Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-08

~. e., Alaee y ths TIRE Of Rsnseura men on h
lsls hAak OF the Fsderasta. be succeeded susiIv
right. "OO0' 0n 'n@' einesr
The gap in the Confederate array had baan ,.5,o.
% small extent By Battles left The oehrr art ~ =,
me eonlnued to swing heavfy backward and sor,s-
tss aae Oh battle rolled from side to side Shsttsre,
Slloy ~ the severity Of the confess be was rein
fereed 6y Harris Mississppians Of Apdsron,. 5f,io
ala ~ AeefoWan'S South Oaroliusns Of ileox. dIyj
bri1,sss '1uss oI tne nfe at tns point where thes.
oiis-aes Heni Into action terrible Two vouns
OAKS each upward Of twelve inches in diameter nis-rs
- Oten scross their trunks were thus seiunIv eut
~ t ~ taJ ss.iouS inJary Of some Of MeG0EAus men
Fresh troops being put in continually in front Of Hsr
- su Lseo"an the contest grew in hsreenesz Reel.
rs 70 ana fro for the width Of brigade frou h sgrs
DOW 10 this side then 20 that over bIood1 -, -
~ YARDS. The guns that had been esptured Il the
salsst oy the rush Of the first attack isy during
me haree struggle, Ia their original postonss o
.I-nn me onward roll Of the Federal lfnsa sad -
eneiose Cd within The surging ranks Of the Con
siAlor Cufzhsv. gallant officer Cftbe bataI
ION o. srtiery, whose pieces iay thus ba-sy- - lb
aa S'f o. battle hang devoisdiy In their iau1ediat
ieef5 ani VEaiehlsg the moment that saw the1 -
Ia the advancing army Of he flnnes,tsrs.o = -
sPt-hs FORWARD from bis lair in the fhiekst n H.. %
In LIN +, mister and grape Bausi baDs bansi be psd
ssh n not haste, and thus tearing thaares - -
enemy q close qua5tsrI into shrsds he eop1Ts5 nm
~ aaIsstnass hurting his thunders un.I 10 1e f
nls supports had begun once more 70 Weld Hefiri-g
sgain and Egsin ths tide of strffs r5i'gd 49, @
niel' be eontinusd each occasion 70 yvstrb ~, -
.l - - -, "a, e esolu9u and whenever tie bat
with The sau4e Erdor aud with the sane bsvoc
AetFelFsn 5ea4ved IN tee struggle for ths works At
~, @-eAs kioriousiy BE fell, IL iEB DTogress asht
1a.-y5 Sie nope not dangsrousS, vroUa5s5 .5,HI
g MS oess oioesrs yielded u8 tneir Irvss on rt t -
oa oiooa GsH Harris set brilliant example. in tbe
stern stfs, 70 his bTi1 ads but fbourb ~ sss,,5 -
cldeHt ia tie tempest Of ousts ,-Ssch svgsrf - -
1ss OF aeaia around hin, 10 lost heavily Hslos.ss
~ ~ Nileefs inetndss some of hfsh urorsiss mi
eafker and Lieulensnt OoIousi Fsitus ~ tE- fs11
nAaslstppi - and Col Hardin. OF the lqtb are ,,f s,,
tns least CT the gallant soldiers who fslI daa5 fro -
SSs. INES IN mat murdsroUs saIisnt gou4h
CsFounien5 and Mississippans eontinuad bov.,-sr -
eAeh otaer IN tneir persistent striving IN rpcovr
- g urea WorkE and finally obtained firm DoIass
tlon OF them still further in advance Of tbs t,.b5
tast mad been secured In them prsyiousv Nv 9a1.ls
Cousoiide ting within the tefspsss fbur a. =
me ieit OF the salient the strife was renewed in their
iroIi and very of close to the uuzzlss Of tbr
IN 3 81 he opposite slopes Of the breast7vo k ehi1d
the salient. 'Ns apex %
Perri9s b5igsds of Andersous division, sent m to
nLoIee 11Lue termed behind some light works In he
Le' Ouereu 20 charge iatO the salient It's chief as he
roae az tns head Of its left wing received Wf1 bsI
.h me thish The fenoral artery cut he had bar5-,
lule 10 say carry bEck, boys when ne 80 81
low had 5led to death Two Of his regi-1ss ~ ii - s
Attire time rushing st the 7york1 on ths rivr nI.- tbe
ulfeeuon OF gall ant and promising young ofeer now
Commanding the brigsie, Col. j. o. Saunders rTbev
hueeeedsd Ia making I0dsmsnt in he dsfsussa on -.
