The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-08
,rhe 0rsas Surrender.

Inc fe0el Wll1tery pOucy oeb Out " maAo suss
! war of earthworks, for which the face OF the |
country aud their unlimited command OF siave
labor, aided BY the slave-driving propensities Of
most Of our army ofhcers, gave them great ao-
vAntagss; but even the strongest natural posi.
lions and most formidDa!e iorencatlons VA! mol
answer without some agaung quahues, ana tne
rebels are digEen IN the earn 70 NO purpose.
when their long iabored iofuncationsa are invest.
ed. the nrst and only OBJECT y 70 escape IRON
them, ana IN case tnes y stopped, 0 e1ifenoss
everything that could nos sneak on inc n'eot
before the great atta0k.
Vi Il y very well TOR as thas me teoels sco.'o
expend months OF iaoor 10 iofsiIylng Posuon
naturally OF great strength, ana soould gamer
there thsir arms. nuniiions' provisions ana
lAa army. merely 20 iasi in.o our nanos = sCou
W io ..s 'nI. .ou,a .s.e sc.u.a I1u..
.ns % noio ,ne pv.'sol ny aon6s., WV ~
70 :9mne TUG .ln:ry eT.ius W suS os..s s'ss
wocn Iessi.s c.:a c nyss. ss " =,
!. .n .a. "n,n - s.,aOasr ~ loon he
enemy - su.te ~ - ~. :.
appears. vas .nus 'nat .ne u, s. ~ .so-
coon came No~n w Up. Hoo.s' Dus ~: ~
Guy" ns" NV ~, su0~ ".u.ss, - -.
s:uce ~ .osSs o.p. s:o, ~. "a 1890 ~.
NV .Lp. .nu sao,. LIN. $3.50. ~
o'sc. nsS' auu s...eu ,o eNM .uSa 4.
9uasNs, solelJ " los ~ 's.i inso osps ''S'''
na :, pSiore ne sno"'u snoos -.
for' Uonelson WIZ s'sau ous ~ A n,'" v u'.
sory % sne greas surrender, sna IMy Uy sloyu 10y.
=: .ro Duv.nel ~ 'ne s.eA' ns,.. 1o.o.
sny.n.nB eau pe .o1nu esen ~ S.,neIe ~
squA 70 ne ptave nsSans va uons ! w Wy . -.
Io,e, snu wv sa's anu sue go -. .s
.eDels nau ~ .ac nssu.e '. 'I ~. $500 ~.
DIsse "ooPs Sune'0u sos; 'u' .... ns.ss
Duc.ne, nov says, uas uous ~ ~ es'1 ~ -.
Ar % sne ueneIaiSoip wss couceie, 'uc neaue
ing was drought On more ny Tue PA.lc oi nign'
toan by any courageous oe.ermina.ion Ior es'
Lense; OUT troops suhereo sove.eiy snu SoIqueteu.
Inc reoei troops were o,iven DAck 70 'ne'r VOL.
put when the Gay ehdeo, tue .eDels were N iun
occupatlon Of their nam iotsncatlons. ony
point IN their outer hne OF 0feastwork had Deen
taken Dy our troops.
Here IN q FASHIONED fOrtincation, constructed
win great care ana iaDor, they nsd sortyeigns
neld pieces and seventeen serge guns. Our gun
Doats nad been crippled ana comPeiie0 70 IaiI
back. Their number is not reliably ascertained
for 1t 10 now known that the Wh0lc OF the night
previous to the surrender was occupied in ferry
ing troops across the river to escape. Our force
which has been CRAFTY overestimated, has been
stated by authority in Congress 90 not over
twenty. eight thousand; and Il is probable that
the rebel force was not much, il any, inferior in
numbers, and they had that advantage Of en-
trenohments which military men estimate a. ma.
king one man equal to five sssaiants, especially
Of snsxperienced troops,
If this fertilization was intended for sny mil.
itary purpose the time had inst arrived to use
IL. The fishtipp had been done entirely outside
~ II Or On the line IF the onter hre.stwork. -
0re't fortifrat;ons and great On ther;ngs Of mn.
nitions md t,oon, in them ara accordine IN the
cnrrant IA. of r.r ;nsended for rss;st;ne an a.
t.oL q,hs main fortiHc.tior. Nd not 'vet haen
sttscLed Rns IN The sort;s to hrcsi our lines
M s.esna the rehal Gen.,.l. :. = tho ou.l;t,
- an. traons and their he.rt. f.;led them A.
srmv of over tventv thouaend men IN form;ds.
III ;nt,enchmsns. v;th eve,v snnl;snoa :. var
=. t.len vith ! n.n;c md ia S3ere,.js thcnsht
~ noshnu hut the a;sht If tho.e vho could e..
c.ns hv ths river IN fbs nieht and the snrren.
~ ,f -. s.st r.thsr th.n gest III. sssnit unon
she;r .o,t. IN onr room. The earth -ort. we're
ssson, ha. tho he.rss Of the Genersls becsme
"a 800 :, 4 =. 80
We hays had . not.hle manic in the 6eld dur
lne ~ ~, S S. ~. va p'm D.. e.".
- ~. lin ~ sS;.;o. - IN.
.ssas.. =. .sS .;aco 80 nm. An ~, n;eht
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