Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-03

20 their support. Tie Brigade Of Aiaba1nigns has
lunlinAtsd the name Of WHc00; having come up fl
be The order of march, vas placed rspdlv by n ehi
Cen Perrin IN he position u Laws brigade Of Pied
division is right resting he plank road Il b.
Da1alT taken It's place when the enemy who had be-
previously driven bsck in fine style By L ~ csHls
sgans aid under terrible fra from Psrrins riass T
resied with precipitation Renewing his advance, /
oea more snsrg-d from the forest but c0nsnfed hin
self with qeC and wild hriag a. he lay down a. a an
tanee Of = hundred and fry yards from the front
tae Confedarata line. The Federal ofiesrs we're hear
! at that moment urging their men to Tss snd ehars,
asir lefs pressed up within distance OF seventy
NE yards, but he deadly mais cutting their clos
'front.' INTO shreds they Hod, after struggle Of ten NH
ules "a utter confusion Flaging away kuspsacA
cartridge boxes muskeis azd blankets The alfaekin
party ned stricken with terror well It might hsv
eeeh IN a Held where It's dead lay thiekiy-s0uie
times 9na upon snotherss have traced out disine
y he line OF the array In whsh they stood the mo
menf Of their death.
A struggle equ ny sanguina-y With tsat en- the lsg
q me plank Fozd rSgsd a. the lime Is rghs
H. the nealtine, howevsr, force had hesn ssut on
- - 5St - oI tut-ios ne enemy -tk On tha
5las. 4hst movement vas however ton d sfter
long mareh, 10 be marseticable TriumphEat en- b0tl
SIDES o. tns plaRkVg7, Lee dscid ID ou an attack il
rom E5frfn having lgsi moved by ths rlc hauk suf
geniiy Tar TO admit these troops Getwaan h rish b. an
the pl ink road Bsnniaz,s hrrad . Of FieIs yi-iaI
a1q RersiaIss 3 Of AcIszFvs dysila formed upoa hil
ugE Their line extsuaed from the roaqsay ~ ris b
E1slea friu @ad GcI4agVs drawn NJ ia zrray ef bat
tia rael with the read lsy az the n1o1enf u tf al
vance, rsnsseTselY In .he Of Psrrns lag Right
ef ieft o. the plank road the Ga1fsdsFates began
n We f1r0sTd EsrshazT, Beauing and PERRIN hadiuq
The enemy pushed onward freely swinging around
thoar ieft somewhat advguta geOusy into the unknown
depths 81 the forest through which they moved
n the neartins Federal skiEmishsrB sprfusin from
tres 70 tree a. saey itha heavy ss Grove in
nose OF Perry and Law Followed il hos haste By
o1s Inc Of bstte, the whole pressed back the brqsas
OF hose oi1ers with grsst spril towards the plank
road alarmed BY the fr.ng going on during thss
movement n The rasr Of hs left PsTria sent adi-
Jsut, Capt Wynna, 70 communicate On the subisct vt
Gen. HsrEiB That gallant fscg seeiaz thsf ne t,la
was 10 be lost rushed with his flpatuoua sissi1ispT
Ia az rfnf.r -
driving it back handsomaly for saeisns 1 stance 10
give protscioa to the rssr Of Eershaw and Eennfac
earfaon The extreme left, BE lt rucollscfsd-slood
SSH exposed 70 isamineut danger. As lie whole
brezdsh Or tbs us from the plank way retired hs en-
dsa7ored at the time swizg back hia exposed
wing, but found it Euddery eh AIDED By tbs FIRE of the
eueIay's skiFmlshers His position became critical
Capt Wynae led OF two regiments from the exposed
dsnki and had placed them in position the rear ius
~ Davis nae brigade Of MississpPaus came Hsssbing
up to eomplate Dy conusctng with Harris right, the
protection Of the whole transVeTas front Harrs and
Davis hsving thus saved, bT ely movement, the
three Or gades on The left the srt cry irsis exc on
that highway, and the line OF the plank road The
enamy, foiled in his design, fell back Gfier sriel en-
counter from the front. Ire symmetry CT the Con.