eLt OF doraoa. The other three regiments bounding
on 70 the iefI As Perrin fs swept s0 without opp9s
1n no the breastWorHs the right Of the men cf
Harris ard Acaowsn- The width held b. ths enemy
AZ The salient had thus been redueed q aBsut one nun
ared yards but, included within t. a. the auar bat
terry Of artillery that captured n the morning g,-aDt
both Eides by enflade. ~
Caplsn HYynns the sdiaaant general Of Psrrn's bri
gaze, attempted to communicate with he colonel com
mandinei but venturng reekleaaly with that view
aeFoss tbs immediate Of the sseut-vFhere uoth
human could apparently survfve-re.urned 10 thg "a
tef atlRs ru1 L4s gauntlet Of the snemys skirmish
ers, with painful wound IL his arm Sanders IN tbs
Ieantirne hre" out some Of his Alabsmians a. sasrp
shooter ana BY the aeeuracY Of their aim suceeedsd
ID silenc9g the guns that had been hurln1 shell INC
ms ranks In deadly enhlsd3. Opening again from tDs
to time, they burst upon hin repeatedT. mt in a ~
u6nt Afterwards ha puda bv -
worked fell under his Uner1g rites stiff iu death Tbe
snemys grasp upon the double sap at the angie Of
tns salisut sill undisturbed Col Saunders maintained
bic resolution
From four o'clock IN the morning until haIf1ast one
the struggle within the salient had ragged in terribls
hereeness At the expiration Of that time IL sank into
comparative luL The roll Of the heavy ek r.nish-
shooting went without intsrmissou bovevsr sround
that angle Of blood and sWslled after brief break in
tie nam contest, into the flTisus roar Of a renewed
attack The restored front each side Of the salient
burst into Unread Ike hashss and from o'clock,
lhroughout the evening until nightfa and from night
fal until midnight and from midni at until the approach
Of ne dawn Of the l3ib, close and rapid fussde
rushe0 mp IN coulnged roar from the containing ranks
At one time bursting through the gap on odons raht
and endsogering hs flank; at others raging up 10 the
very works held bV that officer, by Sander bv Nc
GOUsn. by Harris by Rauseur tbs conf et RACED fur
ousy, until The enemy repeed firmly gt all points Of
ais sttsek 1t settled long after midnight into the sharp
snd venomous Whizzinga Of The ski -nsshers.
Tbs four guns that Gordon had recsDtured still re-
mained two hundred yards i1 his They could not
be removed under the terrible fire that swept over the
ground they occupied. Fourteen guns remained In
possession Of ths enemy and with those four cousti
tuted substantially the only object Of continuing he
murdsrous struggle the sslisnt. The conditions Of
that contest had changed Lees policy Of defense for
that Of attack; and had thus made further msnts-
names Of It highly inexpsdient material advantage
Of some impOrtsuce % the enemy lay in The possession
Of The hight on which the salient stood but this
did not in ths opinion Of The oommaRdern chisf Justify
an sYoidaos waste Of the ivea Of bis men. Before
dawn on the morning Of the l3-h line Of works had
been Thrown by the psnsers Of the 2i corps under
MGier Green half mile IN Of the point 70 which
the contest Of The day had been nsrroped ard con-
meeting the original defenses the right with these on
the left by route considerably shorter presented
favorable position for return to the policy Of defense
Covered BY sk-miahing the gallant fellows who had
tou9ht their way 80 atubborny over The bloody grouBd
within tn salient into the works that had been esp
tured by the enemy In his rush Of tas morning Of ihe
18th, retired before DAY the 18Th TO that line.
