Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-06
THE 44HM BLYTHE MHssEssIPPI
REGERRNF.


Is 'FRONT.' NEAR DALTON, ia, ApTil i.
EDTroRs APPEAL: noticed in = late num.
Der Of your journal, contribution with, if l
mistake not, the following caption: :. The I54th
Tennessee Pioneer regiment" givirg sue.
cinct account of the number Of officers and men
killed and wounded in the pioneer regiment since
the commencement of the war.
Inspired with the hope or belief, somawhs!
similar statement would be acceptable to The read
ers Of the APPEEL, and The many friends of the
old 44:h (Blyths) Mississippi regiment, lam iD
duced to send you this article, embodying the
subjoinsd facts sad e. yures ss part Of the histo-
~ of this veteran corps, viz:
Killed in battle, 4 field cfieers killed and
wounded In battle, 80 tficcrsi killed and
wounded in battle since organization, 443 men
total effective a! Shiloh, ass; killed and wound
cd at Shiloh, 23S.
When it is taken in consideration, that the
By the regiment was never q large one-neyer
having reached the maximum Of LOCO men, it
viii readily be conceded, think, this old regi-
men. has not been a silent or inactive partieipa-
tor in the bloody struggle now being so vigOr-
ously pfossca,ed between the Federal and Cor
fsderate States.
I have not time or space to give you the iEdi-
vidusl nsme Of the various members composing
the rank srd fe of tho Blythe regimsnt but
will send you lie following list OF field staff snd
company officers:
Colonel, J. H. Sharp Lieutenant Colonel,
Robert G. Kelsey; AdjutsnL, Charles J. Odom;
Acting Surgeon, X Xsupii Assistant ssrgoOn,
Thomas Turner'S Chsplsin, W C. Mclloy;
CEpt. (si pyessn Acting Inspector General On
Gen. fuckers stsf) VIM. H. SINS, Cspt J T.
Stewart, Capt ". II. CASTOR, Capt (seniOr)
Thomas A Maxwell, Capt. A, n Bradford,
Lieut.. VI. 3. Walking, Capt. Elijah WikerSon,
Capt. D. ". Wilksrson, Capt. Oscar Smith.
No regiment in the service can boast higher
degree Of health, greater ezebeTaEce of spirits,
OF more efficiency, or whatever else constitutes
what is termed "fghlirg tim" Under tie
leadership Of such gallant and neritorious com
maaders ss tho accomplished and chival-
ric Sharp, equally fond of joke CT tilt, Of
lofty crest and noble port, deeply attached to
his regiment, with which be has been SO lorg
idert6edi eminently devoted snd patriotic, ho
possesses all the qualities which fairly ensitle
him 10 the wTesthed ssars-sssociated with tie
stern, unyielding valor of Kelsey, who, plain as
an old stos" # duty, is terror to shiIksrs
when duty calls to the feId-aided by gallant
corps of subOrdins officers, ami az dsuntless
rank and file as evsr stormed the deadly i'm
mirent bretch,S the old Blythe viii continue TO
bear aloft, as she has eyer done, she ban5er of
Mississippi, no matter how numerous the foe or
foTmidsble the tssk before them.
The Blythe have followed the example of the
Pioneer regiment in re enlisting for The war, be
it long or short, aud viii struggle with her sister
uutil her noble State, proud, glorious cid Ten
nessee, is redeemed from the VsndslS that op-
press her.
Despite Of every yoke she bears
That land IS Glory's still and theirs"
VETERAN.