Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-04

brought back BY dozsus Vicksburr was
play compared with this fight. Some officers
Who were in the battle of Shiloh say this was
tar worse for the time II lasted. Soliev ate
volley came into us from all sides, and
sounded like one report, the men falling dead
and wounded on all side. General S-urgis
told the men between Guntown and RipIeyl
to "look out for themselves" What think
you OF such a miserable general As this?
No death he could suffer would be sufficient
punishment for him. We lost 200 wagons,
100000 rounds OF ammunition, all Of our
artillery (twenty-four pieces, think and
100 600 rations. Every man
who fell behind the vanguard was shot, if
he did not surrender at once. They followed
Us eighty miles like wolves. 1t makes me
sad to see the regiment so small, and l feel
as if had been to great funeral. About
$50 are killed, wounded and missing; nearly
one-hah who went out. Our regiment went
into battle with $50.
The following extracts are from a private
letter by james W. Dodds TO his father, Mr..
james c. Dodds, of this county:
"Our force engaged consisted of two brig
AIDES OF infantry and about $500 cavalry.
General Sturgis had ordered the ammuni-
ton trains across the creek, which could be
crossed only at one place, and when it was
across, IL was under the enemies guns
Everything was there together on a lew
acres ofground, and it was impossible TO re-
form. We fell back TO what Is called the
White House. and the One Hundred and
Seventeenth Illinois and the Ninth Min
nesota formed and fought there as long a.
they could, and continued in the rear. .
And in the midst of all this you could hear
some of the staff officers inquiring where
Sturgis's headquarters were. General Sturgis
could then be found in the extreme advance,
making for Memphis. l forgot to mention
the negro troops, of whom there were two
regiments and a battery. They were to
wall, and knocked mems brains out with
their muskets. William Smith and
Cheney, of our company, came through,
making in all eighty-five miles without food
or rest, walking nearly all the way.
Sturgis is blamed by everybody"
From the report of Lieutenant Colonel
John F. King to the State Journal, published
June %, 1864, il is found that the One Hun
dred and Fourteenth started into the engage
ment with eighteen commissioned officers
and 1877 enlisted men. On the 10th of June
fourteen commissioned officers and 200 en-
listed men had returned, making the total
loss four commissioned officers and 1877 en-
listed men. The brigade 1.-THE First to which
the One Hundred and Fourteenth belonged
was composed of the Seventy second and
Ninety fifth Ohio, One Hundred and Four
Ninth Minnesota Infantry regiments, and
Company c, First Illinois Light Artillery,
and the Sixth Indiana Battery. The entire
strength of the brigade when it went into
the battle was 119 commissioned officers and
2247 enlisted men. When it returned it
numbered seventy-four officers and 1853
men, having lost forty officers and 1Il2 men
The whole command under General
Sturgis was composed of the following:
Seventh and Ninth Illinois Cavalry; Eighty
first, Nintieth, One Hundred and ighth, One
Hundred and Thirteenth, One Hundred and
Fourteenth and One Hundred and Twentieth
Illinois Volunteers; Battalion \, First Hi
nois Light Artillery (Waterhouse's battery;
Battalion B, Twenty first Illinois Light Artil-
lery; also, of the following organizations
from other States: Fourth and Tenth Mis-
souri, Volunteer Cavalry; Third and Fourth
Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; Seventh Indiana
Volunteer Cavalry, NInteenth Pennsy lvania
and Second New Jersey Cavalry; Ninth Min
nesota Volunteer Infantry, Ninety-third In
diana Volunteer Infantry, Ninety-ffth and
Ohio Volunteer Infantry;
also Fifty-ffth First Alabama) and Fifty
ninth First TENNESSEE United States Colored
Infantry, and Battalion F, Second United
States Colored Infantry.