The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-22

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resa and IL lSsh lndiana which nsde - a.
laas shasys p ~ In evsr ~ snsnies besaas
wsske, atasisg him o. u ~ sppse peetiea II
II SseslAestions d ~ paint Of he hAyeast end
seeding ~ assssass Of he three days Bloody
DRsenle. Il was this brigade which Arst plant |
q ~ seass sad sssipss spoa ~ rsbsl works
Whish thsy carried, rsstossd the tagging spirits
q ear army. md hslA ~ ground which 10y
haA taken.
Although The accounts which ~ ct ase I'll
ohicago accounts end eolorsd slnost q highly
. thess Of tie battle Of Belmont being written
By the same psrsons, Jet il evidently vas not
soasidersd wiss this tins 70 emit Ill mention Of
~ most galian. achievement Of tho three days
aghting Or Of she persons who participated In
IL We and in the Chicago Tribune the follow.
INK ssluesant mention Of this the decidedly NEST
brilliant bAyonst charge, In il sxsoatsea and
result, Of the war:
In IL afternoon Gen. Grant cav that some.
thing should b dooe % restore the spirits ct our
liehsart.oed troops, and ordered 0eosral Smith
% make IN assault on the west wing Of the enc
nys wcska Gen. Smith, - quick = horse
Aesh could bear him, rode along his lines and
ordered bio men 70 prepare for charge which
caused shouts Of joy 70 ring along bio lineA-
Without nomsut's unnecessary delay Colonel
Laamans brigade, the "a and 7th lows, and the
1lth and 1Sth Indiana, charged up 70 The enc.
nys rsdeubt driving the rebels bsfors then ss
The point Of the bsyonst Like frightened shseps
snd eainine posseecion Of their oatag works.
Gen. Smith behaved like one inspired tor
uoshing len than continual victories. He could
b sssn riding along the lines With bic bat
swinging on the top Of his sword, amid me
thisksss Of the Agbt encouraging b. men ara
cheering them on % vietosy, regardless o. sne
deadly missiles flying around him.
The Colonel Of the 3nd Iowa was The arss
pount the ensmyS works with bic men olose In
his wake. The ssorming was complsts. Our
troyps gained position inside of their Workss
where they lay on their arms I'll night and pre-,
pared 70 follow up their success In the morning
Thess Chicago reporters are sabsistsd and
paid ous Of the means Of Uncle Sam. By Chicago
end Illinois Generals and Colonsls. for the ~.
press purpose Of puaang the Aforesaid Generals
and Colonies. and shsy do It without rins OF
rssson. mouopolising the telegraph lines 70 this
end. We are surprised that any mention was
made at al Of Col. Laumsn and our Iowa troops
They tell % that such an Illinois Regiment
fought like tigsrs. but were compelled 70 fall
back-Col. So and SO acted like one insplrsd-
the Illinois --th fought with desperate courage
until their ammunition became exhausted-ths
-th Illinois, being out TO pieces were compelled
TO fall back, which they did with good order,
gallsntry. etc., etc. But it being necessary q
do something to revive the tagging spirits o.
our army, the Iowa Brigade, under General Lsu
man, marched into the rebel forti6ossion and
run up the stripes aud stars. That's oil, reoitet
In the fewest possible words, no praise beipl
awarded except to Grant and Smith.
Al 2 o'clock, We received the following dee
patch, for which we paid the moderate sum o
Ave dollars II confirms what We said above:
CAno, Feb. 10, 1859
EDrroR HAwK-EYE Col. Lacman's brigad
were TIE Arst inside the breast works ct For
Donelson The casualties Of the 7th Iowa ar
light, only one man, ". O. stswart,) oompan
b, IL known to be killed. No more than /
lafseen) are wounded, none dsngeror:ly: tn
Second Iowa IL badly cut up. Two OF their Cap
tains are killsd-one 10 Captain Cloutman. Ma
ior Chapman 10 wounded in the thigh. J. r. N.
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HAfter charging this Office Ave dollars 70
aprivate dispatch of few lines, on the outsid
of this paper, the Telegraph operator here fol
kuk paper to be published simultaneously.
We had been charged at any fair rate for 1t v
should not have complained. Az it now stand
Il looks very much like robbing Us for tile Der
eft of Judge Claggett. But there 10 no ~
complaining.
TAmong the dead at Fort Donelson, v
learn by private dispatch, is Capt. Cloutma
Of Company Z, I'd Iowa. Captain O. sommar
ded company from Ottumwa. He formerl
resided In Burlington and has many friends an
acquaintance here. He has given his life I
his country, as thousands Of other brave me
have done and are doing. Their families mu
be provided for. Their names will live In Il
hearts Of . grateful people.
~ IN the report Of the battle at Donelso
which We reprint to day, from the Chicago II
buns, It will be ssen that mention IL made
Aoting Brigadier Gen. Lauman and the Iowa REF
msnts-such . mention - no one would ha,
complained Of had It been printed In the ear
tslssraphic reports which went east and al ov
the country, and which only are read By
great mass Of readers. After the drst aocoun
have gone forth giving all the credit to Illino
troops and Illinois Generals and Colonels-sz
after Congress has made promotions upon the
arss reports for the benefit Of the Aforesaid n
nois Generals, then ~ have something approx
mating fair account Of the battle, which vi
not b read, except BY Western people vi
have friends and relatives In Tsnnessss, q
whose approval 10 expected 70 bs thus secure
ueIu Ill the late battles the Union armi'
have triumphsd. By ssa and land, in front On
rear. In kentucky, 10 Tennessee, in Alabama,
Virginia, in south Carolina, and now In Nor,
Carolina, the foes Of the nation have besn
fbatsd. Our armies are preparing for still 70
tier novemenss. too, 10 almost every direction
and let the soospiratos beware Of the 'idss
March,"
4 long, narrow stretch Of land lying east I
1osnoks Island bears The euphonious title I
"Kill Devil Hills" They looked down approx
insly upon the great triumph Of our arms Will
Cen. Burnside Vac br1ising The head Of the q
eessioh serpent
~Ths Ex.King Of Naples has sent the col
q eight thoaaand duests - contribution I,
Wards he relief Of thoss injured BY The sruI
tsea Of Mount vssuvius at Tore del Greco, ..
eeopaaying bic sift By letter in which
spsaks Of ''his anesstesss and OF bis poverty.-
Notwithstanding bic alleged poverty. Fsase
II. still maintains quite an sxsensve court.