The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-13
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YuM Rafslsalaxs frea n, KHe.wasnefs.
.si IT. ts.sxsaphiss scsountsuof shs battle near
HAissegil,s w6s sxseedineiy nsagreAnd unsatis-
fsesosy.it This fage nAy be- accounted for BY
meati5piuR that The 0evsrnmspteperator Asda-
lkssseein bseame % isxeibsd, when ~ aAcoent
81 che Aehs rssched hin, that ha shauldered bic
musket wiaAis . quagtse ef - hous, - sejoin his
comrades ID lXilIinla5 ,acilo1ae a1aos
y The river ~ csossedi atIsAAi eaz3y. hour on
Tuesday Morning. .Nellullin Rangers dashed
10 ilrst, ahsz CITY Ibo1 rand 0eA. Patterson and
-s4aTfeilo1ed, asd sAsfAhen daIhsf vo regiments
Of Wisconsin and 1lvanias gssqsgg.i .s.s''s
- The remaining regiments took the matter less
ind % lpssithertseareli in the honose
Of the batalss They marched leisarely into field
'0n the margin of thesivers removed their boots,
istoCkinssy drsvsns, and bsoeches, wound there
around their aecka ard thus, with the lover
ins n the wind, proceeded by . full band in SIM
fls1sundfess, they plunged into the stream and
reached the opposite shoeei Here they rsadjusted
thsir dress, and avoided sheJwet garments and
soaking shoes ofthsir, predecessors Onr infor-
mant ssates that the appearance Of the regiments
thus procesding was lndicrous in the extreme.
1T vas full day light when these latter regi.
uenss proceeded up fhes tnrnpike. Beyond the
t6sa gate the road which 10 hard and marrow, dot
ted With farms and groves, went meandering up
and down the hills. bad sss8ya9 efldBg
q Most Of the people professed to be Uniohists,
and were in tembance at least, glad to see their
deliyerers.s Their own troops had despoied
themshamefally, tarning their henses to Craze
NAL -;shan. money and v;,hons nr;.e ! x an.
r;oo. ion. ses tnra Of the march, vas the anne.rance
of ~. =, TTn;or ref,v.e. vho huro ~ Tho sk;rt.
nc The =, v.nce gu.rS, n omr army ,These neo
rla h.a hoe, dIiven .v.v ! ip,t a harvast wa.
sh;n;n, mon the Grain feia.. 3, iThev sma NAL
.ith sones and fulI he.rts q often -burstnr into
tears vbenF their homes anneared IN them after
shsen "a, ma hsnishmentli ...f.ts g.1llI az
i: while thus marchips alons in the dawn. the
hinder reriner1ees, among vhich vas the Scott
I.ep;oou hessd ,the first nesls Of the csnnon far
Aesd. ID nsfenuy every m an fell into 4 run and
.v;sh Wild shouta thew broke avay xions to he
.snn the road and ~ ,,em A., each j,nev nasl
tl,eir setn hecsme eouicker., hut laegs ihsste
vonld NOT atone. the 16sht vas over hefore thew
reached the rround iio 5Tt,r .sl,iesis.g', /
Z with che lseser regiments. cur Informant
civilisu-vss travelling. he instantly touched
10 his pony at the sound Of. the cannon, and
dashed away in the odirection of the firing -
Coming tos frame house beside the road. tenn.
oorarily converted into q hospital. he dismount
ed and found inside the body of George Drake .of
company A. LIST Wisconsin ReQimept.o The de.
ceased had been shot through the breast. and fell
dead ~ once exciaining ut the moment, .Oh |!
nv mothes.n He look a. placid and fair. thus
70 wake no more, as proposing in q gentle sleep.
io The women IN this house had rushed TO the
woods in the beginning of the action; but returned
after the battle and cheerfullyg assisted the
wounded, cmaking mattresses and !. bapdages for
them, Further on live miles from the Potornacl
shey reached Porterfie.d's farm. the battle ground
propee ,It seems that Gen. Patterson and staff
Majors Craig, Biddie, and r. h. Price. Col. VIM
c. Patterson and CAPTAIN Newton. with the First
Wisconsin Regiment and the Eleventh Pennsv,.
