The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-15

the Kttoctin and Bull Run Mountains sa'9to
Rebels a fne opportunity to watch The s.s.hs
Of our army. Our troops from the yalG
up the mountain side, to see only here Az oot
. stray Rebel, and everywhere the voa.e,s
| tints Of Autumn. '0etsd
On Sunday morning We reached snicke,.o.
It 10 broad, easyopass, through which n. IIusp'
burg and Winchester turnpike crosses n. 'ees'
tain. The enemy held 1t with artiller, A., "oea,
airy, but fell back without q fight :, -.e cav
Rockers brigsdes, with Pettits Batter .so Of
up and occupied the summit. From ~. .o'ed
looking westward, We saw, three mile, 80. Sest
deep gorge, bets cen two wooded hills sns
which the Shenandoah passes; and bey...o osa
turnpike, stretching of, broad and .moo,s Tho
third of mile, then plunging into s@a
woods. Just on the edge of the wood, '@ Of
flag was waving, evidently to commu,;,.At
the troops lying under the bill, neare, "a u.,
summit -,. = ~ Np0n as
The Rebels supposed We designed cro,,.,. g.
shenandoah, and prepared to dispute an, ~. ~
sage. Out OF the woods poured a colnnp
their infantry, completely filing the sec,;o a .
road which We could sec, then passing an. q
sight under the hill. Following them c,, W. .
other column, which disappeared a. Tho 80. d
point Then third moved out, slso c,.'. l'
toward US. At this moment one of tbs;. ny,
guns. much nearer than the infantr, o, "sa,
upon us. It threw four shells, bu. the, Y, &C.
short, and exploded 500 years in front a. :, :, leu
Petit, who had his guns upon tie coss, ~ oo,,,
not receive this salute in silence. Giving o,s Nv
his 10 pound PARROTS a great elev,t;oO NC =.
sighted it himself, and fred The Rebel coi,s .'
IN the road was three and half miles s,,y ~.
be dropped the shell right into the mid,, ~ ~
1t exploded; there was white puff Of snoL.'
IN moment it lifted, and showed the dsn..
column rushing back into the woods. Tbe,. ~.
no more fighting during the day. The Rshsi
force, which Gen Hancock estimated a, nm
held its position, but made no attempt. 70 d.
possess US. Gen. Sykes, with bis Reeui,r, =.
manned to hold the Gap. and our column moved
on: Reports have come forward that GcuenI
Sykes had a skirmish yesterday, in which h.
lost about 20 men, but held his position
On Sunday, Major O'Neil, General Mea,bs,,,
Chief of Staff, started to take message 70 Gen
Burnside, few miles to our lett. A shor, rids
brought him in sight Of squad of cav.lry.~
They were dressed in our blue, regulation over.
coats, and the Major, supposing them to beIor,
to Pleasanton's force, rode up to them. fbp,,
proved to be q party of Stuarts cavalry. and i.
vas captured before he knew it." AZ Nil,
ONeil is only just out of Richmond prmn
bis prospect was . disheartening one. The de-.
lighted Rebels sent him to their head quarters
q Church in Bloomfield, under guard of LIEN.
tenant and two men. ~
They went into Bloomfield but tia chu,c,
was closed. I" wonder where our forces an
said the Rebel officer "Ah, here thew are
guard the prisons while ride down to them -
And he galloped down the street to compsu,
OF cavalry riding in. Just az he reached chem
they ieveled their carbines and commanded hin
to surrender. He had made the same mistake
with Major O'Neil, and ridden into our cav.lrv
instead of his own. He surrendered at disc,s.
ton. The two men whom he left to guard the
prisoner, seeing his fate, galloped away; but
they also ran into another party of our cavalry,
and were likewise captured So, after spending
three hours in the hands of the Rebels, N.jor
ONeil found himself once more in our lines, and
three prisoners with him.
is pleasant, if only for variety, to be able to
commend our cavalry. On this whole march
Plessanton has been far in front, securing the
country, engaging and driving out the enemy
Every day We hear the aounding of his guns,
and the retreating guns of the enemy Every
day We meet bis prisoners going back to the
rear. This plan Of massing the cavalry and
leaving the army entirely without, imposes
great deal of unusual and severe picket duty
upon the infantry, but the cavaley, this time has
been doing an excellent work.
The Rebels we're here in force Just before our
arrival yesterday, but they skirmished little
with our advance, and then fell back before our
line of battle and Pleassnton's force. paros
them have gone through the Gap; the rest pass
ed down on the east side of the mountain, tow
ard Gordonsville
The weather is clear, but extremely cold io'
campaigning.
Gen. Burns has been assigned to divisonIa
Wilcox's corps. Col Owen of the seth Penn
sylvania succeeds him in the command Of hi,
brigade. Gen. Howard, at the latest sdTiess |
mad so far recovered that he hoped to rejOn The
army this week.
Observation-Disclosures have been received Of The
'kirmish a. Smokers Gap yesterday. Gen. Fit
Iohn Porter sent reconnaissance through the
zap, down toward the river on the west side, 70
ind the position of the enemy. It vas under 7
command of Lieut.. Col. Sarjesnt of the Is. Mas.
achusetts Cavalry, and consisted of 40 men Of
.is regiment, with the 9Th, 7th, 10th and l4ti
Regular Infantry.
As the river VAS approached, the whole force
we're ordeIed to deploy az skirmishers AL /
'beyed except the l4th Regulars, who. sbrougs /,
of the orders, charged dow,
he hill to the river in line Of battle.
They went down with rush aud cheer, bu;
ust az they reached the waters edge, masked
,atterry on the other bank Of the river opened
IN them with shell and canister They were or
Tered to on lie their faces, and drawn Of IS sooo
Is possible, but they suffered loss Of shout I
killed and more than 90 wounded. The only OF. \
icers lost were Capt Pratt of the lst Mass Cav \
.lry. killed, and Lieut.. Perry, Company G, o!
The 18th Regulars, severely wounded.
PoRK PAcxISG.-Since Davenport had nara, !. :.
i is not likely that there were ever so ma!
men engaged in one season in the pork pscs1s
business, as will be engaged this winter We
know OF not less than . half dozen concerts
now ready, or nesr'y so, to commence ops's..
ions They will find fat hogs we're plenty Ea
cheap, notwithstanding the hog cholera me
only drawback In the business is the high prce
Of salt and barrels for packing. Specus1s,
are bound to get rich in the sal; business nd
coopers think that now is just Is good dus
any other in which to make an extra dolI8
Two. We are glad to see the impetus in 'hs
pork business in Davenport. Heretofore there
has been too great q neglect of il, aud os''f
towns along the river have reaped the hsrTesf
in which our business men should have Aih1
share Davenport News.
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