Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-05
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REsAcA, Ca, Nay 3, 1864.
EDITORS APPEAL The North Carolina Prssbyteri.
Al Of a recent date clips the following paragraph from
your paper, giving al account Of the czpture Of q large
number Of cattle near Knoxville, Tennessee:
The drove had reached s point about nine niles from
| Knoxville, and was under the escort Of Tires companies
Of The Indiana six months men. a party OF General
Longstrests scouts, eleven in number, discovered the
/ prize, and Notwithstanding the disparity Of numbers, az
once etermined to secure it If possible. Placing them
thsy delivered G fire from theig esrblnes, which disabled
some eight OF ten OF the Yankees Imme diately draw
ing 1heh IeFoiForL sney AASao charge nflhs ny
ran. 50 dIsmsyed we're the YANKEES that all broke
EDd fed, except one captain and foEty-thrse privstsss
who surrendered without resistance. The c=ptoTs i'm
mediately started for Gen. Martins camp, twelve niles
/ distsRt, which they succeeded In reaching with all their
/ prisoners. aud nine hundred and eighty OF the cattle
Not satisfied with this, they procured aid from General
Martin, and returning On the road. picked up over two
hundred more OF the cattle that had escaped fron thea
en- the ronte.
daring actors in this affair. Thsy deserved, as they re-
osived, & public acknowledgment o. their services
order, and they we're Eiso granted = furleusa OF sixty
days. Seven Of the number were members OF TerTT'S
Texas rangers, snd four Of the 80 Alabams cavalry.
We should like to record their names, IL possible.
lido no: wish 10 deprive the veteran regiments above
referred to of any Of the fame which they have justly
earned upon many bIoody fields, but 1 can say Of q
truth, that so far as the parties named In the gallant
fsas' are concerned, except one msn, it is erroneous.
The reporter, perhaps, meant no injustice to anybody,
bat be should have mentioned the fact thst 81 Texas
cavalry are not known by the name "Tsrry's Texas
Rangers" OF the forty regiments Of Texas cavalry
now in the Confederate service, the 9Th regiment is the
only one, 50 far as 1 know, that calls themselves
rangers" If any soldiers have received Burroughs, as
sboys stated, they have been hon0red with = privilege
due others.
As you express & desire to have the names Ct the boys
who performed The " gallant" feat 1 will give them to
you, and also 8 more correct version Of the affair.
On the 2lst Of January last, while Martins cavalry
vera in pursuit Of the Yankees on The read from Straw.
berry Plains, In East Tennesse, to Knoxville, Colonel
Reeves, Of the 1Ith Texas cavalry, which was IN front
that day, ordered Lieut. shehOsg, Of cOmpsny b Of hG
regiment, 10 take Eve men (serEt T. D. lin, sergt. J.
W. Bssrd, sergt. S. N. Burch and private J. d. Howell,
of his company, and Mr.. Blake, OF the Sd Arksnsas regi.
msnt,) and scout between the road upon which the com
msHd was moving and the TAEwell road, which was
distant about two miles. At thu same time, sergL 7.
}. johnson, Of Che same company. was ordered TO take
three men, and immediately scout the Tazweu road in
the direction of Knoxville.
Lieut.. SheEogg moved Ia advance Of the command
Hssr TIVE TaIles before he Etrnck the Tszwen road,
where he discovered the cattle, guarded by a squad Of
the sth Michigan cavalry. He charged them with ha Ave
men and succeeded in capturing the whole squad
steven in number. Learning from the prisoners that
they had sent for rsinforcemsrtS to Knoxville distant
thres miles,, the lieutenant and his men determined to
secure the prisoners aRd procure cid. sufficient to bring
in the cattle. In About fifteen minutes AFTER they
left flor the command, sergt. johnson and his three men.
(Privatss s. D. Philips, d. T. Doyle end W. P. Winin.
GER came upon the reaE guard Of The drove, which was
still moving In the direction Of Knoxville, captured two
snd dispersed the remainder. They took possession Of
the cattle and had proceeded near a mile back toward
the command with then, when they met the 81 Arksn-
sas reg menl, and company @ Of IIh Texas, sent with
Lieut shssogs to secure the prize, There were over
eight hundred head in the drove, which we're turned
over to Gen. LongStrset next day, but 1 am not awsre
Of the fact that be acknowledged the services of the
daring ,aetorS by a general order" II any persons are
inclined 10 doubt the truth Of this statement, thew are
referred 10 Generals Martin and Armstrong.
A TEXAS OAyALRYMAN.