The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-13
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and bsreuohsA Illlsds With shs dsad. ~ dtio.
9 And wounded. Boat ,lesd after boat losd I:
moving Of from The wharvss Tor Waah;nctns-
wan anee train u leaving the OranSs q AlAx-
endris Railroad with tbsis bloody freight AN
~ ana piehtr thees I'D peossssieass nova
So,ciers Who cannot be carried In amhulsaoes,
wax and Imp BY the side Of the road. 81 M
c1wn until Tome ffieadly hand comee s. their
saleG sbSIha1i be sLielias r,r,,.1 "a 81 :
g xns drst kilograms from The first bsttls Of
nu1 Nm we're favorable, and I'll Wsshinston
- a4G nearly the whole North we're rsioiced.
~. !ope's dispatches received IA Washino-
~ On Saturday, the day lof dissetrDpa ddefast
nns3 eye.y heart with joy The telegram had
ussoy eneked the joyful news before hundreds
Deksn 20 nave presentiments that al va not
~ WIN the combined armies Of Virginia nd
0s9esomae' Tbs 2fear Of artillery towards
,exs2ipg HoIid b diatiely heard from, the tops
y '9s pIonc buildings 10 Washington, and BE-
gsa 20 indicate that the conflict was approach
: .s ~ osomsc-s our troops were being
efises. ana the battle iosea Hundreds Who M
been closely Htsning to the oennonadips ali d.v
retired at night fully convinced thst ths battle
was lost and yet but I few hours had naased
since the posting Of the bulletin announcing a
great victory, yGea. Pope. ssasbai. zBsa
= Cuf !oss hss not only been great in officers
and privatss killed, wounded, and taken pris-
oners, but the destruction Of property by our
own hands has been Immense. THE Orange "a
AlexandRie Railroads.&c. lost more, than, one.
half its rolling stock. Two, hundred and fity
new cars heavily laden with stores, and ten nist
class locomotives were burned or blown ,up On
Thursday and Fsidayae By Cen. ePopssl order,
40 cars and four engines were destoyed last
Saturday, 70 prevent them from falling into the
ssemy's hands, Who bad crossed the Rappshaa-
mock, and were advancing upon Bristow Station,
under the immediate. command Of Gen. Lee.
.. Gen. Banks, who was at Bfistow with his de-
icimsted corps, was compelled TO fall back upon
Manassas, under cover Of the smoking ruipa
ID aYosr correspondents have, not -exaggerated,
as can yet discover, in single instance, the
extent Of our losses Nearly all Of the pub
lished' rumors have been confirmed, except
those Of Lvictpries achieved over the rebels !
y A. scout came in this morning saying that Gen.
Longstreet was reinforced yesterday with 90
600 fresh troops BY the way Of Sperryville and
Waterloo. The strength Of the rebel army be
estimates 1t l60 200, With l60 pieces of artil-
lery-about ione-third the amount We have be.
tween Washington and Centerville. -'
2 As yet there has been no fighting to-day
The enemy Is feeling Gen. Popes right, evident.
" endeavoring to find a week point BY which
he can reach Leesburg and Edwards Ferry
Before the close Of the week you may possibly
hesr Of . great battle near the Balls Bluff bat
tie ground. f,4,r 49,, tfa -.
Notwithstanding the fact that the enemy hold
the battle-ground Of Saturday, a large number
Of officers Who were severely wounded, have
passed through this city and gone on 70 Wash
ilgton. .r.,,.,., ~. ..,r-,n g.. $3.50
I In Ricketts, division. the brigades Of cen1s.
Tower, Hsrtsuf, and Dufyea,. lost more than
half their commissioned officers, and fully one
half their privates.sit q. sfA; sgds salRrs'-7s
have been spending most Of the day with
wounded officers, and therefore have but few
details Of the battle to give you. I send By
telegraph tonight list Of 400 killed and woun
ded officers and about 1900, priyates. ia vr