Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-16
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the Courier. February l5I
wo HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH DAY.

TWO HUNDRED AND NINEFEENTH DAY.
Our citizens were aroused from their slumbers
about two O'Clock Friday morning, by what
was at f.st believed to be general engagement.
The eannonsding was terrific The flashes Of
the guns lighting mp the whole bETbor, the
bursting Of shell IN the clear atmosphere, and
the wbizEing Of shot, rendered the scene one OF
awful sublimity. Various speenlsGons were
entertained as TO the cause Of firing, when il
YVES discovered thAt sH cur bstterieS on James
and Sullivan Islands, IS well as those il the
haTbor, had simultaneously opened FIRE on Nor
ris island. The enemy made 70 reply, doubt
less owing to the hot fire keeping them close
under cover.
The csnnonsdirg was kept up for an hour
ard half with Fihsd sud mortar shells, mostly
tie latter. The practice of our batteries was
splendid, and is believed to hava been tie most
effective of tie siege, nearly every shell exPlod-
ing innmedisiey over the onemy'a batteries, de-
m5lishing the Yankee calcium light at Cum
Minis point, sDd knccaiBg down the hsg staff at
Battery Gregg.
Between three and four o'clock, soon after
ear hSrbor batteries had ceased firing, rapid
aud heavy artillery firing, sssningly with field
pieces was heard in the direction Of Johns isl
AID. It was reported that fiEh. was going
ca hosweeR our own end the eusuy's fsrees
tbe latter saving been it is bslisvsd largely r.
infoTced. 1detsils Of this affair we're received
BY as last evening As wiz be seen in eur tel
eSfaphic columns, however, Gsn. Wise has iriv-
eH the enemy to their gunbosss and was still in
pursuit.
A dispatch from Cen Wise, dated at Fipp's,
Johns island, at 6 P. NJ. Of the 1lth, reports
| that the enemy came up in force, when We
opened fire upcn them st twenty-five minutes
| past O'Clock. The enemy cskssd firing et
/ forty minutes past O'Clock And rstrsatsd, with
| our cavalry in pursuit. They left some wreck
behind Of small arms and disabled horses. La
this engagement we lost none in killed. One
man severely and another slightly wounded,
and one missing, are reported as the total mum.
Der Of casualties.
A Yankee prisoner captured reports the enc
myis f5rce consisted of two bIigades, one OF
! them commanded by a colonel, with SIX pieces
of artillery. He SAYS they started last Saturday
| niehs, coIniPg up oy the way Of The Kiawsh,
aud landed on JohnseR's island. Oh the fercsl
engaged be seemed to know very little, bal
mentions the 4Ist New York, 18TH and 74th
| Pennsylvania, the former commanded BY Col
Van GlEie; one or two Ohio regiments, ore Of
them the 65th, and the 70sh Connecticut ThC
4iss, to which ne belongs, has been stationed on
Folly island
The following are the casualties in the Cade
rangers, Capt IL B Humphrey; Csp'. Hum
phIey, Woupded 10 the foot and leg; Lieut. Do
sier, missing; Ssggi Dutard, supposed y o.
killed, C0rpl Mcdowell, missiUgi CoTpl Apple
by, Pfivstes BrGnnon and Long, wounded
Private II. Wslpoie, Of the Ss0no Scouts, Sc
vsTely in The neck Cspt. Tennent, Of the 59s
Virginia, was wounded and is rnieBiDg. PriVet
, PreBsley, Of the 25sh south Carolina volunteers
: WAs severely wounded in the hand durinE th
hhslling Of Seeessionyills Wednesday By th
enemy.