Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-13

nlect'eAne4 Rbnclcs pu low tla4
out and the Y4nkss crop Is laid BY The general CON.
msnsins desires q thorough oyerh4ulirg Of tie con.
maud ana counting noses etc OrderS have been Issued
to the entire command ronezvs US st this pscs for
she purpose Of general inspection Of horses arms
eta and to cOmpIsts the orgsniEaos Of The various
commands.
In puEsuanca Of the orders absve msn.Ionsd 10 day
there between 5000 and 10 600 bold, enthusiastic
aud well mounted troops drawing rAfons from these
hesdqpaFters and more happy, better clothed and
deaut aud cheerful body OF men never wers ar.
sembIed undsr the Aag of frsensn. Thsy are deter.
mined never 70 rest AK for peacs or visit ihe homes
until their scis freed from the pOIluted footsteps Of
the Yankees and the tories who have devastated ths
fertile and beautiful secii5n OF the sOuth.l
On the morning of the ID Of Nay, Gen Forrest, " til
his escort aud hundrs and twenty men. left
jackson. Tenn, for this place. All the wagons and
the bSisncs of the command having gone on.
At Bolivar about 10 o'clock on the %, the advances
squad encountered body Of 26OO Yankees. who were
AZ they call It, resonnOits tsring in force" hoping no
donbt TO faT In on the trains Firing commenced i'm.
mediateiy. when Gen. Forrest with bis little squad
rode up immedIsteIy in front OF this large body Of
nsn- He then ordered sVsry Into small veil
built fort on hlil about half way from the town 10
the river, which mile north Of the viIage
Hero his smAH fores held the large body Of ths enemy
at bay four hours, killing nine and wOunding twenty.
one, when, by some mssns, the Yankees learned that
Forrest there in person and perfect panic sprung
up Hmoug them, and they fall ack towards Mem phs
leaving their dead and wounded on the isld General
Forrest then moved his little band OF hsrces four
miles the road TO Tupelo and camped AL night un-
meiested. Major J. P. Strange hia ever present and
indefadszble A. A. G.. wounded by a ball which
broke his Jeff ab the elbow qhsnsj0r is now
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afa5e and pleasant is his wont. Every one Is snx
Ious to serve him. snd & generally understood that
he has not an enemy in the command
Before leKyng Jackaon We performed the melancholy
duty Of burying Col ". B. Red whose wounds 1 al
luded in nay former letter No man ever wen upon
the affections Of the command rapidly than did
this noble soldier and christian patriot
The report published IN the Yankee papsrs, Of an
engagement at Hudsonvle, wss totsly false I was
there myself eight hours after the Yankees who were
only Ahy three in number and al the engagement they
had stesllng DR.. Phillips well bucket and shoot
ing Newfoundland puppy
We have plenty Of corn aad bacon here, and every.
body Is we'll dressed P6ducah and Fort pillow mer-
chants can, doubt, explain how the sBppliea were
Furnished.
Mrs. Forrest, also Col. lessee and Capt. william H
Forrest, here. These tEo are the only brothers
the general has left in the service Col Aaron Forrest
died, while at Trenton, Of typhoid fever.
Coils Brent and Walton, and Capt Harris the inspect
ing oicars from Richmond, all here, and seem de-
lighted with the of hand, prompt and expeditions
IN which the general and bIs assistants dispatch
business They little amused this morning
when looking from their tents they saw the gen.
erA with his OOas off, euyng bis horse in the ostIers
most approved style. Col Brent remarked, That
beats ANYTHING have Inspected
The railroad is now complete to cOrinth and the tele
graph line will be up in i've dHys when we will
up, il We do not move somewhere else.
General Forrest and Rlmost his entire command are
anxious 10 have Col Sam Tate Of Memphis elected to
Congress from the Memphis district ell the vacancy
OsessOnsd by the death of Col D. H. Currin.
West Tennessee is now clear Of desertsrs eonscrlpts
and tories Over three thousand weIl-mounted men
have Joined this command, and about one thousand rx
hundred deserterE and eonscrps been sent to the
rear, and large number OF bad men have been sent
back In irons and outlaws have been lost in
the woods
A dispatch has just been received from Gen. Polk
asking Gen. Forrest to meet him st DsmopollL He
will go OkoIona this evsRng and take the train
morrow morning G. ". A.
DEaogoLIs, Ala, May 9.
On Sunday morning, General Forrest AMI your hum
teain ready and brought us through TO this place
By u o'clock night. mort interview had be-
tween the hard working old General Polk, Gen. s. D.
Lee, and Gen. Forrest. pleased to saY thas the
most cordial good feeling and ready ooopsrsOI existed
between these three oiesra General Lee gallant,
and excellent officer aud being the senior In the de-
partment, dtrng General Folks absence on 4 little
business trip takes command at this place.
Tomorrow, Gen. Forrest returns Tupslo, where he
will swAis, with bis usual vigilance and energy, the
movements Of the enemy, and will be ready at mo-
msnis warning to strike where everhs judgment leads
him. 10 fears may be entertained Of his being tram
mslled with orders His seniors know him and sppreci-
ate him too correctly give bin any trouble on that
score.
The General has granted furlough to viait my
family for short tine ami II O'Clock eAve for
Atlanta G.WA.