Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-03-05
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49, .5ased dans,1's li7ii'5H >; Fedora.
" on oHT right. -
.-.s Ssssy kfood'5 e0Fgs Vas transferred
1 righ! 20 aft, Whsslegs csvsify ;aking
taa Of the position il bad ,sfs On the 221,
Cen Hooi -spoyIeI fiss HindnSn's And
sons HYis;0us Of ais corps, being At
1rove back ;as aasmy, iakiug line ct
9Rstworks, bat were compelled - with
80 5y ths dts Of fortified artillery On the
u tAE1ess skirmishars formed line 0t bat
I'D SseYen3ons, Of Hoods GoTp5, on the
ts on the 27sh, sftor A furious eann2nzlo Of
'rEs ->-=SY -she ana-~r rsaa s0.5ia- a.
-szr.s s,ss yg1s eTer7where ;spUi3sd with heavy
he assaults wsro most yigo-oas on CheAt-
IS and CiebRrns's divisions, ?. HsFdee' )
and Ftench'5 and Fessherssol6'5, OF ID.
Lieut. Gen. HArdse reports that Chez:
Ans division lost in killed, woundsi and
sssaZ one huDigs1 sSi ninsty i've Tao enc
soy posed 20 i, 5y tbs statement OF ststt
II "a subseauently captured less two thousand.
ss Of Clsburne's division eleYer-.hat Of
- b any on his front one thousand; and Msj.
4oriDg reported two hundred and thirty.
his corps killed, wounded and missing !
sa l1s loss Of the enemy, by their own esii-
1 At hstwasn ir1H 'h~--77.-l' IE- E1z zrCd Ard
-y tnsas. n5 s8iel ae shiVE- 7ery zusit
tds assi 51,g, hsjof Gta sg= 2uiti.a D..
5s5s a support tGs 18gaJT q
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p A.laaae ~ s,rzT- .'tss ss 3, ear as
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era = Ou EEs 4.h Msior General Smith rs,
pe d that he should be compelled TO withdrS ~
p ne morning of the 5.h to the line Of utrsnch-
a1ans covering the railroad bridge and Turner'S
,e'sr7s Thssarmy was therefore ordered 20 re.
- q the same time to that line, 20 secure cur
1lt4ges The cavalry crossed ,ha ChaHahOochee
~ hseler observing it for soma twenty miles
Sore and jackson as far below The enemy
s0T aneed, as usual, covered by iutrenchmeals.
SIX mishing continued until toe OH Our in
z .Sntty and artillery were brought to the south.
I e3sl side Of the river that night, because two
FEDERAL corps had crossed it shove Powers ferry
On the sih, and inTenched. 1t. Gen. Stuart
sock command Of the corps on the 7th
y Z he character Of PeGchtres creek and the
T! nEnerous lords in the ChRttahOochee above It's
ao1th, prevented my Rttempi3g to defend shst
/ psrt OF the river The broad aud muddy chan.
I Hci Of the creek would have separated tho TWO
! 2 lis OF the army. 1t and the river below its
a. nth were therefore taken as our line A DO
si!ion on the high ground south of the creek was
selected for the army, from which to attack the
| enemy while crossing. The engineer officers
with large toIcs Of negroes, WeIs SCI to work
to strengthen the rOIJlncsl0d5 JI AtlaIlt sd
! TO mount on tham seven heavy rides, borrowed
from Maj. Gen Msury. The chief engineer was
instructed to devote his sttentiOn-frst to the
works between the Decatur and Marietta roads,
to put them in such condition that they might
bs held by the State troops, so hat the army
might attack the enemy in flank when he ap-
preached the town-this in the event that we
should be unsuccessful in attacking the Federal
army in Its passage of PeAchtrse creek
After the armies were separated by the Chat
tahooehes, skirmishing secame less severe. Ga
fba A Iiviaiop If Fadaral arNg,.J
the river by Mooro's bridge, near Newman, but
was driven back BY Armssrong's brigade, sent
by Brig. Gen Jackson to moe. it.
