The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-05

SPRIsdrrELD, No., March DO ,ai.
In all portions of the country. tb, io2
Southwest Missouri, there is 4 sra. ouehac
taking place in the sentiments Of H. chaaa
The friends Of the Federal Union A.. psope-
ened in their hopes Of it's full ,renrS
power and authority, and are enabisS a'ioh
their convictions openly and bold,. s'n
zion has becmoe by-word and seca
among the inhabitants, and general seprossS
is felt that the rebel army win never ' sas
way into Missouri again Many thon .9a
persons who have been in Prices army 'sa
turning home, some of them quie,Jv a in
that no notice will be taken Of The, aopa,
others coming, and giving themselves nv .a''s
military authorities, asking to be perm x;sS
take the oath Of allegiance and returna
peaceful avocations to which they yers W.
ly accustomed. All these returnino .',ae.
press their disgust with the rebellio, sa |
ure, and are now convinced that N. oah
ment Of their fathers is wise and 1--WE. o"'s
one, and too powerful to be easily ovss.s 'aa /
The night before we reached spr;nrsn,n
stayed with an intelligent farmer sttnsht
miles from town, by the name Of Pr
came from Virginia, and settled in ,f;' h
try twenty years ago. Two of his son. ~
the Union army, and one Of them wss aea
ed in the battle Of Pea Ridge. Tbs ,'y dS
now home, recovering from his uoU,I asA
gave me few interesting partjcnI.r' "
battle. lie was in Colonel Phelns, III
Twenty-hith Missouri Infantry DurisS =
first two days this regiment was coD.,..g
the fight, and many of them were vonnS.Y
met soldiers death. Every Cap,,;" a
regiment was either killed or woupdsd v u.
Piper spoke in terms of great adm;,.,iia'i
Capt. John w. Lisenby, Of Comn,n. ' ~
own Captain, with whom he stood az y y
during the fight. The first man Ina, IN ~
tain L. put his sword in its sheath s,S ~ ~
up the mans musket using it till tho 60
were all gone. Then waving his c,r 4a
head, he cheered on his men until a Nm
him in the breast, and he fell 10 tbs ". wa
His, wound, however, was not fatal -
will recover. He is now in this ~. asiH
nursed and cared for by female frisnj, Oe'l
Young Piper received flesh voprd =. ,,
thigh. He fought on for some fins ,t ~ '1s
was shot, feeling only a sting in his Loo :,
he was struck, and only desistino wbsts 'Ia
came painful. He says he exchanged sewn
shots with his antagonist, both Of them ~
discovered the others aim, and that an d
third shot, he saw him fall. Ah
The parents of this young man are ,,.u,
| that their sons are serving the cause :, ~
| Union. The old gentleman is pro.ss,s-'
| farmer, and although he has been rens,,srs
| robbed by the secesh, his home is ever orsn !,
the weary soldier, who is never denied rstr.s
ment and rest ''4
At another house where we passed the ,;,,,
| We found the mother of one OF our won,s.,
soldiers, Mrs Benton, rejoicing that h,,s,
had been found worthy to suffer for his =,
| try, and saying that his scars would bs
honorably testimony to his loyalty hsreahsr
| Speaking of the regiment of Col Phsln.
forgot to mention the noble conduct of his "A,
before and during the late battle. Ii is rpl,is
of her that she went down to the headou,rt.r
OF the army Just before the fight, taking ss
her various articles of comfort for the soldis,
OF her husbands regiment, and among o,h.,
things lot of bandages, pieces of cotton clOk
lint, &c, for dressing wounds. She had nc
been there more than few hours wher IN
battle commenced, and very soon her beuevt
lent exertions were called into requisition.
| The soldier who related this states that q
three days she was untiring in her personal ei
forts in aid of the surgeons, in dressing wound
| and caring for the wounded. Such noble an
| heroic conduct shows that we are not withou
our Florence Nightengales,
"The noblest types of good
Heroic womanhood"
| that can be founI in any land.
1t was Mrs. Phelps who had the boly d
Gen. Lyon decently buried on her husbaIf,
farm, after the battle of Wilson's Creek, thsr
the rebels took possession of Springfield. md
in the hasty retreat of our little army, the bOlI
of the deceased Gen. Lyon was, by misi,E,
left behind
Meeting Mr.. Plattenburg, the agent Of Il.
Western Sanitary Commission, on his rstuI
from Cassville, learned from him that be n
safely and promptly through with the iory
boxes of hospital stores for the wounded u.
that the sheets, pillows, blankets, bandals.
lint, Jellies, wines, brandies, and other hos.
tai stores were the very things needed, e
came like the mamma in the wilderness to %
wounded men, no provision having been nai
for such an emergency. Forty boxes morsr
now on the way at this point, to be shipped il
mediately to Cassville, and will all be needs
1t is purposed also to send some washing q
chimes to the hospitals to facilitate the was
ing of the soiled clothing, for which it is We
difficult to procure the requisite labor. 7
iabors ofthe Sanitary Commission have prov
of immense value in securing better care Al
in providing necessary comforts for the WON
ed of our army, N which the rebel wound
have also shared. Many lives have no dou
been saved through their instrumentality /.
their disinterested and humane exertions v
not be forgotten by grateful people
LEON