Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-16
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MAiof- zen. O0nllaAOAAb-
THR wAR EN vlGINEA.
E1ersfessEars o1 Operations f0 the 11fh'
Throueh the o0urttsy of John r. isses, ESD
- - ~ me Rat Tla1ussses Esd Georgia raroai,
- are m ossessi5n Of Richmond papers of the llth
be fsloyIiog from the Examin-r Wibs found unuEu-
ally interesting swing detsied account Of inc re-
cent operations IN Virginia -CoRstttStioaattst-
Tsr war ayEvys-Rnnors Lew thick and fast yester
day As they always do the eve OF great syebtA 1t
necessary for as to repea them mere out re pro
c. d at once 30 give what have been able 70
es,hsr up sonsht classifying ln sueh order as we
From Gen. Lss's Army
There was nothing ofaeial yesterday from General
Ise's sr1nv nor could learn anything on inquiry
Al tss vy1T Department up 70 late hour last night
There we're dozsn rumOrs out'lsat night some o. AZ
unpleAsans chsraereT, but We have reason 70 believe
them without any foundation in fact telegram was
received last night from the chief quRTsrm2ster Of
Less army giving certain directions in his department
dated SpOtsyvAnia Court House yesterday afternoon
and dzpstehsd from Guineaa station a. ave O'Clock
last evening from which il Is plain that Lees le OF
Communication is open, and that no disaster mas De-
MS reported on pretty coed authority, thEt there
hsd bsen some lighting near tho Block Hou1e, four
miles Of SpottsyvsHis Court House and'thzt We nAo
repused the enemy and At last accounts, Sill
driving him Gen. Lees headquarters were reported
10 Shady Grove some sixteen miles from krsder'
icksburg.
ericksburr reports that Sunday evening, when he
le the Yankees laying their poRioens across the
river 10 tbs Stafford heights preparatory, as II was
supposed - their crossing should it become nee es-
rsst Decentralization Il ssid 10 exist in Grants army.
Yesterday morning enc brought down ana delivered
over TO General Wilcox upwards OF Forty prisoners VITO
had Voluntarily surrendered 70 him, and asked 70 be
brought % hesdqusr Ths pTtsouers say the com
trv between the Rspidsn and the Rsppau uaDnock IS
fsd with hdsssrtsrsesinsting their number az ssVe'
raj thousand
| The EHsr.s on the CsntraI Railroad Tksy Grs
! RepeTted ddraHeiag on HGHOgsr Junction.
hine po,i,iys has 6een heard Of the works OF the
Yankee "a ders al Beaver Dan. Il is supposed how.
ever, thHs everything there-cara, locomotives &c,
were destroyed After completing their work there, il
Is supposed the Yankees struck for Hanover Junction
At an early hour yesterday dispatch wss received
from Colonel Bradley T. johnson, stating that i was
believed that they advancing against that poioti
that some prisoners had been captured who reported
that the column advancing from Beaver Dsms that
thev were some three thousand strO1g and under the
| comms1d Of General Merit.
Later accounts received from Colonel Bradley John
son reported that he had yesterday 1rnnE skirmish
with the Yankees ard captured several prisonera and
thss at 70 o'clock yesterday there was force OF two OF
three thousand al Negro Fsot eight miles west q han
over Juneos resting and feeding their horFes
with the evident in design Of making raid
point Il ported that another column was sdTanc
lpobsT report last nighi waa that the Yankees ten
/ thoussnd str ng were marching Richmond and that
Fitzsh Lee ard Stuart close PHrSnft OF them,
some two or three hours behind them 70 impede their
pursuit the Yankees had fesd trees their way. syd
war q 3
prevailed extensively last night ard caused qui's
aation It is said that Fnzkugh Lee tel eraFhed sst
night that be had good news VII eh he WouJ1 ike to
| mort but Re could nOt do 50 at that time.
II IL reported that he whole csvRry force Of Grants
army has been dogRshed and has been sent around TO
make this raOn agains. tbs railroads and Rich
4 Fight at DNBIip Depot.
As we binted some days ego a. likely to occur the
| Yankee Gen Ave i'll started out a raid against
the Virginia and Tsnressee railway. A dispatch was
received early yesterday that portion Of his forces had
ruek the railroad at Dablia dePo', and that sharp
6Eht had ensued. 1t Is reported thA our forces under
jenkins repuied snd hat Ae himself was wounded
We have other particulars OF the hgh mat can %
relied on There were Hany runos out last night about
the affair but we Dc think them worth repeating.
private dispatch to Gov Smith reports that his
ii,t,. cciensl vas wounded In the frbt md fel
INTO the hands Of the enemy. Tbs Woun1 was IN the
thigh and not dangerous bone being fractured he
was reported 10 been taken 10 pligsie hou e.
about three miles from DRRn, and WAS esttin9 quite
| comfortably.
Mossa.sats on the SOuthsids--A Sharp Fight.
