Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-11

Gen. RsrressIs Recent CRzpaIsn.
oOusspenasnss Of the Mobile R~ssister.i
STARKVILLR, MISS, FebrasTy al have
just learned Of an opportunity 20 ecnmanlcsse
with yen once mors, By executing . a noYS-
meBt upon The enemy, 90 10 speak, by sending
nv letter Wis Dsmcpolis and the river.
will sndexvor briefly 70 present the state oil
I affairs IS they stand At present, and what has
tTanspiTsd in North Mississippi since the oc-
c~upshon Of Jackson by the eneBy to the pres
ent time, hipes 1 presume you have heard
nothing. Gen. Forrest, who bad recently as
suned command Of the Department Of North
Mississippi and West Tennessee, bad Just com,
pleted an organisation Of his command into
four bnga3ss-tw0 Of which constituted = divis.
ion, uRdeE the command Of Gen. Chalmers
when DO heard Of an edvAnce OF the enemy
both from above and below. 6uspeciipg the
move from Memphis on Pamela merely q diver
sion 10 keep his command employed there while
the enemy moved out from below, and hiakihg
thsir design suddenly 90 turn sastwaFd' and
by rapid marches evAde him, cross 81 REV Al
bsny, and form = j~unoiion with Sherman uen.
Forrest lul Gen. Chalssss, vita = pofllSa 81
j his division. 10 watch asA skiunisA With iAsm
and moved with his foTNa - 0geaAia se&dy -
now in any aIe0lsea Ne SosEse Of We sasasy
o. ~ tesA, be 81 MissOagi SAgAHs, Of
lhaNNsegAs bagA1s, advanced 08Sg seAAto-
AiA. ssss As wkas hsAkss advancing o~olaEnn,
aA4 oAAgSs4 ga thoRs eAeslag he ens0y 10
az hask egssaPisaiely 70 sonktobia vkoEs hey
hAise4 : shoss tEns, Aad retired ave mtlaa tar
tbsr AAok, 10 eOldsAlSE Here thsy rsmained
: tay, I'D Ae naXt Gag scouts reported them
Advancing towards Abbosille aud Wyatt GA
As t2A asy Appeared IN smsll force II ill the
faoras sloug De liver, Asd sknmishs1 with eur
pickea WhloA Sas a sizoHg one. The fast OF
MS move being a ieins Vas nos 50 PAipahty DO
Volopsd that eyaly hing was held "a fAo Szt
psps, ready 10 move ia any direction at short
noaoo. Sooals fFom tha reAF 0 thetr oolaBp
oAna IN next m0gning, and reported = general
a8vsRco Ia he aiTeSaoa Of Nav Albany, The
s1t thay had EetisR on ua precladed the
FEASIBILITY Of oar reaching PoRtotoc ahead Of
hem. and We eook the Houston road, and made
4 forced march 60 bead them on tkers.
Contrary 10 expectation, they remained IN
New Albany = day, and when they moved on
PostosOe, hzstsAd Of crossing the Houston
road where ne were swSitrg them, they started
in tao direction Of Okolona.
A small force OF STATE troops, under Major
General GhelsOa, met them near Pontotce, and
skirmishsf with them, bat we're insufficient Sc
impede their advance.
We had frustrated the enemy's designs as far
Is crossing the TsllAhAicbie at New Albany,
bat il was impossible to know whether their sd-
vsuee from Tiers wonld be on OkOlon& or Hous-
ton. As s0cn as il was developed that they
bad taken the okolons road Gen. CAslmers
moved pArsllel with them ts the Mexican
nsmsd village of Palo Alto 70 follow the enemy
shonld they cross the railroad or to stop them
shozld they CONS down it-bat they remained
stationary.
The next morning we received information
of the arrival Of Hsjor Gen. Forrest al StaTke-
vile, and orders to Join him there with every
thing. Il was q terrible morning, the SNOW
rapidly, and the wind was very high
when We started, but this did not continue al
Gay. Upon our arrival at StaTkeville il WAS
sscsrtaned that the enemy were Masking no eE
forts TO Cross the Tombigbee, but were burning
and laying waste the country in the regisn Of
The 6ne prairie land rear Okolons, whose i'm
quantities Of corn had been collected ia
pens for the government, and which they were
Gen Forrest, upon . knowledge of
hess facts, ogdsred Gen. Chalmers TO proceed
10 the front until he met the enemy and as
Ssiled hin. The Hext morning, however, he
sEme o. and assumed command Of the troops
person this was Sunday, the 20th. We
,sms in sight of the enemy rear that point, but
followed more than slight skiFmishing,
Col JET Forests brigade, who had inside 9 |
cont up towards Aberdeen, were coming IN, |
having skirmished back with the advance Of
he enemy
Late on tie evening of this day Gen. Forrest
lekrd Of q small force Of Yankees west of West
Point, who weTO burning and PlusdeTing. Ts-
King bis escort he proceeded 10 the vicinity the
Imoke indicated, and placing = squad ct q stand, |
aook the remaiRder Of his company and dreYe
he woods for them BE soon run on to them
md drove themTight on to the squad lying IN
Hait, where they surrendered. There were
'Wenty-0ne in this lot, and were captured nssr
he smoking ruins Of . mill some of their party
lAd Just burnt. Gen. Forrest had them Invested
If their oVereoats, drawn up in line, sRd Q squad
detailed to shoot them on the spot where they
lad been committing their hellish deeds Of de-
~truction; but the timely interference of the
Iwher Of the mill, who said thsss were net she
who had committed the distinction, saved
hem
On Sunday morning, the 2Ist, We met the
nsmy in force near West Point With an eight
M battery and large in force. We had to
ross = swamp TO get to them, sad eur artillery
rAs rendered Unavailable. Gems. Forrest and
h2imers, with about 1000 men, mostly of For
'st's brigade, and part of McCulloch's. ad-
Anced On foot across the swamp, and met snd
'uted the snemy, who did not stop Entil they
iached S0kelona. We had ten or twelve
oundsd in this short engagement. The enc
J 4 - AeSA AAfACosB HeAo AOGl OAOloneS anu . !
ortioD of Gen. Forests command are near J
lem watching them. Their force, from all we !
IN learn Of prisoners and scouts, is about 5000, /.
it'll fifteen or twenty pieces of artillery. We T.
I've about ssventy-6ve prisoners. Gen. Lee /.
Is arrived from below and assumed command,
Id, with the forcs now svsilsbls, you may sx- !
'cs good news soon. The enemy burnt q por- ,
on of West Point in their retreat !
Gen. Forrest has = method of preventing ;
raggling on the battlefield which would .
'ther Sssoniah Hsrdee's tactics, but q very ef- |.
etual one. be saw . man coming of the bat !
or Saturday, and ordered hin 70 bali !
ID return, when, the fellow not obeyihg with .
Efficient Alscrity, he had him taken down then
I'd there and he, the general, dismounted, got .
N 9 piece Of boagd, and gave the disconsolxte !
nth 8 half dozen well laid on, and sent him I
ok to bis place. I
] an hurried and must close. You will hear /,
IN ne when another opportunity offers. :
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