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

During the AgAf On Saturday thsy became de.
moralixsd andsfetrsatsd. The second brigade
Of Gen. Ksarney's division WAS placed under
command Of the senior Colonel, ]. H. n. Ward.
. Il the Thirty eighth New York, and that of
Ger did prodiGies Of salor. Il afs s5}At saGt
The railroad from this point to the battle
field Was actively employed sll day yesterday
bringing down the wounded. Seven hundred
end ffiy we're placsd on board the steamer
Commodore and sent TO Fortress Monroe; four
hundred and fifty we're sent on the Knicksr-
booker TO the same place, end three hundrs 4
end Afty on the Elm City to Norfolk.
The whole Of the eighth Alabama regiment
was captured BY our troops. sass
Your are aware that, through the conduct
Of Gen. Cassy's division, We were terribly cut
up and lost considerable ground. The next
day Gen. Mcclellan detsrmined, O. have be-
fore stated TO regain it and establish his SD.
premacy in that quarter. After making all
tine necessary precautionary movements, and
taking the proper stepsto move forward, he
sent mp . balloon to the distance oftwo thou
sand feet, whore it was kept, and q regular
telegrsphic Communication established from
that elevated point Of view direct to the COM
msnding General. As soon e the tsleprsphsrs
were ready they minutely described the loca-
iion and number Of the sncmy's troops. And
~ they sdyancsd--for they we're again coming
forward to charge upon what thsy supposed
to be our demoralissd troops-the operators
gave the General their force and the direction
in which they we're advaasing, and he prompt
y ordered his troops to the proper place, when
the enemy were met and Of course rspulssd. "a
The rebels, finding that wherever they went
they wers met BY Overwhelming numbers, or ct
points they little supposed they could be an
Eoyed by our troops, the balloon, Of course,
was pointed to by the enemy, and shortly af-
erial General, and after repeated firing they
succeeded in exploding shells near the balloon;
in fact 20 near that il Was deemed imprudent
to remain any longer In that precise location. !
and ascordingly the balloon WAS lowered to
the ground, to be shifted to another position.
Net many minutes elapsed before il was again
sent aloft and in position mot easily reached
by the enemy 3 missiles. ss -
The Communication thus more securely es-
tablished, was again opened, and with the same
success, seronsuts reporting large bodies of
troops in the rear Of Richmond marching up to
the scene Of deadly strife. The telegraphsrs
saw brigade after baigads marched from the
rebel stronghold, and as rapidly as they ad-
vanced into action they were met in style
wholly incomprehensible by the rebels. To
them it seemed - il their boasted ''God Of
battle" had deserted them and they only ad-s
rife balls. Not road was advanced upon or
. broad field trodden upon by . rebellious
body of people but they were confronted BY
our people. After worrying them some time
the gallant Heint1leman charged upon them
yith the trusty bsyonet and drove them back
TO their citadel frightened, and suffering, .
heavy loss in men. The sight must have been
from their serial lookout, one Of grandeur not
often witnessed by us groundlings. So good
was the stand point from which the telegraph
ers saw all and directed all, that in many in
stances with the aid Of very powerful glasses,
the number of the regiment could readily be
and had the operators personally
known or been able to recognize the faces Of
persons commanding they would have been
able to have given General Mcclellan the
names Of the rebel generals in the field. If this
is not fighting battle by lightning, then pray
tell me what It is? Ifonly one thing is accom- |
Ilished, it will be to impress upon the rebel
soldiery that the skill Of our generals is unsp-
or lead them to think that our ar
my far out numbers theirs. Every ones atten-
tion could not have failed to have been attracted
to the balloon in the air; and If the rebels had
only the ingenuity to construct Q balloon We
might be enabled soon to hear Of fight two
thousand feet above the surface of the ground.
The attempt of the rebels at Yorktown to
use balloon proved failure, and think
they have given it up.
The telegraph corps are an arm Of the SER
vice Of the greatest importance, and the least
thought Of.
The rebel soldiers were told before they
started on Saturday morning ''the Yankees
have years 8 provisions on the Pamunkey riv-
or, and they will be ours in thirty-six hours"
and to this grocery store the rebel Generals
led on the half famished men,. It was indeed
either "blood or bread"-mostly blood-from
the meager account can get hold Of.
Two regiments of Gen. Mesgers Irish brig
ade were in the action, the Sixty ninth Colonel
Nugent, and the Eighty eighth. Colonel Baker,
and they behaved splendidly in the bayonet
charge made by Gen. Richardson's division, to
which they were attached. Major General
Mcclellan personally thanked these two regi-
ments for their gallant conduct in the field on
that occasion. Their loss in killed and wound
ed has not yet reached US, but We learn that
Lieutenants King aud O'Conner, of the Eighty
eighth, we're both wounded. ss
LETTRR FROM ORPnEUs Q. KERR.
lis my belief-my solemn and affecting be.
lief, my boy, that our once distracted country,
is destined to be such great military 2ower
hereafter, that an American citizen will be dis
tinguishabls in any part of the world by bis
commission as . brigadier. Even congressman
will answer to the command of "Charge-mile-
agew and it 10 stated that sons of guns in every
variety are already being born at the West-sons
of "Pop" guns, my boy.
The last time the General of the Mackerel Bri
osdo vsa hare ho vaa an much rlossed nth tha