Ra4ly Yesterday morning Ge14 Ransom started out
frein Dressrys Bluff where he remained for the prr
poss Of making reeo2nossanos ID force OF "a, enc
ev hrgsdes he proceeded to hunt The enemy and soon
found lin ia considerable force between Drswrg Z
Biud and Chester, about three miles from Dres'fs
Bluff
sharp fgh, oususd. RaEton'S brigade was. Al one
juncture Of the fghs thrown In some soaiaSon. bni
they Eoon IA lied Rad hsndsoely rspulsed me enemy
driving them FOR dis The eIemy eft ~ hi.
few pieces Of artillery, but as the imbsrs
were taken away, our men could not cErry ihsin On
After pursuing enemy for distance, our men
zen baeh their irtrenehmtn.s, Occupying the same
| position ss when they started out
We took sig.Gy prisoners snd our lossS'rs com
| pEratively s.iEht-perhRps not over kuadrse
The enemy found 70 be in large feTce Il is likely
that he is receiving reinforcenents frosn bslo"
deserter who yesterday q yonth who formerly
resided in RebmOn) says tbst hs landed Bermada
Hundreds Monday. II this be true II Is clear tHs
troops still arriving there.
Prom all Indications tbs enemy Is ia Srss force OF
the Sou hside, and the movement th7eaeDs 70 Become
serious one, YET We beisye ne arc prepared te mse
Tbs Yery LeIsst.
The very latest nsvs last night az oeloekl ths.
The eclumn Of Yankees said to be marching from Hfn
over JUNCTION Richmond 81 Dover nill5, on th'
James river eighteen miles above Richmond evidently
doeTined TO the cAnAl, and psrhsps to cross th'
river and cut The DSRyis railroad There was nothing
beside his no to tie hour Of putting papsS to press
The NeaOs of tie Figkt Of Yesterday on the SOHth
side, IS GaiksFed from Persons on the Field,
Nv fnvlsa;iou from Col GIL the popaiar superin
tapdept OF the Petersburg rsroEd Of our reporters
formed oDs of party of twelve or fifteen gentle
which left tbs city yesterday afternoon IN specia
train reeonnossanee over the road asfar as Chestar
They proceeded without sneouDsring anything Of in
terest as far ss tie bridge Kingands creek, dis
tancs Of soma nine miles from The city There they
found the timber on IRE W5lch hsq oeen fellsd al
through that country, 70 clear he hpproseh Of be sew
srs lines sf fertilization scSerea hse anG tAere anc
covering acres in extent, and the hsnes hsaing and
cracking IN the aiS. The fIe famed ay The stronl
breeze hat blew from the west, hSd besn communicated
to tbs bridge and the party, By the advice Of ar Gu
declined 10 cross bridge, fearing that It might be
/, wholly destroyed before they could return
After pause Of minutes at the bridge, sgge
number Of troops zsen coming deNn the track oi
the railroad Thsy proved 80 be some Of our men Who
were engaged IL the nghs OF the laoEn1ng aud from
whom sons very interesting particnlaEs a Il were
: learned
Il appears that early yesterday noEnt9g Gen. Raa
som de erminsd to make Tecon9s.Anes With two an
qEdss for he purpose Of ascertain ing tie position
strength of the enemy Proeeeding cat they n,
tered the enemy about tHo mues fsOm the Half "a
house. between the turnpiss sne rA reaa Here soou
nine o'clock lhe aght commenced quickly. F,snsrs
Ransom calamity commanding in psreol. Our forss
consisted OF BaTtons and 9raeey's brigsdes Bsrtoni
brigade occupied the right Rn5 lett Of tho npfo an
/ (srseeyg st III on the left eI than-
After sharp tight The enemy was driven 70 hs fora
heatioas, sdstanee Of nils and half As soon :
The began The 9th and the SD Virginia dashed
: upon the enemy's unss-msking no less than ty,
cha ges-and uslly pressed them back to tbsir fore
csfiona In the pursuit Of the enemy our men csturs
battery sad large number Of sntrenchipe .oes IN
he horses Of The battery had been killed fhe sub
: eeud Dot Be brought on In sinonens large numbsr
Of rsinlorcements Of the enemy were Keen Coming uu
and It being found thai thsy attempting a fsnl
, movement, cur men forced 10 fan bsek
The object Of tie reconnaissance being aeeomplIshs
and the enemy being found position stron fort;
fed and Ia great gcTes troops retired Al tbs ~
Rsck repeatedly offered the enemy battle hui n. &C.,
70 accept Il follow our troon. - -
! reach Of has forliacstions. 80 -
Oar total loss hundred and fifty kiua -,
wounded. Most uf the wounded were borna - ~ ~
nslo ey ne ambulance eorps. Colonel OaboII ~ ~
5ssa firginis, is reported mortAIly wounded ~
D IL prisoners We cap ured husdred agd lot -,
s3me atiy OF sky The YaukN prisen.rs it9-ra
port that the forces engaged their sids 49,. - "a
moEes command and principally Of the troans .i,h
drawn frsm before Charleston. '0PA "i1n-
We could learn nothing Of the part eYrsesv,. r,...