ederse line was restored subsequently, in the day BY
the disposition OF Hiis whele corps Laagstrees's
right
Tha forward movement progressed on the right Of tbs
plank road willis events mus thzeatsnin i on the
eft. L0ngsfrests men that part Of the hsd moved
forward went ou for sons distances without 6ndinz tas
snemy Until G.. T. Auders0u's brigade of C-eorsiaus
coming array If battle in Federal blue rushed n
il with such in DetuOsity 70 have beeoe znost in
msdiatsy master Of the hsi1WoEks The single lins CT
this stack YVES, however too weak 70 hold what il had
q handsomely Won md hagng been, s too often tas
ia those apparently II advised charges Of the Con
f-eerstes unsupported was compelled by the concsn-
ra-iou Of shing force in his 'front.' 70 rsti-e.
TIE work Of war the right was done So alarming
bad been the sspset Of the fsld one time that fan
for he ceBsfsney Of hs troops Sen Les had as Fields
division cae Undsr Ere, placed himself &C the head of
Gregg's brigade Of Texans Ordering them IN thss
great dayoien which constitutes ts caarn bis shar
aeter 70 follow him IN charge upon that triumphant
le tnat came sweeping Gown upon him the debrs
Of Hshs and Wilcox divisions L0uRsireet protested
against sueh exposure og q life gauabe. grim
and ragged soldier Of the line raaed lis voes in deter
the rank and fls of the whole bTgads In positive esH
TO advance uHti their beloved genera in chief had gone
20 his proper position IN the rear. Tislding 10 hsr
touching soioitu1s, snd tics termi1atiug sua Of ths
most rema-kabls incide5ts IN war Gen. Lee retired
and we'll did GregIs gaispt fellows f1lG tbs premise
with which they urged bic WihdraVyG, by rushag FOR
ward through tempest Of bullets, with q fury which
nothing Withstand. All the ground that had bseu
lost wss -eeoyered, the enemy driven, routed into hs
utrsaca leRts, the Confederate lines advanced heat
ening 90 Ear ~ TO hem him closely n aud hus snost
hopeless its fOTuuss at time appeared TO be- The
second day Of the battle Of the Wilderness termiuated
srosnd the Souihsrn Cross Of the rghi wing In bloody
.rIumph.
The 6ih Of May opened on EweIls freas with Rodss'
division the right Of the turnpike Johusous on the
other side Of that road and Eariys still further % the
left In the morning a column Of attack came up Ia
front Of Fegrau's brigade, and Of part OF Johnson's
part OK the Ina heavily. Reinforced BY few gsnts
from GorOn brigade, the Confedsraies with unanch-
Ing sol dity hurled the onslaught back nauElsd and
bleeding gain, however Rnd vet again The obstinsis
masses renewed their advance; until the lue Of their
strewed hicsy with evidences Of the ter
their wAy aey finally shrauk from AL encounter
that had proved disastrous.
Ihs battle the left appeared after the repulss Of
the morning 70 bagg Ere. Direct advance 50 sie-nIy
repeled The enemy determined to make movement
on EEelis aauk Wileoxs division having been vita
drawn the day before for the support Heth the two
wings Of Lees army coHtinusd skill uEconBsctsd and
through the space thus open, Burnside owed fsrcs
a about O'Clock, with the view Of crushing kne
from ri ybt 10 lett Ewel, who Is gifted with the IN
stinets Of a military genius stood, however prepared
At all points As the hankiug force Of the enemy
mp. moving perpendieulariy 70 Rod5s 11e Of battle,
battalion Of sharpshO0ters from Rsmseurs brigade Of
North Caroinians, following their bold comuiauier
Major Osborne had Tie audaeify 70 charge VII le d.
Vision Of the Federal army A whole division 0f the
Federal army advancing th3t handful OF men, had
before Osb0Tnes fellows the top OF their speed esv
ing bshiad it in It's hght all its knapsscks and ~ many
as fifteen hundred ui1sAeis Bdrnsides msSement
ganst EWelfs right ank, thus defeated By an anus
ry bodness repetition Of such enterprise was pre-
vented by Immediate lunction with The line u h te
thst had lust been restored on The right wing.
