Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-08-09
Letter from Burlington.
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE GAZETTE.

BURLlNGroN, Iowa, August J., 1861.
MEssIEuRs EDITORS: For the assassination
of old Kronos merely, l propose to inaict up
OH you letter concerning my present status.
We left Dubuque the evening of the 23d
ult., some thirty three strong, under Capt
V. j. David for Camp Warren via Burling.
ton, where we were to fuse with an lincoln.
pletc company .,v;:, keo:...s, , u; s,,avr capt
Parrott We were on the camp ground long
enough for two things, viz: to effect q
a permanent disagreement with our Gate
City friends, and to imbibe an unconqucra,
bic disgust for the military authorities Of the
State of Iowa; and we accordingly issued in
a body from its gloomy portals on the 25th
and Joined Capt. Fletcher's Battery of Fly.
ing Artillery, with Capt. David as first Lieu
tenant. of the camp will say but little at
present, but cannot forbcar the suggestion
of an inscription to be placed over its gates
similar to the dread sentence over the portals
Of He'll in Dante's Inferno " Oche 0is nitrate
lasciate ogni spernn=a," "LEr ALL WHO EN-.
TER HERE LEAVE HOPE BEHIND" OF course,
this applies only to the infatuated ones that
have been sworn into the service.
The Goth ult. found us in possession Of
our new quarters, No. 50, Main St., Burling,
ton, when we received our service of tin plate,
&C., and were sworn into the service of the
State Of Iowa. We expect to be mustered
into the United States service next week
early, when we shall probably 60 into camp,
near the bank of the venerable Father OF
Waters, little below the city, and remain,
there perhaps six or eight weeks, but of this
there is no certainty.
Our Battery consist Of one hundred and
fifty men and six guns, viz: two twelve
pound howitzers, and four six Founders
which with our uniforms will be received
soon after we are mustered into the service
Of Uncle Samuel. We arc most of us salts
fed with, or rather jubilant over, our transfe,
from the infantry to the artillery service.
We expect to make long and wide track
from this city to New Orleans, and win fo1
ourselves imperishable glory, for our countr.
glorious victory, and thence no less gloriou.
peace. Lastly, but by no means leastly, WI
expect certain amount of pay and rations
accompanied by any quantity of misery ant
privation, and perhaps the 93d Congress viii
decree to the gallant dead of 81 monu
ment with suitable inscriptions in Latin ant
in English; or perhaps said monument viii
be erected by some future association, aidet
by some as yet unborn Everett through some
undrcamed of g Ledger"
Future Fourth of July orations, inflicted
upon patiently patriotic communities by as
piring lega! gents, will overflow with fulsom,
pancgyrcs. Future widows and orphans
will wrangle and toll for the little pension
thrown at them by fat and sleek NJ. C's WIN
will owe their political existence to tn
hearts blood spilled in this unhappy war.
But time and space are brief just now
Should the readers of the GAZETTE desire t.
write to any of their friends in our company
let them direct to FLErcHERs BATTERY
| Burlington, Iowa"
will write again when don't feel so stu
pid by half. Yours, and so on.