In the battles Of the Ny oteer earned sneh glory
as General Gordon His sdaaiTabe flank movsmeus at
the Wilderness, his rspizs Of the enemy throuRh
the position OF Dole ard bis das and II I in rtemraf1
the Federal torrent from he salient the 18th wen
the admiration Of tie army. neral Lee acknowledged
and n3ornzing him the tins thst he should nsk for
his promotion has had him rewarded with the rank Of
msj0r-Esneral
The battles ending with tss morning the I3th hsd
elosed Stubborn contest thsn thst OF the 12.h
ss not been witnessed during the The losses Of
md ssss s.r1-zsa aeinhs Pc
and from six to thousand killed and wounded
Those OF the enemy In the conflicts cf the 10Th and of
the lth including they do the disaster hauda
Of EaElys hanking force, Of th9 murdarous repuses
rom me mont Of Field and from that Of Dole and the
terrible havoc Of ordons charge on the right OF the
salient eannos have been less, in killed and wounded
thanfrom twenty TO thirty thousand The rotiiug
found VI burisd the ground :bs Fedeass oceupisd
dui pg thS=s contests presented specacs utterly hor
fib. in the immenaisY Of their number.
During the campaign TIE lossea In EWslfs corps ae-
oordng 70 An official statsmsRt of tho chief Of It's med
cal sts-Dr. Hunier HaRure-doas not exceed In kill
ed ana Uoundsd after summing the losses of esch Of
brgsdes mp to the 18th OF this month, 500 With this
BASIS Of approximate estimate, Gud the furthsr that
the number Of wounded that had been sent to the -ssr
up 20 the 18Th, by those devoted men the Rchuoad
committee for the relief Of the wounded lad not reach
ed including those disabled by sickness ten thousand
there csa be very little doubt Of the copclugiop tbei
Lees total losses in killed and wounded Inclusive Of
the battle of tbs 18Th have not overrun at most eleven
twelve thousand About three thousand ge hundred
prisoners added 70 that the depletion Of his forces by
the battles Of the campaign up to this time is fully rep
resented, should think by fourteen fifteen thousand
men. Grants army has shown, in the Increasing fee
blenes Of and longer intervals between bis attacks
his ohSBge from Ofen5e to defense from 6gbng 10
msneuYering unmsts kabls evidence II the erippIng
unavoidable under losses that including about four
thousand prisoners must oertaaIy smount to ftv but
that fall IN all probability, not much short Of sixty
thousand
Resses. His retreat since that tms involves
whatever for doubling bis gbillty 10 Atlanta With
fuu knowledge Of the means at his disposal for that
purpose sm confident 40 will surprise you one Of
thsse days with exhibition Of his strength In r..
ference to events the field in his 'front.' pray you
did in regard TO those elsewhere to remember shat
this Is the season a. the aarth for the production
amongst your free and enights trustees OF universal
Suffrage OF those pleasant little = Of ingenuity
known there "RooTbac&sl
Besuregsrd has bound Butler 70 keep shs peace
After handling him very severely Ia the lat, sngsgs
nent on the side OF the James, he has hsmnisd
him in On peninsula At the confluence OF that river
and the AppOmattox. What he may DO further in the
case Of that very Yigoroua war maker, be have
told the world practically, before presume to do
90 honorabiy, By imprudsEt autieipatons.
Dsfsated in f0Fcag ine roads covered BY Lee az ths
battle of tee Widsrness and RgsR at that Of the Ny
Grant slid 3 second time spoH our front Moving of
from his posion before SpeisYYsnia Court House at
an angle fortY@fye degrees to the Cf the line 10
Richmond he marched ghtesa miles to place called
Bowling Green. By way Of Port Royal On the deep
waters Of the RsppahannOck, be might have reached
that village II it had bssn in the route OF hs 6rs nisn
tion without firing Shot. Once there, however
he has admitted that the original plan Of hs campaign