On May 6, Captain Bryan and his Appeal Battery were ready. That night, amid tremendous enthusiasm of Memphis citizens, the battery departed from the old Memphis & Charleston Railway depot for Corinth, Mississippi, where the Confederate Army was re-organizing following its defeat at Shiloh the month before. A silken flag was presented to the departing battery by a hoop-skirted young woman whom The Appeals reporter described as, "the lady of Dr. Keller." She made the presentation speech in the flowery language of her time.Commercial Appeal, January 1, 1940, Accessed 3 February 2013, http://www2.dixie-net.com/nemma/appeal.htm
