA
! Franklin that the skirmishers were being dnvsD
in sud the enemy marching down upon him in
three lines Of battle.
50 twenty minutes past fvs the enemy an
yssp5 OF the plain at the edge of tho woods,
/ and the bsltle commsLcsd, our batteries open
iog upoH hin with Gaze shell as be marched At
a d0ubls-quick across the feld to the attack
Oar ell, Col. Bsnedie5s brigade, came into
rction first, and soon alter cur right and center
were engaged. The hattie now ragged fs-cely,
tae sir was full of lesd aud iron, and she roar
of maskssry and artillery incsssant. The car
mage on both sides was fearful, the men fight.
li-g almost hand to hand, and with great des-
PeTR:ion.
Nothing could exceed ths determined bravery
Of our troops, bet il was evident Emo-y's divis.
ioa vas fighting the whole army. Pressed at
al points By overwhelming numbers, cur line
iall back up the hill to the sixtesnth corps,
which was coEcesled just behind tho crest.
Tsy.oT's battery for time fell into the hands
of the enemy.
Colonel Benedict, whils ganantly lesdng
his brigade in the charge, fell dead, pierced with
Eve balls.
The battle was fought and the victory won
Our troops followed up the rebels until night
put an end 60 the pursuit. Oh Yankee ! Yam
Eeo Our victorious army slept upon the bat
tls hsld, which was Ope of the bloodiest of tho
war
FALLING BACK TO GRAND ECoRE.
Esriy the ne1t morning cur line of march
: was taken up 10 Grand Eoore, to obtain rest
and rssioDs, the army being too much fssigned
By the thTeo dsy1s fighting and severe march
ing 1t had Undergone 30 attempt pursuit. Of the
enemy.
Gen Bsuks Wss present from the beginning
to tie close of the engagement, and rode ovsE
, the iel1 through showers Of bullets, personally
directing the movements Of the troops.
In the battle of Friday the rebel Gan Mouton
was killed by the uneuing rifles of the 18th
, Kentucky. he reesivsd four balls in his body
The rebel General KIRBY Smith is reported t.
have commanded the troops In the battle 81
Pleasant HUI.
OUR LOSSES DURING THE CAMPAIGE.
? The entirs losses of the campaign thus fsl
may be sammed up SIS fOilowSI
Twenty pieces Of artillery.
3 Fifteen hundred men in Gen. Ransom's corps
{ SIX hundred men in Gen. Emory's division
Five hundred men in Gen Smiths 10Th ATmJ
Q corps.
{ -Four hundred men in the cavalry division.
I One hundred and thirty cavalry division snt
I brigade wagons.
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