The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-08

night. A huge Gre on the opposite bank cas-. 4
glare over the water, and lighted up the faces.
and bare limbs and gistening guns of the sol.
dice, a. with many laugh and shout .hey
stumbled their way across. Once all over, large
fires were built up, and from m idnight till
O'Clock We shivered and slept around them.
An hour then for breakfast, and just a. dav
began to break, we we're on the way Another
long days march over rocky spurs and down
long ravines. where gurging springs rushed GU,
from the rocks to refresh US, but with nary
sign of welcome from human face. The DOOR
sallow-faced, hopeless women sat in the doors Of
their cabins as we passed-their heads buried in
their hands, and the children, of which there
was always geodiy number, looking wistfully
at US. An hour before dark we stopped, got a
hasty supper, and then, to the surprise of the
army, instead of going on to Huntsville, which
We were then near, We fled to the RICH. and
marched hastily west. On We went, now paus.
ing while the cavalry dashed by to the front, or
to open the way for our battery wagons, occa-
sionally making short halt for rest. Abou. Q
o'clock at night We reached White. River again,
and then rested till s. This gave a chance for
our trains to get up, and for the poor, foo-sors,
tired and worn-out strsgglers from the column
also to catch up. At daylight we started on
without anything to eat, crossed the river again,
ascended the bill, and word came that the Re-
bells were several thousand strong few miles in
front. A march of nearly ten miles, much Of
the way on double-quick, brought US to the
main road from Elk Horn to Fayetteville. and
about l8 miles below the former place. Here
We were drawn up in line Of batte-the 10th
Iowa on the left and the Goth Wisconsin on the
right of our battery, while the gallant lst Iowa
Cavalry led dashing charge down the road
three or four miles, scattering the rebels and
causing them to make exceedingly fast time TO-
wards Fayetteville. When they returned We oil
marched up to Cross Hollow, our present en-
campment which We reached in the afternoon,
having marched all night and nearly all day
without eating anything.
This is something of what General Herron's
division has been doing for the past week or
two, and l venture to assert that no regiment
from Iowa has doae more hard marching than
we of the 10Th, for the time that we have been
in service. To resume, we marched three days
and the greater part of three nights, over the
toughest roads in America, with only three
hastily prepared meals during the whole time
Y hours-and travelling upwards of hundred
miles. e
The cause Of our sudden retrograde move
ment seems to have been to prevent the rebels
from getting possession of heavy supply train
which was on the way to US from Springfield,
and which has at last reached US in safety. Gen,
Heron has taken possession of two large grst-
mills here at the Hollows, and is grinding up
all the grain that can be found for the use Of
his troops But this is barren country for
provisions. The Rebels cannot live in it. Their
only hope of maintaining their ground through
the winter, is to scatter their forces and PICK up
our trains along the road 1t is therefore the
opinion OF numerous reliable gentlemen
(among them your correspondent that we.will
accomplish quite as much by remaining here at
some convenient point near the line, where We
can keep the Rebels out of Missouri aud secure
our supplies from their grasp, as to make long
marches in the vain attempt to catch them, e1-
posing our trains to their guerrilla bands.
The other divisions of this corps are lying
near here, and from the appearance of things,
we shall drop down on the Rebels at FaJette-
vile before long.
The next day after our arrival here at the
Hollows, We were visited with snow storm
and the north sides of the hills are vet patched
pretty .thickly with snow and ice We Thought
it rather cool for the " sunny South"
General Heron has organized a general court
martial for the trial of offenders and offences
in the division. The Court ia constituted A
tollows:-
Col. B. Pinkney, Goth Wisconsin, President:
Capt. John Bruce, 10th Iowa, Judge Advocate
Major D. Lent, 10th Iowa; Majors E. W. Cham.
berlain and J. N. Caldwell, Captains Levi Chase
and James D. jerks, 1st Iowa Cavalry Captains
s. +. Roderick and T. d. Stanton, 10Th Iowa
Infantry; Captain Henry Towns!ey, 1ss Missouri
Cavalry; Captains A. P. Pessiboue, j. McDer-
mott, John Weber and E G. Miller, goth
Wisconsin,
The health of the troops in this division is
good as that of any portion of the army. But
our nearest hospital is at 3pring6elj, No, about
one hundred miles distant, and our regimen.sI
and temporary post hospitals are much in need
of proper supplies. THIS.
A STAR RkGMsSr-THz 25ra IovA.-The
2ssh Regiment Iowa Infantry, Col. George A.
Stone, arrived yesterday morning on the steam.
er Stephen Decatur, from Burlington. Iowa has
furnished some OF the noblest regiments of the
war, her men being characterized by intelligence,
yigor, and patriotic ardor. And among the hest