Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-28
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June %, 1864. 5
EDITORS ABPE4L The eampEign "dFags its dow
length along, ard, - HsuAl, brsk EhsTpEhsoting' varied
By occasional nalvos OF artlery-4uli Of sound and
fary, s~ignifylBR nethinFs-s the order Of the day. We
are patiently awaiting The time when the Yankees shall
have exhausted every means of syadiAg a fair sght and
win be forced to decide the issue by 5 pitched battle
There is not one nan who doubts the result Of that bHt-
tie whenever and wherever it may occur
Our boys have beeoms adopts Ia the Use Of he spade
and II spgdes are trumps, as soms Of eur later day mil
Itary aeniusss asserb we hold the game IN our own
hznds. Our corps, within the Ialt two weeks, has
thrown up seventeen niles of earihwoka-sn achieve
neat which Grants sburrowsr'sn aannst eclipse.
One Of your city papers ~publiahsd q very incorrect
aeeouat of the engagement Of CIR corps Hood'D with
the Yankees en- the Q2a inst Twelve guns AID slsrgs
number Of Dr. nonsns wers NOT captured, three lines Of
battle wore ni broken and put to flight, nor wSs our
whole corps, or onetenih Of It sngsged-t was simply
. heavy slirnish, and nothing mere. We whipped
lsrgeIy s1peror Buabers Of the enemy and inflicted
hssvy lsgs upon him, and accomplished all that was ia.
tended, bus Judging by the standard which the war hss
fred, 4 was not = battle. A reporter who founds ms
news items upon idle ruuors and eock.snd bull stories
is unworthy a position SO responsible. It ia an insult 10
b.avs man 70 pubHsh highly ooIorsd' reports Of their
AaAHgHNaAAa Sc - 49,
ranled Il makes them pa tners in The infsny. We
have NJ need, zs tie Yankees have, to employ special
reporters 90 gid and alnish our deeds before they are
e. 90 be presented TO tbs weird. Il We &C. EhAbbhy
saourre Us With all the whips Of he pres. If We d0'
oar duty and the greatest success Is cumprehended in
tat term, a u.ie praise will be most thankfully re
osvsd
since The commencement Of this campaign, our
bazEds hes aosi NEST heavily. The 9th Meals ippi bat
talon shsrpshooters has lost Of the eighty ave Elective
men 4 small battalion OF three eOmpsniss) carried into
tie fEt acHon at Bezsca, eleven killed and MORALLY
wounded and twenty seven severely wounded, Thoy-
have been engaged rsven tlues vita he enemy since the
retreat from Dalton. IN is 8 Eiorious record and ri.
tssls he efficiency Of the ofassrH az well &c the indoui
table courage or The men. In skirmish near New
Hope church. on tho 3Istult, every officer. except Mi.
W. @. Richards, commanding Eas put hos d. combat
The battalion loE. one man Killed and four wounded in
he EcHoa On The 22d inst.
Brig Gen. ". r. Tucker. our brigade commander,
severely wounded st Rssaea. The service can lily
spare he services. even tsmpurArilz Of such an officer
Il sths nay soon recover Is the earnest prayer Of biz
bagads. to WHICH he has sndeaEed himself by mRpS
mob sqssHiss.
col J. Es sharp. Of The ash mississippi regiment b
prsssnt in command Of the brigade. Col Sharp has
aummandad az with a short intsrmlsaion for more than
six months, and Is that pozlion be has displayed ; rsre
,sest Fr command He possesses 4 practical mind,
aad II e Is warped By 3 single " crochet" 1t is 40 anti
patty 10 ararg era. This colonel seems to have the
? vsr 10 cohesive i~utuiively the spirit Of an order and
shs troops under bis command are saved those harassing
dsss. ma chea, eountsrmErohes. taking The
wrong r5ads etc, 70 which those troops ars subjected
are commanded by +" red tape or imbeciiity
To Understand 40 order arishi Is an Invaluable qualify
-ba Aey arr eouehed rs they often are, interms more
smbg1oaa {hsu those employed BY the DslRhic oraoie
Sharp has we'll won the spurs Of 3 ~bdgsdierr and
there is nsta ma in this brigade, unless he Is q personal
enemy, Sho would net be proud and happy to sec him
ain that poston-R position that their proWess az
and his virtues a. their eonmander. demand as
q reaosntion OF he one and q well msrted reward or
- atbsr But, alAsIi in shsae degsnerate days inhusa
il asadsst BE- heat Of Government is a more certain
means u securing promeaon thsa merit alone, and
no other sivantsge a junior officer is often placed
ssove his superior.
In my HeEt sitter I hope that 1 shall be ensblod to
give you.ths details Of a grsat~battie and sOmpIete
victory.