Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-05-24

FEDERAL Repo-la fssna vlrxi.5a.

spseiai telegram q tie AsV York Tri5aHs,
dated cod Wilderness TaEsln. Nay Oh, p
n. says:
The most tsEriic b.ssIs US soughs asssd 70 -rs
day. Less entrs army has rn.ss sc,-satsd and
furious assaults uD0n cur fiehs sad isft aiaes
clnman3ed By Hancock and S5dgEiek, viii
temporary sreeesaes, but has bssn dEivsn back 81
An attack was mads a6oas 4 o'cIcek ikis -
tsfnoon simultaneously apon o1r Thois Anoss Byr
which was galsntly repuss5.
Toward eark the enemy e9nesss-ated c1 CIR -,
exirsms right, and fell suddenly upon SsdgHick. N
crushing 10 portion 0f bis line. ior
Gan. Sadgwiek sueessdsd~in 5sios hs %
iEs aud securing il against furzhsr ii - and
sbs enemy vithdrsE fron dis Tens q 3 y the q
ever Of dzTkness
Our leases have been heavy Oar army To-
day has certainly sehisvsd decided saceaas. L
has bsfflsd all the offensive efforts Of the enemy
The number ef ouT wounded is estimated g.
Tom 5000 to 5000.
islser in the New York Tri5ass describing ssssfsy
tbs acton Of the 6sh corps, ia the bs4 60 receive
Wilderness, sayss eoa clos
An efiesz Of Ss5gvicks stsf rausk 2. = Hsesasiy hA
ssai-- sEr-s danger Of our Fosl.lon 1sifls. q
Jass as re ssrs Lsazinsr 70 ME along "a Sdsd.
u Ssdaeka fne, head shs -,l
sr 10 ear front which suggested tess or. ~ -
sss bang rasd, or lsat Gsn- Les might b nd -
aione u Ees. EIftsan mintles la-er =
.nIs-fs.r bgsks forth IA ha-EZ e.
7eHesz mir ylsi VIII tks s. - Il -pz-
as -. -. = he 5aIk ef a-zus. sru,y - -
10 10. svisnt s.s ssziek bad VA FsAss svs
1iisfoEtass FhicA bad been SntieiPAl---rns sE
sirs day.
Son sts e.h corps are Tush;ng in disf age
masses cut Of i1e woods. some weab t-y, -,
some E.tlsss, al bsartless, psnie-strieg7 ssu ~
psls; some with extended neck and armss VITA
dropping heads sn5 hards, ard some indig-
nsnsly and aHgrily shouting % their couE uEAni0ns,
charging thsm with coHardies and dishonor.
Tbs crowd marched through the valley and up
tha opposing hill, part only gathering resolution
enough 70 make stand upon the summit
Ssrsggisrs were streaming toward the riVer IN
the greatest confusion.
Another letter 70 the TTi5sns says;
Gen Ssdgwiek attempted to rally The men,
but Il was OF No avail, aGd night came upon the
9Th coTps-scattsred aad bToksn-WiEh large
losses Of killed, wounded and eaptared. Cen
SayuouT, recently returned fsom Florida, Was
espsurs1- -
Another letter written rom he bastis6sId, Ess
says;
Il was the most wicked assault thus fsr an %
eoantersd-bTsf in duration, bat terrific i
power and EEoerhumz1 momeltun. Ihs ant =
lew minu1s5 were staggered. Straggiars
st-eamed 70 shs raar "a isIga ngmoerss choking
tie r1ads aud ezusing panic By their sla1apade
ard incoherens sse8 Ct frghsui disaster Is
vas egea reporsed ct tie EeGeIal hazdquaItar5s
that shs enemy aad burst eaii-sl7 ihp zhs aAe
supDoTls were burned up
Tns- soamY admit thas thzif losses Ers 5nor-
mous. a correspondent reports the following
70 BE- ihs loss IN one single corps
Houndsd up % sIE o'clock EEidsy, 2. Il,
2l0O; killed up 20 ssms hns. sos killed,
Fouuded and missing, during the turning q the
right winF, 40GO. Tetal. 6 eco.
AnothaE correspondent says Of the loss II
Ssdgwicks earps;
T6s I7Fest estimate IN killed, wounded and
eGutzrsd made asTs Is about seven thoussEd-
she highest 6fzesa Thousand.