Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-17

= -T-7-7 THo IIT6 WIrrl-
p =. on commanded BY Lieut. Col George NJ Edsa
r. Eos - Postsd IN salient angie consderabIs "a,
ssiti battalion was out skiFmishers and fhe Ia
ehstfiDoted along beth sides Of the angie extend
mRoYer vsry long line. The enemy advanced
M suts foree, driving in the line OF sk1nishers st m
Il = entering the angle with them
Our nsu in the works could not FIRE until tba a,ar,
tefe upon them bat refusing to sbAndon the position
-ne eEemy dashed over the !. killing Wounding an,
q wosks and wounded by bal Cfksrs vssrs 40 ba,n
sTaeted and knocked down with cubbed suns Nsla,
p. ss ~, nsxt "a command was wounded and The
~ Ia snt, Lieut. b. B Craig killed Col Patton See
tae posiiion Of affairs called The foree support
s " nip 70 advance. Gslsntly did the Maryla5dsr,
cktnd the Florida brigade respond Advaneinc vvitn
rushs they drove the enemy At once ont ~ ,ba snl
and over the works retsking The captured 1uns M
"a virginia regiment, on Col Edgsrds right aIthousb
nen eit was uncovered stood their ground and poarsd
| into tue enemy q murdsrous vollsy Re rsfreafins
| before the determined attack OF Finnsgsu and m
Maryland line, and fred upon from both anks rsirs5
n srsas disorder much foster than be had advanced
leaving q large number Of killed wounded and soms
prisoners In our hands. The ensny's attack was
manly In this salient angie the of the division net
being very warmly engaged. Had the wo ks which
formed the angie been fully manned the enemy yould
not have gained even temporary advantage
The news this morning Is highly Important The enc
my has struck out from Stsunton and the valley -
EAneed and taken Lexington % this side Of the
Biue Ridge mountain, and is moving rapidly through
Nelson and Amherst eoGntieE with the vievS il Is fs
ported Of advancing Lyuehburz We give sueb
"DETAILS Of iher operations and movements We have
been able TO gather.
Some days after occupying Siauntoe, the snsmv
started on force against Lexington Ths ninber of
tR1s force is not known, but il Is quite fordapla -
they srs reported to have advanced On Isxiugtan n
three difeFe1t dgeesioas one conlnn uudar Avar;lI
crossing the North river eeht lailes atsss -.
another by tbs BroWnsborO road, and smother by tae
areensboroi or what Is known the stage ROAD our
forces, under AeCaaslAnd the enemy AZ ttav an
prosehed Lexington, and had shsrp fight vi h them
put ewing 70 the oTerPoUeTng numbers ef the enemy
lney bsving beth cgvary sh1 artillery our forces were
eompell=d 70 fsl back when s resistance boiDg over
come the enemy entered the town
4 dispatch reeslYsd evening by Gov Smith from
COL Smith, the superintendent of the Military nEu
gave full confirmation of the occupation Of Lexington
oy the enemy, ard some particulars Of their sdvsnee
1t sppears that the enemy advancing and were
within short distance of Lexington, Gen AieCsusland
with his small force, met aud fought them Rallauty
when finding that he was .hsnked by the enemy ap-
prosehinS by different roads he Was compelled 70 fail
osek Our forces retired in the direction Of Balcony
ias on the James Just bsoH the mouth Of the North
river, almost midway between Lexington sud Lyueh-
burg. The enemy entered and occupied Lexington on
Saturday about two o'clock We have no information
Of what the enemy did after entering the town. our sc
counts being brought up only to thst time.
The cadets not il the fight MeCsusland had with
the enemy, Col Smith having taken the wise preesuon
to withdraw the corps from Lexington before ths enemy
csms up.
Soon sfssr this news of the occupation Of Lexington
came dispatches we're received Df the app of
ne enemy on this side of the Blue Ridge mountains
But what route they in what f0res ths7 are
8 not known. Some think they are the same ioFee
hat captured exingon but this can hardly be- A. thew
sppe AIRED thlS side cE he mountain on SATURDAY
morning Dispatches received yesterday state that du
ottsvIe railroad al Arlington depot tore p the track
and burned the depot From this point aEsv are re-.
sorted TO have g0n off ia tia direeh Of LOvIgstnn
ne county seat Q, Nielsen county, and Amherst Court
House, bob Of which points It stated last night
asE had reached. 1, $50 rum0rsd last night thst
hey were advancing on Lynch5urg, zad a Gispateh j.
laid to have been Ttesived announcing that they had
)esn heard from within si7ht miles OF LvnehbuFg
Fhs enemy ara reported 70 have resched Tye river
warehouse and 10 have burned The bridge aesOss the
iFer there. This point il Immediately on the James |
iFer. about thirty miies below LyncAburg.
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, near Gaines Mil
Tune l2; My last letter bore date June T. i've
; M. from this point. Since that wiring nothing es.
'ecaly noteworthy has occurred except ths srnstee
which wss agreed upon by Gems. Lee and Grant, and
which lasted from to o'clock Tuesday evening
At Between those hours the enemy buried their dead
md took off their wounded.
From that time till this nothing Of general or pub
ic interest has .rauspired. Now and then there is
scharge Of artillery aud and anon the crack Of
yoek Of death, but with this saving nothing Of
Ike character is going The lines Of the arnies
re now exceedingly near each other. The distance be
Ween Hoke lines and those Of the enemy said to be
lot ever forty yards. and place aIe they more
ban seventy 10 one hundred yards apart Grant he's
eRsed TO dig parallels and zgBags and seems to be no
1ore concerned for himself in the defensive han n The
hensivs. His works ars exceedingly formidable, and
very day add to the already great strength
lus men are, OF course, not idle
II Is Of course impossible say what the next move
vil be. The report that Grant is tearing up
be York river railroad behind him. but this surely
listake II, however, he B thus engaged it is very
lear that he is going TO the Southsids.
Ths position Of the enemy since the contraction
their lines Monday last TO be in the shape
V, W.th the apex al point about and a half
niles Ia front OF Walnut Grove church which is about
1idway betWeeen the Meebsniesyille turnpike and
laines mill on the road leading from Gaines mill TO
'oIe Green Church.
Among the rumors of camp is that Lieut. Gen.
ongstfeat viii return 10 the sid in about two weeks
nth the tempONerY rank Of full general and will have
ommand Of the right wing of the army, whist Ewell viii
g similarly promoted and have command of the left
ring 1t possible, though not prob able, think that
nffsfr Mill ba
lOud be, it Is needless slmes for to that they
Fould give general satisfaction.
To-day has been remarkably quiet A few discharges
artillery and the inevitable rpshoOtug constitute
be sum OF its performance
Another act Of hbsrslitY tue part Of our troops
eserves honorable mention. Yesterday Richardson's
aitaon Of scouts, guides and eourers st Gen. Lees
eadquarers generously gave up their enire days ra
ions 70 supply the pressing need for subsistence on the
art Of Humber of our citizens who hSd come hunger
ricksn from the snemys lines. Verify our brave men
ball have their reward IYANHOE.