Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-01


matter the better ( viii be for rs sud oET essgs.
This may 90 tIusi and We are far fron dsnoun-
eng persons Who thus think nevertheless, the
sentiment exisls-GoF Brown Is rfCAt-the
peopse say is-sHd ths next Congress win say
t. Meantime, We think there is little ground
TO fear that the President viii AbGss the powers
invested in him. -HississiSpiGn.s
The BzisIe Of q OfustesD-Tbe Bssrs5.z
Aftsr Lhe Eight.
Orrespapde1ce OF the Dsiiy Morning Essal
TALLAHASSEE, March %, 1861.
Col THOHPsoE-DsGT Sv: send you
short description Of the battle field Of "0lussse, "
ioited down after an early snd very ihorough
examination The morning after the Egh!.
In his oficisl report, Gen. Flnegsn styles this
''she battle eff Ocean pond" b9t I think Il is
generally known now, and ever viii be here
after, a. The battle Of "Olusiee,n bsing in the
vissnis Of the eFsas apshraTltaad stasionns LII
nAme. Oiustee is-g Ssalinele. nsms, end signi-
6es Black Water"
The area Of ground On which the bsssls was
fought is a triangle, the base of which was the
enemy's line Of battle. an As near as / eould
judge, is half mile long. The apex Of the
triangle, where they fled of in the road on their
retreat, is cns and bali miles distant
Approaching this area, I 6rss saw quantities
of gum timber, cut down By the eneny's shot
and SHELF large pins lross broken of near the
top, and often In ths middle wallis those stand
ing up were scared aud sPiiniered, and some
times perforated through, BY small solid sbOs,
the marks Of Fiae and musket balls bsiHg thick
on the trees, ranging, on the ensnly's side, from
five feet to forty from the gTouad.
Here y0a came upon the dead Coufsderate
soldiers "ther faces 30 II ssyen, lhsr fsst 10 the
fse." Ths wounded have all been carried of to
oar feld hospitals during ard soon afssS the
fght. None OF our dead had beea robbed, bat
msny had their limbs s,Tsightsnei and their
bodies arranged in deeent positions By consider
ele pssss-s by.
a fact werih recording is that, although the
cannopading was 50 severe, did nos see one Of
our men who bad been killed BY & csnaon ball.
Most Of the wounds were in ths breast, aud
where this was the case, the fingers were inys-
riably clUtehed IN the bosom, tearing open she
clothes.
A lGrge msjorisy Of cur killed struck ne as
being tall, spare, slightly built, aud very young
men.
About two bandred yards beyond these, I
came upon the bloody ground occupied By the
enemy, for the grey coats and blue-eoatS were
not mingled. Tns scene was Horrible Here
were literally piles Of dead and RORn led. 4
counted in one group eight, in another ten, snd
in another thirteen, white And blsek- No kind
hand hs5 arranged thsir limbs, but they lay Just
in the attitudes in which the vital spark had left
them. Here one sat sEeet against tree. his
eyes staring, and his legs and arms stiffsned
cut before him Here q negro had erREled into
some brush to die his back was bowed up
like hoop, his face to ths ground, ard be rest
i1g eniirely on the points OF bis eKtenisd fng
ers and tees. The eyes Of all were wide open,
and the Whikss of those Of % Cafee," IS well as
bis teeth, ware displayed with peculiar grim
zee
Tho wounded often made pillows Of The dead,
| and in this way tho piles, which sEs generally
| considered an exaggeEali0n, do occur.
! Witnessed ono sad sight. and stopped my
horse to regaTd il in respectful silence. A nan,
| himself severely WoU0ded, was on his knees,
/ bending ever the face Of dead soldier, ons
arm srouad bis neck and tho other across his
/ breast, the tesrs streaming down bis cheeks
she picture Of deep affection and intease wee
| No ono pat any idle qaesti91s 10 bin, and he
did not seam t. be aware Of the presence Of suy
| one,
Tho dead Yankee horses presented Pitsou5
spectacle. On one spO; where we had captured
battery I oountsd tBeive, and suppose there
! weIe forty others scattered shout
Our dead Wera sll dscs1tly in.esfed By twelve
! o'clock N. in single graves. Then began the
work OF putting IN possession OF their hee
| farms" seine four hundred aud ffty Of the ere.
my's dead. Instead Of the promised farms,
A0h6NEfs hucJ AGS14fc4 eAAlJ e-AAsAA ea4A AaaA-1A
/ crowded tenems1t5, with fifteen or twenty joint
owners, white and blsek-fhs former often oc-
cupyiny The ground h)or, or tieFs
| Sach was the case with the re1Oubtsbls Col
| Friebls, of : negro regiment, in whose packet
was found letter from bis wife, (qusTy, white
| or black y sskng him to "confsesss" for her
as nice side-ssdde BhsR he reached Tslls-
hssses.
Yes the black-bearss1 FriebIs bad dog.
| burial a leader Of horde OF infuriste1 ne
/ gross, on a mission Of murder, robbery and
| rape, ought he nos to Rave been Left 10 rot OF
the plain, for the obscene birds to fstten on hi:
vitsls, and the gAznt wolves to gBzw his bones
A variety Of trophies could be seen srou8S
our camp fires The night Of the bsstle, many 0
them Ysnkes notions in the shape Of lissle con
ysnisness fer the soldier in camp or on tht
march, put up In the smallest compass. Lei
ters, dagueneOtypes, etc. SJme Of the latter
taken from negro knapsseks, were Of hnelI
dressed white females shswiDg that the nOT
Yankee theory Of ''aiseegenation" is in prae
I tics. There were also found very many ''eAt
o'-niue-tsis," such as were used in the nzYy
formerly.
The wounded negroes we're sh very humba
tho slaves dejsetei IN the exTsms. The
NOrlhem negroes, at 6rst, spoke ss u thei
equsls, but soon found it would Hos do. SAID
one Of group to Confederate soldier stand
ing by, 81 say my iIiend' Just let ne pat mI
arms around your neck, and raise me up = lit
tie" Confsderssa solder" d Dln't eAll me you
| friend, d--n you. Ia just ss soon blow you
brains out IS not, and | wouldn't touch yoI
with ten foot pols-" :"
Twill only add, thst from the sigma" ihi
was one Of ths3good fights Of the war sud wol
by the pluck aud aim Of our men. FsW order
were given, (and those principally by Gsnsga
Colqaist, who directed the battle, ard was unde
fire The whole time.) His order was "push on,
and lhss was done steadily, even by some of th
troops, who were (by great neglect somewhere
early out Of ammunition. FLORIDA.