Tho eKhens left aaS held BY the Gsorgl ans Of Gen
GOrdoa- Our line at thzt parg Of the fcid ex ended
beyond ihs eaemys right fer the width Of brigade
front Gordon, anxious to employ this advantage
urged that hs be silOqrod to use T. for noveuae u
sgafnst the Federal flank EFen and EaTy, yisi5ing
TO BIS repented Fepres2 @ ATOMS, finally gave him
he osser 20 m7ve. The snn was. however Al
Lhat Instant sbort SET sss = lisIdtsd ti1as n
mained therefore for the eEeeunu of AZ enfrriss 40
Important But G0rdons men we'd briakly cot Of
heir works. and forming right angles 70 their orev
1us postisn, moved forward IN line Of bstle supported
By l. D. Johpson's brigade Of North CsroIinlans In
complete surprise they struck the euemy's SRk ard
erushing his array they swept forward rraas
lfoEe everything before them Ike chat bsfors the
wind. Brigade efter brigade h-d from the Fsdsrsl
Forks, aud attempting, after another, to wheel
lreund into ils m order 10 check the advance was
borne back, Under the Tapity OF Gurdcns movement
IN r--la7
litter rout.
Gordon swept sn before him for distance along the
,nsmys line OF two miles. Ths forest through which
Re advanced was dsnss with underground thas by
he setting in Of nghtfail he had became separated
som hi supports. PegrHms brigade paused, however
after nghtta spou bis left. De paused before had
competed movement that If undertaken earlier in
he day would have petslY routed At least the Fed
raj hight The enterprise notwithstanding is iucom-
Jlstensss crowned with brilliant sueeess Tbs
Jo1federate loss in thai services numbered p kiisd
md oundsd, bat twenty seven. To the enemy ste re-
uits inyoved terrible slaughser -Four hundred Fsds
q sts were buried next day n the ground over which
hat admirsbls movement had been made
TIE field for two miles ia extent was sreyvu with
r5phiesAang wildly aWsy-k.apsa sacks sblznksss car ]
ouehe boxes cooking utsnsis and even large .,,Iis
4 abar doned rsons. The routs was one Of md rer
lble psnic-The woods in front alive with nsssss
4 struggling TO escape with iie The oh CORPS Of
be army OF the Potomac compietetv broken mn
a. unable to restore is spirit Gordon bvsusesd for
be night in iss iHmediats front. in undstuTbed re-
ose. A brilliant stroke thus closes EweIl's frost
be second day Of the battle OF the Wilderness n |
rOWnng triumph
victory smiled during the night Of the 9Th OF Nav IN
rs warriors that lay sleeping from right to lsf. be-
ind Lees works. The Losses Of the Confsders1es In
,illed wounded ana missing do net exceed for 4
be two days six thousand The results 70 the enemy
soms parts OF the isld cannot De described BY anv
yoTd less forebis than Eleven HUNDRED and
twenty-five Federal dead buried N front Of tbaf
art Of Ewels lre lying to the left Of The turnpiEe
live Rundred more were ourisd the right Of thai
Dad; and in addition to about hundred dead ofi-ers
whose bodies mnsi have esen removed the numhet Of
orpses lying the deld within range Of the auerng's
hsrpshOOters, estimated az fully three huudrad Tbs
federal killed In the struggles the right may tbers
be deelsred positively to number As many ss two
heussId. have no da,a on which 70 estimate The 4
'readth Of the slaughter in the fierce eoRics Of ia
ight but from the stubbornnes aud yoluua 1f tbs-s
eel quite hient that they have sdded 70 H.
lain awful rendered ii frant ~
lWeu With three thoaesnd prisoners and four tEsusnd
sad, The usual proportion Of six seven 20 one for a.
YOU ded woud shOni shat the losses Of trspt n .tbs
hiEty thousand men.
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