The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-13

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80; ,.s.,..;h ,y, Monday. Sent. l. le6s.S rai
Tbs incidents of this letter veee tsksn ,dovn
IN nv note book on the bloody battle Geld Of
Manassas Plain while surroundsd BY the white,
.cId hodies or 1850 slain heroes of che Repnb-
Gs and 6, 900 living soldiers Of the rsbslioA. i
AZ 10 O'Clock on Monday, Gen. Pope net q
Az Of truce with . corps Of ambulanees to oar
~ Of our wounded in the Saturdays light.
Your correspoadent was kindly invited BY the
Raw. Mr. Wipclow, Captain Of The 6th New York,
70 accompany the train. m al. i "a, ,,. t..f,
Notwithstanding had no pass or anything to
shield me If the rebels had taken fancy 70 have
retained ne prisoner, could not withstand
The ruling passion Of curiosity which tsmpesdime
"a enter their linea ..,,, ., o.t.,G
The corps arrived at the outer line of the en-
emy's videttes, stationed along the bank Of Cub
Run, about II o'clock, and the white Gag At
once gave us adthittanoe within their lines. A
S cs sroup of slouch.hatted. buttsrnut uni
EARNED cavalry thronged around us ard though
detailed to escort US to the battle field, stood
around listlessly staring ct ~ % If We were q
art of national horse show. They we're very
reanectful. and cleverly communicative, Chat
t;nr along the road, they took us TO the battle
6eld Standing around the battle field In Va
r;oas souads. companies, and battalione. were
ahout 5000 soldiers. dressed In everv etyle OF
dresa conceivable from 4 surtout hunting Jack
et to : muskrat overcoat. Some we're dressed
a civilians, With nothing military about them
eroeot sword or . rusty shot-gan. They all
ssked 10 bow long before war would cloes.-
They said, All you had to do WAS TO stop fight
ing us. ana peace woulo come, ~ We Wefe sh
sck OF the var Inc! sara tney tor some slms
hao gov no:c.ng 70 e.s OF we:E I.o" toe uov-
esnmen. Iney nsd not reserved angie "a
saon ron .ne uovelamsnt IoF the isst YEN daye,
out nad hvea on tne countsy ana the supply
sney look from us " 1ansssss' euIi almost ev'
eey man avoweo nv insenHon 10 nsos 70 tne
aaet aiten lot tne'f lnoepenoence. 'e7ls,.
wnle soe surgeons were taxing care OF me
wounoeo' l nsa long ana increasing converse.
uoa Win group OF omcers l answered a1
taesr gc:suons ARMY ana s:rOnsy-sne nom
sae Inosne ssano point. insy sskeo wnss
!isns we nsa 70 connscase s1e'I neeloe:' sold
tasm tney we're contrsosnd Of Wsf IN every
i;n,;..S ro;I,.... L,o-1sd.s .hpuid n,d.....nS
the nolicy and necessity of deriving them Of
the iahor of 4 man Who titled their fielda and
allowed them to 20 to war, Thew asked what
right ve had to con6scate their pronertv.
told them that every nation admitted the risht
"a con6sc.te the nropertv Of ,tr.;tora and thew
themselves went further.for when thew. confs
Gated the debts due Northern men thev conf;s-
Gated. s.not the propertv of traitorsn hut What
thev term . common enemv 1ur co,vsr..t;on
IA deenlv interestinu and vsa nsrtic;n. tod n
With much good feeling.
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Our dead lay untouched as they fell in battle,
with the exception Of thei: caps and shoes. II
did not see single instance among the whole
eighteen hundred dead, where the shoes had not
been rifed." These were paliating circumstan.
ces for many of the rebels we're bsrefooted. 40
The rebel dead and wounded had all been dis
posed of, and not single vestige Of sick, xii.
led, or wounded, remained on the field. Even
the struggling soldiers did not know where they
he'd been taken to. They we're evidently ba,
ried secretly in the night by the negroes, for
occasionally in adeep ravine came across
mounds sometimes ten or fifteen feet square,
where their victims had been secreted from the
gaze of their own men. rs5ers fi,iy sa,o ---
b ed. a SHOW OF UNITED STATES PROPERTY IA
% D,r;n. tho .f,e,roon . tat, &c ;, :.
"a. r,.rIadn q .nS .,so.n ...eS" .e -.
$500 ~ ~ q :. auu a.so y. .. usttery,"ers
ss. ~ w. as 70 s.slac. our a.sentlon' as
rohAl Maior horond tho hsteln 6>lN 0-kn,o !.
train of ..eons "e - I.'s -; rHe -
we're mov;ns tovards Cen H;1r. d;.;.;n,, .;.m ue
ted about to mile. north &C .hs .,.,s..,o o,ua
Among thia train T noticed rssv n s.cor.
aud horses. The Major ~ .enrn.nS - ~.
train told me that this vss tbe frst tat. .h.,
had arrived from their hs.e ~ snr,.s .;r :. .hs
army had marched through Thoroarhfsre Gan
During the intervening time the -shsls h.A s,k
slated an the co,,t.,' ~ 4, = u - -
. Being dressed 10 q semi-milit.rv ami. I could
very well pass for . 7Confederate T.linv .d.
vantage Of this, I pushed beyond the sertrie,
on the right of the battle. field 7vbere the aeti
New York had tough: In the S.turd.v,s hsttle
[ knew it vas the battle-ground Of The 2sth
from the killed and wounded on the ground. -
From this commsndine position bad New O
Lohgstreet's division a. Il LAY encan,ped On III.
distsnt hills, and gently slotine from lie Nortt
towards Manassas plaino. $ 'a1S 81 rs .
A cavalyman came up and endured of thu
soldiers where Hill's division va stationed. Ind
were directed to q point TO the easts Of Lonr-
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