The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-14

knew for endorsements, the excitement W4s
steadily increasing, until word from Company
8, Regiment s. Macksrel Brigade, that no en-.
smy had bssn in sight ct all. o p
When this intelligence WAS brought to the
General Of the Maekersl Brigade, and - soon
- the band had finished serenading him, he
called for . ffesh tumblsr and says he:
II may - well tell you ct once, my children
that this whole matter 10 part Of my plan for
bringing this unnatural war to speedy termina-
tion. Company retired by my design, and
and-in fact my children, /" says the General,
conf lingly, s'its something you can't under
stsnd-its strategy"
Perhaps it was my boy-perhaps it Was; for
tbere is more than one reason to believe that
rategy means military shoes with heels in
front. : Yours, cautiously.
ssa ORpHxus C. kerr.
Inssressing Narrative or linton MAN
conpelled q enter lhs Rebel Army.
NJ. John Knox, printer employed in the
Office Of the Chicago Times some three or four
years ago, has just returned to that city, after
varied and eventful experience 10 Beauregards
army. Ar. Knoz, when the Southern conscrip-
ton law went into effect, wss working at Mem.
phis; and, to avoid its provisions, voluntarily
Joined Forrests Tennessee Cavalry. This came
course was pursued BY many Northern men ct
the South, with view to their subsequent es.
cape from the rebel army. If they had waited
to be drafted, they would have been regarded
with suspicion, and the task rendered much more
difficult. There WAS no evading the conscription
Law, except 70 escape from the country, and this,
In most instances, was impossible.
1ORREs5's CAVALRY.
This regiment of Tennessee cavalry has won
for ,fa mama In ho for N>.so, auI
tivity second only to that Of Morgan's partisan
corps. At Fort Donelson the regiment was over
! 900 strong, and, when the surrender of the
fort was determined on, Col. Forrest cut his
way through the Federal lines. The exploit
vas an expensive one, for but three hundred of
the regiment succeeded In getting through
Forrest, with this remnant, proceeded to Hunts.
vile, Alabama, and immediately set about re
cruiting his regiment up to the regulation mum.
Der. A brother Of the Colonel, Jesse Forest,
recruited company 10 Memphis, and Mr. Knox
joined this company about the lst of March,
He was sent of at once to Huntsville, to the
regiment About the 10th Of March the regi-
nient marched 10 the direction of Corinth. At
fourteen miles from Corintb, it re-
mained . weak, when it Was ordered to the
front, and attached to Breckinridge's brigade.
JOHN O. BkEcKIHRiDaE.
L, At that time the ex-Vice President had com.
mand Of brigade composed of several infantry
regiments, artillery, a regiment ofTexas rangersi
and Forests cavalry. Breckinridge was very
much liked by the men under his command, but
very little confidence was felt in bis military
judgment His past position and personal in.
fuence, more than his skill as an officer, secured
him the command Of a brigade. Mr. Knox does
not credit the stories Of Breckinridee's dissipa.
ton and drunkenness, 80 extensively circulated
at the North His own men have no knowledge
of it, if such is the fact.
sj TIE BATTLE OF SHILOH
Mr.. Knox was in the battle of Shiloh, an ac-
tire participant on both days, and gives an in
teresting account of tie engagement.
On the first day, after the infantry and artil.
lery had broken the lines of Prentiss' division,
Forests cavalry and the Texas Rangers charg
ed on the scattered fragments of troops and
took them prisoners.
In the evening Of Sunday, Mr. Knoxs regi.
ment reached point half . mile from the river
and camped there all night, the men, according
to orders, remaining in their saddles He says
they Jared sumptuousIy from the Federal Com
missary stores, suffers tents, &c. His regiment
was ordered to, and, according to Nr. K, took
good care Of the wounded in the vicinity OF
their camp. No distinction was made between
the rebel and Federal wounded. All we're trea.
ted alike. TIE rebel soldiers busted themselves
all night 10 carrying water to them, putting hay
under them, and changing their positions to
more comfortable once, while the surgeons we're
dressing their wounds, performing amputatiOns,
&c. This Is certainly more agreeable picture
than We have yet had Of the dreary night inter.
vening between the two days battle At Pitts
burgh. @ IG
The gunboats all night threw shells every ten
minutes, in the direction in which it vas sup
posed the rebels we're eacamped. NJ. Knox
says he does not believe . single man wss hurt
by this firing. ~ the shells all passed over the
cavalry camp into the woods immediately be.
hind, while the rebel infantry we're encamped to
to the right. This is another correction of q
very generally entertained impression that the
gunboat firing caused great loss 70 the rsbels on
Sunday night.
On Monday. N. Knox states sha. q. day.
break the regiment 70 which b was attached
was posted forward, and succeeded IN getting
into an ambuscade the hFst thing. Noshing Wal
left but to wheel and hastily retreat From thii
time until four r. H., whom Bsaursgard gave The
order Tor . general retrest, the rebels were
steadily pushed back By osr troopa On Non
day morning, for two houn, according to M
Knox, six regiments Of caysly did 81 the rebe
lighting The infantry believed ths battle Va
Won; that the fight had beS0 huishsd on Sun
day; aud then went In for plundsr. te
Breckinridgs's brigade covered the rebel re
treat, and for eight days were sncamped within
three miles Of where the 6ght commenced OF
Sunday. ~ 4F
Forests cavalry regiment aftsr ths battl
was constantly engaged in picket duty. tn
regiment veil armed With Shasph Colts. an
Maynards repeating rifles and the usual side
arma At Shiloh the regiment Lost 10 killed. 8
wounded, and ii missing.
5 Provisions N cAnr.
NJ. Knox states that .. no time was Ger
| any scarcity Of provisions In The rsbsl camp. :
They bad good food, and q much @ thsy coul
eat. Their fare only differed from that Of th
Federal colder In the total absepcs VI COTE,
but rye Vas used % Substitute.
saAuasaAlD ARD Pllcn.
| Beauregard 10 the idol Of the Rebel army.-
The soldiers have an unlimited confidence
him. Sterling Price is not esteemsd 90 high
% ID generally thought at the North, except b
the Missouri and Arkansas troops under hie 10
| mediate command. These fellows. Who ha,
gone. through the Missouri campaigns with Prjc
20 their pile on him." - s. - n
| PAY OF TEE lxnxLA
Some Of the rebel resiments receive their On
such a. Il Il. With great promptnsss and reg
larity, whils othef regimentA which have be,
In The service fos months, have not got 1 penn
The pay Of the infantry y el6 per month. n
cavalry receive Sle Per month, 4la for the "
of thsit hotsss, and q for the. use Of their ~
-S-in III $50 per nonth. when paid they Z
csivs Confederate treasury notes ana bank not
of tha different southar hanha Ma nnin 1. a..
paid out In fact, oil the coin at The South h
|mystsriously disappeared sines the war cor
lnensed.e Foe nonths soldiers and officers vou
not - o half dina 1hs specie b believed
have bssn boarded Sp by ethoas who had It.,
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