On tho 18th Gov. Brown informed rls, orally,
that he hoped to reinforce the ArpAy before the
end Of ihs month with near ton thousand State
troops
On the I7th tbs main body of the Federal
army crossed the ChsttAhoochee between Rss-
we'll and Powers ferry At 10 O'Clock, P NJ
gineer, instructions in regard to his work of tho
next day on the Notifications of Atlanta, tfIs |
gram was received from Gen. Cooper informing |
me, by direction of the Secretary of War thai !
as & hsd Z. .h sdrss. .La adyaaOs a. Ice ase {
aar > 56e sacinifF 81 AtlxaH al r.fs "a
sas 3gaza ast o3cid da.sai II
se feA sai sss
EseE lsaais Gsaressee, W
iaaisaists,Y g-sg 1Ts- :. Gen H zs
aza dor J7ca. o. .a us0grins Ca ta5 3.a !,
fAe enaIs 25srtsd TO be advancing, and, |
a Gen. Hoods request continued 20 give or
derS until afternoon, placing the troops on the /
position selected near PeachtTse creek
In transferring the command to Gen. Hood l |
explained my plans te him-frss, to attack the /
Federal army while crossing Peschtres creek. II |
we were successful, great results might be hoped /
for, as the enemy would have both the creek and /
tas river 10 intercept bis retreat Second, if un.
ssceessful, to keep back the enemy by intreneh-
lag, 10 give time for the assembling Of the State
t.oopI promised by Gov. Brown; TO garrison
Atlanta with those troops, and when the Federal
Gmy approached tbs town attack it on tie
lost exposed fGHk with sll the C0nfsdsrats
Eoops
Thsss troops, who had bsea for ssvsnty-four
days in the immediate presence of the enemy,
sboring and fighting daily, enduring toll, eI-
Osurs and danger with equal cheerfu9sas ~ ~
confident and high spirited ths--CrH7a 'he cue
al army nrssarIs4- ftsUTi near Dalton, were then
aferior 20 none who ever served the Confederaey.
Under the excellent administration OF Briga-
lier Gen raj Aacksll, chief of staff, the troops
yers well equipped and abundantly supplied.
1hs drsupht animals Of the artillery and quar-
trmaatsr's department were in better condition
"a tho 18th of July than on the 5:h of Asy.
We lost no material in the retreat, except the
our field pieces mentioned in the accompanying
,sport of Gen. Hood.
I commenced the campaign With Gen Brsgg's
army of Missionary Ridge, with one brigade
and two taken EwAy-BAld-
wins and Ousrles' That opposed to as was
Grants army of Missionary Ridge, then estima-
ted at eighty thousand By our principal oth 1ers,
increased, as have STATED, by two corps, di-
vision and several thousand men. The csYslIy
of that army was estimated BY Major General
Wheeler at fifteen thousand.
Ths reinforcsments which Joined our army
amounted to Gftsen thousand iafsnsry and artil-
lsry. and four thousand cavalry. Our scouts
re- ssor.ed much greater Numbers joining the Uni
ted States army; garrison and bridge guards
froEa Tennessee aud kentucky relieved by Zone
hundred days men," and the 17th corps, with
tive thousand cavalry.
The loss of OUT infsatry and artillery from :hs
6th Of May had been shout ten thousand in kill
I'd and wounded and tour thousand seven huE-
aTAd from all other causes. mainly slight sick.
g.s., -. E. g. ssS o. a=kvv e1iG szir7- FTHIec p
ysjlsd ia sha lssssI hsli ct JgEs Tres ag5 81
isstsy souDaed WsTs bss 7Riug % lPlojn tier
srissb,s. EaF ~Rnt 2 lpcdG. - psSs!s I
, Z Is lhs "a " sas ices O; lhs eAyslTy 1
sict was e9s Enlof lny sIe .iSE TIE rssi Of /
aEESg- Hhe eEfc"ii1- -t-s.f~'t 7sss freraazs J
Fysl two thousand during shs campaign.
Ihs ssctiye fcT05 transferred to Gen Hood |
las she 1T foTsy-oae thousand infantry aud al
q. ID ten thousand cavalry.
Au55fling to the opinions OF our most eIpe-
ficers, daily reports OF prisoners, and |
asHa of Northern papers, the enemy's loss
. sescl could not have bsen less than tvs /
r s great as ours. In the cases iu which |
asj she means of estimating it, it ranged /
seven to one to ninety-one to one, COM
ssas th ours and averaged thirteen to one.
srsl prisoners c9ncurred in saying that |
S, aYisst loss occurred in the, daily attacks |
line Of battle upon our skirnishers IN |