The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-16

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l,oompaay The Gag Of truce 70 che Held y rscog-
.i,e lths desd. ne vac not ailossd . INFORM
% u ahs number Of psisonsrs they held, nor
he number Of their dean; neither were our
men allowed 70 90 Close enough. % the bank
vhsrs tAsy lsid, 70 tell the number, but could
~ many more shan ws hsd killed, ard thsy 40.
| knowlsdss thsir loss was terrible. So
The piscss brought oG the Geld BY our boys
belonged 70 Watson's cslsbrated New Orleans
Battery, Which Y said 70 have done much exc
cution against ne Upion forces g Ball Rua'
They lost sAsir entire company either killed O
psisoasrs. aaaaa2ta
Whiler am writing this, our Regiment are
paying their last respects 70 our lamented
Lea. Col Wsnts, BY conveying his body 70
the boat which 10 70 take il 70 Cairo. where Il
viii BE- conveyed By railroad 70 Davenport, se-
oompanisd BY his wife. This estimable lady has
the sympathiss Of ali in this her incompatible
loss.
. It 10 due to Companies K and g, Of this reg
iment, that statement Of their Whereabouts
should be made, ~ they are mot represented in
the list Of Casualties. These two companies
were detailed, soon after the landing Of the
the troops, to guard the boata The men Of
shess two companies complained loudly At this,
and did not show much disposition 10 comply,
until the Col. told them they we're occupying
An honorable position, - he assured them the
secessionists would endeavor to out flank them
If possible, and capture the boats. and the safe
~ Of the boats depended entirely on this detail
These companies were not engaged during the
greater part of the day, and only kept busy
lodging shot and shell thrown at them from the
Columbus batteries, two Of which fell close to
them and were dug up as trophies, one Of which
weighed one hundred pounds. and the other
twelve pounds; both were fred from rided can
acn, and were minnie, or oblong. The Whaling
of one Of these fellows will not attempt to de-
scribe, but If you, or any Of your readers,
would like to enjoy the experience of lodging
one Of them, and have it fall few feet in the
the rear of you, enlist in the 7th. and you will
undoubtedly have an opportunity. These CON-
panics we're prominent in the fight at the boats,
but did not lose man killed or wounded.
Many, too many, of our boys have met With
soldiers grave. Many . ''mess, which but .
day or two since was full, have now but few ieft
Each aud all had life to give to their country,
and they freely gave it; and among those who
escaped, there remains not one but would march
at moments notice, to give their life's blood If
needs be, in defence of the honor of their couli-
try. s
But this has spun out too long, and will
bring il to . close, leaving out many things
that would interest friends in Iowa, and con-
cludc by stating that Iowa can depend on the
7th, and you may rest assured that it will ac-
quit itself with credit, and honor 20 the State
in which its brave sons live; and from our Col
onel whose praise 10 sounded by every man who
fought on that day, as the bravest Of the brave,
to the humblest private, all.wll stand BY the glo
rious flag of our country. =
Chicago correspondents are DUNG us great
injustice by claiming all the honors, when in
fact our regiment did the work.
Yours very respectfully, J, r. n.