yania Regiment (Ool Jarrett proceeded nv the
City Troop and Doubleday's bnttery the whole
led by Captain McMulin land the Philadelphia
Independents Rangers, reached mis- farm at seven
o'clock ia the morning The enemy were drawn
up behind the house, in line of battle order, with
their park flour guns directly upon the turn.
pike, bearing upon our ranks s,s5-fii ,s,;,,,.
HcMulin's men were some rods in advance.
and they FIRST opened fire. The first cannon shot
Of the enemy passed over the heads of eur men
a single bali striking the gable of Porter6eld's
dwelling and passed out at the peak of the roof.
They fred badly, not single cannon ball du-
ring the whole action of half an hours duration
inflicting . mortal wound. One ball passed be.
tween . soldiers musket and his cheek, and al.
most simultaneously q second shot struck His
gun, bending the tube double and sanding tho
splintcrs flying into his face and breast The
man will probably lose an1eye. Their frat dis.
charges of musketry were aimed too high, hut
subsequently they aimed too low, and most of
the wounded on our side were struck below the
knees. Our men advanced continually loading
ana nrng, until the Wisconsin Regiment had
approached to within three hundred yards, and
AcAuilens men less than one hundred yards
from the rebels advance lines. They must have
lost, from all statements, at least one hundred
in killed and wounded. Their ambulances were
ordered to the FROM, and our men saw them heap
ing in the failen,to be in time for retreat. After
hiring for an hour or less, they retired at Il rap
i'd trot and in great disorder, seeming to labor to
over0trip each other in their Eighty purpose
Porterfield's house is a two story frame dwelling
with frame kitchen attached. Porterfeld is a
Union man, who had then run of He had tax
en- his family to the woods for security, but re-
sistance. His family soon followed him, and
the dwelling became hospital, were the v ound-
ed lay, most Of them seeming to suffer no anxi.
ETY. beyond the event of the fight, and their own
hard fate at not being engaged. Of all the
wounded upon our side, not one will de- At
Hninesville, three miles beyond, they made a Sec
ond futile and shorter stand, but we're driven
back renewed loss. This other place had
been the site of their encampment-. Our infor-
mant reached it before noon, and found the town
and suburb occupied by our regiments, with
the rear regiments fast hurryine in. g..
~ g7tr4 MAsr1sspupa sw.d,o.d.v r,on;.u
i The column ,ot in nation .na laf, 1,;nn.r:i,.
this n,arn;no ~ no oclScL ioo,,;n. ~, III.
Eve miles and erc.mn;no shon, 10 .nmn onty
We learn here that The enemy 1900 .I,,a.
this town IN All ,s,rss. nN 1 ~. p ph .'.ougo
At Runker Hin INIT Nov s.r ,,,aS ...n. " We
Il Tbsv =, A., a.,,,;n -
successful attscl s,ss;ns tbs ,,hpIa .: u..
soO and wannSaS snv =: nA ~. sea
list none an =, sai.a. ~ - - ' 'A' ous u"u
II .nne.,s ths. - mo. ~;.h ,;,.,. So.
vesterdpv sevsrsI ,;I.s osr sron, .ha ', ,i'sns
Nv wb;cT AZ, mon, =. ,uaas "'a." ,oau
NAV k;nsd 'af nn,.nsna T 1t,h pn.;. s.u p one
-. va,.,taa.!s" soa" a." ~ Rane, sun
we've rsno.ted ri ~ t,v,,,o ~ 90, IN" .roops
M Gan Nes,e,,. Rrgaas ..s orda..s 1s -. 1,e
d;varaus ,oaj about swo m;les s.on,, T,, nHne
W,ters ~ ;ntercent them nsr. Of ramman ns
was thrown ont in advance and While vait;ns
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