The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-27

THE WAR IN NARYLAND,
DA1xL4 oNoA1o0zN MOUNTAIN. ,
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I eG4 Tu sIeHf On SUNDAY.
~ fAxDslIcE, Nh, Monday, Sent lk.
sunday Is snphaacally, the fight day Of this
VA, and yesterday has added smother to the Iist
es memorable bsttles that have occurred on h
me oeeao q tie aght yesterday vas upou what
= eeneeally oalled The "Second Mountain of the
vstocaa range, bpt on the map il called South
Aounsli1. Our forces On Saturday drove the
ltebsl rear ssad 90 q NiddIstovu. and 'ou. "a.
| vancs halhed thst night short distance beyond
'oaA vllaes EAfly o. Sunday morning the on
.sfo m9vemsnt was resumed BY General NcClol.
~. The rebels wefS directly Ia front end re-
/ us.ssc slowly and seSolnesl j, oontsstine every
t.oes 9 Sseend.o Up b about two o'clock tie
ss6sI pl.sed thsii bssssris, 81 e1ery asy.n aoe
gsous posltioa, ma shslleds our advance. "a on
staleey replied, Ind he 40 ~ q timea verv
neaV, Gnets TIE advantage, from tas hisher
geuta sney occupied, being With IL" ffsbsls Ia
| ~ atsi4efy practices bur Generals depended
mote upon ens iniantsy, IND hsavy columns wsre
Pasnea eneeeedet!y forward, driving the enemy
nack ustl about half The ascent Of tie moun.
tain yas gained. 10 doing thig vork soms srien.
did dashss were made by or noops. IA vSicb
BurnSidSs and Rockers eoeps fformer,v -.
Dowslls) particularly distinguished themse,vss
an. MARIE "a 2ua >earv-~A.--
Between two and three O'Clock the rebels vera
drawn up n ,lissof battle. thsis left covering
TuFners asp, through which the pike to Haesrs:
town pssses, and their right extending to Crsmp.
TONS Gap. Our right va I'D BY Gen. Hooker.
- edvauoe, with General Franklin On The left
and Gen! burnside corps in tho center. Gen.
heintzel%ant corpe was pressing Up IN the rear,
land was, believe 10 reserve. Some portions
lof II msy hivs pas tscipated in the deht When
the sasny ~as thus '6ouad drawn up in line of
battle On THAR chosen position, the snssgement
ct once became general and fefcs. The musket.
y and Dire - described TO me BY officers wound.
ed ID the batts and now here, VA the most con.
tanuous and su6tained ;of the war. Il rolled
rapidly and 6sresly from, right to left, and back
and forward with irrsastible fury. Our artillery
vas brought splendidly up, and played ito Dart.
q usual, we'll. For two hours this continuous
exchange IT musketry and artillery continued
until the ensmy began 70 shoWsiens of wsyerine.
Our extreme right had been gradually but sure
~ pushing The enemy, crowding him toward the
Gap, and threatening hiS aank. At Eve o'clock
e general charge was ordered, and our men, re-
spending willingly and brayely to the call, sprsna
forward with ~ impetus that carried eli before
IT, The rebels fell back, endeavored to again
bring their disordered columns into line Of battle.
but failed. Wildly cheering and determined 70
win, our lines pushed forward, drove the enemy
from point to point and, % the last rays Of the
sun gildsd the mountain, reached the summit,
The pass was won and the enemy were il, rapid
ana dieosdsred retreat down the sIope toward
Boonsboro The pursuit was continued for two
miles down the mountain, until darkness put An
end to the pursuit. @ IN 80
I -sIJ 5l} ao fHy BArTL1 FIELD. 49, rs7~o-sf
T Our army biyouaced. for the night on the bat.
tie fold, whilst il picket extended some three
miles forward and Beyond the little viII.re 81
Bolivar (uot the Bolivar Of Hsrper's Ferfy.)
The rebols 'lalt their killed and, mann e stle.r
gannded on the, battle Asld. NJ infoImai i
have 40 knowledge q the spemy's ioss exec ..
where they werS SnGxfSd,s immediateiy d lie
fright, and can, tAsiS16ss, give 10 estimate Of
the los On either tidAs Thsy found the GROUND
over which they psassd thickly strsvu With the
rebel dead and wounded. In corn field, where
| 9 desperate stand vas made, there Vas marked
evidence of the severity WITH which thev had
heeH punished! Our own loss. il il believed. II
very much ,lsss-perhaps not half that of the
enemy. Our men fought the whole day vith
that desperate vslor which. in battle. often
proves that there is safety in temsrity.a Thew
literally drove, the enemy Ill the time. sivine
them no tina to rally, no opportunity to recover,
| and thus kent than at aiaadvsntaoe f)ur
veterans have added new laurels "a those usined
on other we'll fought fields, whilst the new regi.
menss did fey bstter than any one would have
lyentured g ,hopes Their suthuaiasm made up
fcr Their inexperience, and they rivalled their
older companions in arms ia the stesdines with
which they went under FIRE. iseiss !7s'ag "
Among our lssSss VI, have 70 lament that Of
Geu. Reno; one OF Gem BusnidsS division CON.
nandsts Gen: Rsao accompanied the Hastsras
sxpeoition, ana bore IN important part in ID
basslss from Roanoke IAandto Newbernol He
WaS bfsyU. entefprieinR and relisbie ofYlcer I