Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-05
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CAEP 4iTH tBLyTBE) MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT.
MAR DALT0H. GA, J Gu ~ 29th, 1864. 5
EDITORS APPEAL; 'AuEpieiOus omens cheer US
The evening Of the Ssih inst, WIS = glorious epoch IL
he history Of tbs already crowded Rs Of the old i4tE
B4ythsi Mississippi regiment Catching the Odor OF re
enlistment borne on every breeze in the army Of Ten
nsssee, from their sster rssimest, the old l54th (senior
regiment Tennessee volunteers, with other regiments
tirsiing the same inspiration OF patriotic devotion Il
the common cause, tn Blythe = eginent, stern a. the Wal
they wsgsHnd true asthei If own unerring riass, deter
mined on Thursday evening, 2sth inst to show to theil
friend their comrades, the world, but most Of all 10 tbs
monsosI hirellnss and d ,s.Ards Of tho North, that thsil
I've oflberty Was lndsBtructibie aud their spiri as IN.
broken and unconquerabls Is at the commencement Of
h~ostlties.
Capt Thomas A. Maxwell. senior captain in CON,
mand Of The regiment on The aforesaid evening of the
q b inst, after dress parade, but before retiring from
the parz5e gronnds, had the colors advanced a few
PAGES, when be Sisted to the regiment IL any wished 30
r. erllst for the war. they would S 8 ify their willing
ness 20 do 60, ~ advancing Aad farming a new line on
the eelors. With = p romptness eqaallsd only BY their
rsadIi essto advance when in line Of battle, the word
'~iorwArd' Is given, he old Bl, the. invis rated as it
we're win new life. sPr- ng forward and quickly array,d
themselves in : new alignment
/ assure you it was the noblest, subllmest exhibition
u a higa, en- obling, self sacrificing patriotism; without
the pOmP Of parade; with no Inerstrisious Influences
breushs 10 bear-lt was, indeed, a voluntary re.conse
Grafton Of their lives 70 the sacred esuse Of lIbsrty-rs-
b%ap'izing thsmselves In the waters Of a purified and
ebsstened love Of vouutTy-
PeAse pa don me In presenting to your notice a brief
historical aceOuui Of me several engagements IN which
The Bl, the has borne an eetiye. honor d part.
Associated with the I54 h Senior regiment Tennss.
zee volunteers, the Blythe, on the zth November. 1871,
then under eOmnAnd Of Brig Gen ham-sya
for ehivClry-5eing stationed At Colua bus, Ky, turned
the tide Ct battle At B lmons, lnauguratiDg a series Of
engagements without a parallel for brilIianey Ia the an
mas Of the war ia the West.
Sill associated with the 18Th. then under The com.
msnd Of Brig Gen. 3 Ehrod JohnGon. the Blythe won
inPerishabis renoun on the ensanguined field Of Shiloh,
where fell tie chivaIris d~Aantles, highsouled Col. A.. R.
Blythe, Wnose bouoTsd nsma still attaches 20 the a4;h
Mi sissippi. an identity they VIII never willingly / 20.
There, too. fell the fearless self sacrificing Lieut.. Col.
Heron. On this ever memorable field. the loss in the
Blythe was two hundred snd thirty eight, out OF about
fOnr hundred aud eighty effective men. Immediately
a Ter the ba;t e u Shiloh. tko Blythe, together with the
whole army, were ordered to Corinth. Miss Here ter
minstsd he brigade association Of the I64lh and the
3 the. Brief but dear and ever nenorable, their IS
s~ociations with the l5l h, than which, no proudsr or
n bier regimen; digniRcs he muster rolls Of Inc army Of
the confedsrAcy
At MunforisVilIe, Kentucky, the B,ytbs again be
a candidate for immortal hcnors. und r the lead
er,hlp Of Brig. Gen. Chalmers Although repulsed wi
co siderable loss IN that reckless assault on almost In.
9reg able works, The bly, the evirced the same sublime
Ipiris Of vsler asd dsierH iaAiiOn rkieh chaEacierizsd
Al BeimOn and Shiloh. Here tell Lie u,enaut-Co
soO,s-sOsisr, gentleman. Christian Avery c~hssair
At Aurfreesboro, SIN under the isAderhp Of Cha
they a1ded another page without a stain to a his
DRY already brilliant and drsersiog. Seven Gays ri
nj winter exposure to rein. mud and cold, only served
render them, II possible more valOrOas sad de-
ermIBed. D
be leadership Of B igadIsrGel. Patton A. dersop. The
'yihe Asai covered themselves with undying hoaors-
'nsss which Will iresher grow vita tide. The rrpoyt '
Z The part taken by AndersoE's MlsEinsIppI brfvsds I
nder division eomn1.dsT @aiorGsr. r. G. Hindmsn
haOe f~esffuily s~isui6eant zhd por eafous 70 Ysnseel
'rs-a leader prompb courageous and d. asat-n3st ,
zPlain, in part. he conduct Of me Blythe en- tsaf i
ismoTAbls oecsaian, Here fell the gallant. stsuncb
nd bish heariea Msjor Jno. G. Thompsan. Who had r
on the s9a6riqsa % Blachsr, from some uoipss =
Essy much resembling hat disti. gai.heS niI q
~ e~eistsia. Hsss. too. fell some Of the uosls.t s,d 4
spiIi's Of he rank and lie. .
Again a. Missionary iidgsI an proud TO saw !. : c
ouSh much Of shame aud dllhOnor attaches somA il
oere, 81 neverA word have Iheara spoken IN 4 - d
'n Of the Blythe, who acted with their scsusom-a
iiAH'Fy. Ugh ing to the last until The s0emy had com =
e'sly IA ned both Asnks; they then necessarpv fsg .
ek or else UeniI i've been s~ummarly captured :. I
'sssi which latter aternativs wa scaresly adra,ss h.. !.
This i a rnoelnct account Of The part plsysd BY ,hs Z
= Be 70 the p tsiss IS before enumerated. ;
have NOS given ysR an aceona, Of the loss a tb.
Il snd 2 Of lhls sable Old regiment. This q sass
= sHfhss % say At shies hey numbered 4so ~ Il
Day sheir total effective foFcs fs $50. 81
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