Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-29

hand to hand fight, WAS heavy on both sides
Col. Stewart, the commander Of the FedeEs
forces, was made prisoner, with number :
| others, and taken TO Can. Hoods headqaarlsll
The movement Of the enemy was one Of con
siderable strength, and the purpose wss 20 surI
our right alnk aud strike ths railroad At As
worth At dusk last evening, when Col A
left the field, all was qGist on lhe right, on
troops holding their position On the rosd leading
from Dallas to Acworth.
0a the line cf railrosd above the Etowsh
many Yankee siragglers were fourd Toe
buildings OF Bhg.-Gen. W. s. Wof0rd, o.
Longsireet's corps wofe destroyed. Tho ne
groes are al ous of the country, either having
been brought out By their owners, or csrrisd of
BY the enemy. J. BID.
The Hattie en- the soathaide-D esPeEaIe
FaIor Of Gar Men.
From the Richmond E1arninsr,I
From the accounts We get, il is likely that no
battlefield OF this war has Witnessed more des-
perats fighting than in the battle Of Monday on
tho Southside. This appears to be the opinion
Of cficsrs,. man, surgeons, aud all. SOidieFa
who took part in the fight say that not even tbs
fields Of Gettysburg Witnessed more gallaGf and
desperate charges than we're made on that cay
The position OF the enemy at some points aleng
his lines was impregnabls, and was carried ony
by dat Of tho most bold and desperate vsler. a..
ose iFslsaee eef men bed q eiAssgass5il6 fosli
hsaiio5s cf the enemy Al the bottom Of hill
snd as they advanced, the enemy's FIRE, made
sure aud unsrriBg By It's dceliYity, broke in
upon lbsif ranks With NEST terTisls effect; bat
on marched our brave men amidst the storm Of
grape and canister. until, in an instant, they
lesped over the Notifications and sent the enemy
roeliag back in dismSy and confusion. In other
points of the fsld the enemy had formed the
most intricate absttis, over which cur men had
to charge in the face of the most deadly FIRE.
But worse than intrenchments, sbs.tis aud all;
was & defense which none but Yankee could
have devisedi all through the woods the Yankees
had ingeniousiy passed lines of small wire,
twisting i! Tem tree TO tree, until perfect wire
fence was formed in their front. Oar men could
not Ees this wirs until close up to it, and ths
first thing they knew of it vas when they Stun
bled sgsinstit In ehsIging the enemy, cur men
found their advance suddenly arrested by these
h0es Of wire, some reaching up As high az the
breast, snd forming an almost insupersble bar
rier. By this means they were brought to dead
halt in their charge, and had to crawl under and
disentangle themselves, as best they could, one
by one-the enemy all this time pouring into
their ranks a most nurdsrous FIRE II anything
would have throWR men into g retreat ard a
panic, il would seem TO be this. But not so.
Oar brave men faltered Hot-nothiDg could dAunt
them-they steadily OVeTcsme this obstacle in
the face Of the most teTTinc HRs-Gnd then
charged on the enemy with more c0ursge than
ever The following letter, from q chaplain
describing the action Of particular regiment in
the hattle Of Monday, viii attest the statement
that our troops never showed more sublime
eoRIage than they did on that battlefield. We
omiE the name OF the regiment, for it would seem
iRFiiious TO single out one regiment, where al
behaved so nobly and galantly:
ola the battle of yesterday the - regiment
immortsliEsd itself by one Of the most brilliant
charges that has been made during the war. Ii
first passed through wide swamp, so deep that
the meh sank to their knees thsD up hill, on
the top of which was 8 line of rife pits; then
ACROSS field, mp TO Al staitis, where the felled
trees lay SO thick the men had to creep through
and crawl lndsE them; the enemy ell the time
pouring in a shower Of grape, canister, shell
and mimic balls, from whvG IL seemed impossI-
bic for man to escape. After getting through
the abattis, the regiment charged through
thick wood across another feld, right up to
the eneDys main line of Notifications, diving
Rll before them and capturing many prisoners"
II is sgidenF, fToM III scoOaats, that the bat
de Of last Monday was moss desperate effort
OF the ensIay's, and that he bgougal ell sppli-
ancsg 20 bssr upon his men, ia ths hops Of vic
tory. Is not only tried TO givs them courage
= = s-.,so tisEn with Whiskey hus ha tfia ~
iasuirit them by al manner Of infamous dseep-
ticns One of these Wss 70 represent that Grsnt
had achieved great victory-tSas Less srmy
vas routed aod annihiistsd-thss the army on
the south side had only to do its duty, and
Richmond was theirs and the war ended This
was the SppeAl put forth by Butler to his army,
and under which his men went into battle. De-
ssrters not only state it, but it was repeated by
their wounded left on the neld with 4 frankness
and simplicity that leaves no doubt Of its having
been pTsctised upon the men.
A member of the ambulance committee tells
Us that, after gathering up and stsrtingof With
some Yankee wounded, one Of the number, suf-
fsTiEg least of all, raised up and asked, with
grest interest:
''Is there. any news, sir, from Grant,"
Yes" replied the gentleman. The Yankee,
with bis face all sglOw with anxiety, quickly
asked:
'What is il, sir-Shat is it,"
"Well," replied the gentleman; the zslos
is glsGious Grant is Abou as badly whipped as
has besn any of the commanders Of the army
Of the PotomEc"
Wrapped. +" replied the Yankee, With smOth-
cred a1TFIi5e sna anger. " els 1 VIII bNeAt
" hy, 81. Gen Butler had On order Rad 70 bis
command yesterday hat Grant had won 3 gssat
victory, and hsd got between Lee and R.eh-
mond, cot of his communications, and wguld
destroy his whole srUy, and appealed TO as 20
initiate the example Of the army OF the Polo
mac"
Here the Yankee subsided into silence, and
uttered deep groan-ihe unhappy victim Of
Bn.lsr's bulletin of " victory"
TIE ensmy's loss IN the battle Of Monday is
said 70 have been very severe. Besides their
wounded lefs on the field, there were large
number carried off by thsu. Parties along the
river report that on the night after the battle,
wagons and smbulanees were running air night
aud the screams Of their W1unded could be
heard for mils-!hs smbalanees dsshing at
iull speed so as TO get off as many of them as
possible. The ehsmy's retrest Was made under
cover Of darkness, and all accounts represent it,
even to the care Of their wounded, as almost a
sesTe and panic.