The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-22

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Col. Lassan foensd HID brigade in The nea.
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nuskee rsnes, and a1yaneed. The following
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-Coi. Heads Team.
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........... 500 lnd.
........... .7th Iowa.
The I'd kentucky held the centre, Col Heads
Tennesseo Regiment the rebel right, and the
l4th Mississippi the left flank. The Kentucky
regiment was one of the largest best disciplined
and diilled in the rebel army.
COL Laumau gave the I'd Iowa the honor OF
leading the charge They moved across the
meadow through 1 little belt Of woods, came 70
the base Of the hill, and met the leaden rain
But they paused not moment Then they en-
countered the fallen trees, but instead Of being
disheartened, they seemed to feel new life and
energy. Without firing shot, without finching
. moment or faltering - their ranks were thin.
ned, they rushed up the hill, regardless Of the
6re In front or on their flank, jumped upon the
ride pits and drove the rebels down the eastern
slope. They escaped into their inner line Of de-
fsnses. Col Lauman did not deem It prudent TO
follow, but halted his men and poured deadly
FIRE upon the foe, in force. with four cannon BE-
hind the works
Then for ten minutes the fire was exceedingly
severe visited the spot on Sunday afternoon
and found the ground thick with bullets fred
By the rebels. The trees we're Scared but bore
evidence on their limbs that the aim of the re.
bells had been much too high. Col. Lauman
called his men back to their ride pits, and theirs
they lay down upon their arms, holding the posi-.
ton through the night, ready with the first
fash of dawn to make . breach In the line be-
yond
aOh the Wild charge they made
Honor the Lsuman brigade !"
/ I deem It perfectly admissible to alter Tenny
sou in making this brief note Of . brilliant
achievement. Twenty.four hours after the fight
visited the spot and saw ten Of the brave
ones whose lives bad been given for their coun
try lying upon the slope in front Of the rife pits
Behind the pits were several Of the enemy who
had fallen in their attempts to dee.
There were numerous pools Of blood upon the
crest Of the bill where the wounded had fallen,
but who had been taken to the hospitals.
Col. Lanm.n was apprised during the nigh,
that the rebels we're about to surrender, BY Z
negro who escaped to his lines. Soon sitter day
light an officer, Major Calsbry, appeared, bear
Ing white Gag aud note from Genera
Buckner to General Grant, proposing cessa
fion Of hostilities and the appointments Of Com
missioners. As the telegraph has given yor
the correspondence that followed, need mo-
insert It.
The victory was won, and Fort Donelsor
was ours, with its seventeen heavy ssige guns
it, forty-eight field pieces, it, fifteen thousand
soldiers. its twenty thousand stand Of arms, IL
tents and ammunition-all were unconditionalll
ours
Wild were the cheers, loud were the salute
from the feet and from Taylor's batteries wheI
the Stars and Stripes, the glorious old aag, va
flung TO the breeze upon the ramparts Of For
| Donelson.
Icannot give you the sights or the incidents
You must imagine them. Neither have tim
to tell Of the appearance Of the rebels in thei
snuf. colored, shabby clothes-their bedquilts
pieces Of Competing, coverlids, sacking- bu
there they we're, gloomy, downcast, BUNDLED
| apprehensive for the future and yet / thinl
that many Of them were not sorry that Their
was to be no more fighting. made myself q
home among them, talked with them freely
heard their indignant utterances against Floyd
who had sneaked away with his Virginia regi
ments, the seth, 6Oth and 5lst, and . Lost Q
stragglers-oficers many Of them-who did no
| hesitate to desert their men in the hour Of cd
versity. They went away at midnight after n
1 angry alteration, a. was informed by secea
sion officer, between Pillow, Floyd and Bucknel
I am also informed that about Eve thousand re
bells escaped, the boats being loaded to tn
guards Forest's Louisiana cavalry escaped o.
their horses along the creek. But the grea
bulk of the army is ours. Fifteen thousan
prisonersi What shall We do with them? w
have indeed drawn an elephant.