The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-06-19
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
The Prospects, Condition and Treatment Oh
Our soldiers.
Correspondence ofthe Upton Advertiser.l
ID, CAMP 20 MILES South COR,SrH,

that may be known OF the eVaeu"'io" -
Corintb, and the rebel stampede south
ward suffice i to shy, their Notifications
we're immense, and could have been held
been held against almost any force bro
to bear against them.
As soon as it was known that they had
abandoned the place, considerable force
was thrown into it; and by ) o'clock in
the afternoon Gen Pope's whole force
was on the move in pursuit, the advance
bsinc hurried forward with all possible
speed.
But the rebel General seems to have
adopted Sigcl's plan by fighting in retreat,
especially so where ho desired to destroy
the bridges, many Of which our boys had
to replace before passing over them, which
greatly retarded our progress, notwlth-
standing We pressed forward as fast as
circumstances would permit, occasionally
throwing shot aud shell into the ranks OF
the rctreating foe, who returned the com
cI;na,t with rr.ra .-s ."-;~A~-, L-.'
without auy serious injury to US. The
contest was thus kept up until within
few miles of Boonvilc, when our advance
was driven back some two miles but
We soon rallied and drove the enemy FIVE
miles beyond the town, where they are
now and where their principal force is
concentrated
Many of their sick, dead aud wouuded,
were left in camp and on the field. TIE
bodies Of those buried were not half GOV.
cred, their sinks had never been policcd,
These too, with the decom position
Of aLimal and vegetable matter I'M
der the rays Of burning sun, present
a scene, not soothing to human ma
ture, but from which the worms of de-
struction would turn loathingly away
Our men detailed to cover up their dead,
as they passed along, found many pccu.
liar shaped graves in which were found
hundreds Of rifles and some field pieces,
which they had been unable to remove
The number OF guns left in stack, camp
equIpage, and commissary stores, all in
dictate a general stampede. Hundreds of
their sicl: and those not able to march,
scattered through the swamps and hid in
the weeds along the road side, were pick,
edssby cur skirmishers. There must have
been great suffering in their camps.
But their is another picture which we
wish to look at, and that is our own suf-
ferlng. About one year ago, seventy five
Thousand men were called for blythe Chief
Msgistrai Of the United States. To-
ed al home, but We feel it here. TLey
are gone; ard, in many instances, a single
addressed board, with initials rude]v
carved with pea-knift or in pencil, marks
the last resting place of hundreds of our
brave, generous, and noble hearted bows.
who have sacrificed willingly the last drop
OF patriot blood, in defense Of their lib.
critics, homes, and sacred honor.
This is the hardest part Of soldering,
to see our comrades thus cut down in the
bloom Of youth, at q time when lifes fu.
ture prospects are Tie brightest, aud their
love of home, friends, and like associa.
tons, the strongest, aud even life itself
the most desirable But it does not end
here. Friends at home sustain IN ire.
tr'cvablc loss. Fifty thousand hearth.
stones arc made deso'ate; fifty thousand
hearts 2etuatet hitherto by'cmotions Of
JOY, are u)w turned to notes of sad,o,s
aud could the externa! tokens of mourn.
ing be collected and spread out ia ono
place, they would extend across this
mighty continent; and could the eTu.
sions Of grief be collected into one vas,
body, they would be sufficient to drow,
the world. But it is needless .o sno,L
Of these sad coincidents and their attend
ant evils, as they are the necessary On,
sequences Of war
Yet we believe this war op,bt % J..
quickly terminated. The Ienient noIicy
OF prosecution ought to be chantcJ -
one more vigorous. We started with tb~
olive branch of peace in ono hand and
the sword OF justice 10 the other Ru,
II has been more peace than sword and
the rebel opposition and hatred is NOR,
deep and relentless now than ever it was
we have followed them as az iDduIron,
attectlonate father, would follow h;s 70
creant and rodigal son-coaxipy an r
"ooIns them by everything tender j.
ioTe-aod still they are blindiy ioscnsib,.
to all these things, and persist, not onl,
IN destroying others, but in self destrnc
| ton. ~
1t has been the policy OF the govern.
ment to protect their property. Thi,
has been strictly adhered 10 in our march,
es across the country. But we have been
lnsu!ted at every point, By the women
too, from whom We expected better front
mens. At New Madrid our boys had ,Lo
secession flags waved in their ycry f,crs
with expressions Of contempt, by the Ia,
dies, while guarding their houses onl
In passing through Boonville. the othor
Day, they were insulted by the display If
a white ring on the finger of younI H.
dy, whose house they were 3nrrJ;n.
which she said had been given her by =,
ofileer from Manassas as present ,naII
" me bone IF a Eanhce; and the cnnN
tempt aud scorn with which she uttered
the latter part of the sentence