The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-01-04

acknowledge the Rights oi Nan. And what one
doesr The signs Of che Zines indicate that ~
are in crisis on that question. We nay Be in
the beginning of new revolutionary peried.-s
II 90, one thing Is certain: IL We stand. our en-
srnies must fall II IL not battle Of no issue
and NO consequences. II 70 Stand, aad main
tain Republic founded on eus principlss, thsss
will soon be an end of all oppesssion. We osed
not concern Ourselves about Slavery, for e will
assuredly follow the issue made. II We stand,
farewell 70 all oppression. II We fall, farewell
to human hopes. Ne other Rspsblic VIII hold
out visions OF Freedom. No othsr land on the
ocean will be the refuge of the exile; but DARK
ness, gloom and despair will settle down fosev-,
er. But such is not the voice of Propheey-.
| We hail the crisissss one q delnvAnee. The
Nations seem coming 10 the con1ics ssnd he
harder the battle the more glorious the victory
The great Republic will stand, and stand the
light and defense Of the Nationa-(Cir. GAG. 4
9f5as The Ba1iie1of DraiasviIls. =
IWashiDgton Cor. N. Y. World, Tuesday
| General Ords battle ct DrainRviIle-for Il Was
something more than . skirmish-was, . sar-,
prise to all parties concerned. and its result Y
| to us an agreeable diversion from the rebel
success which has 20 often marked these recon-
noitering engagemenss No ons had any reason
| TO suppose that Fridays foragiDg excursion Of
the Third Pennsylvania Reserve Brigade would.
be siSnaliked by any more fighting than have
preceding expeditions in the sane direction.A'
Indeed, all corps pushed out from the main line.
for purposes of subsistence or espionage, re-
csive Gen. NcClelan's precise Instructions not
to bring ON an engagements. II battles arsl a.
lowed to occur at hap-hazard, the best laid
schemes of generals will " aft gang aglee." -
No reporter, therefore, was present at the
Dransyille affair, and consequently, In the abs
sence Of any detailed official dispatches, Il 10
difficult to get a correct idea of the ground and
maneuvering from the statements Of the local
press, based on the confused narratives Of minor
participants in the action These statements,
however, win all reach you, 90 that / will add,
nothing except . few general facts, which may
serve in explaining to you how much the action
amounted TO. go i 5saag IA ,s1t E'7os a d
Gensral AcCall's division, composed of the
celebrated fifteen Pennsylvania reserve regi-
ments, holds the extreme right Of our lines, On.
camping at and about Langiey's and Prospect
Hill, . few miles north of Chain Bridge On
the fork of the Leesburg turnpike running near,
est the river. From the fact that the rebel lines
close completely round our own, from the Upper
| to the Lower Potomac, (thus forming segment
of circle to which the river-if i we're sffaightr
would be an arc,) this division Of Gen. Nc,
Calls and that of General Heintzelman'a on the
extreme left below NJ Vernon, are perhaps In
nearer contact with large bodies Of the enemy
than any six other diyisions stretched between
them. This is especially the case with AcOAWs
| since the rebels keep ct least 10000 men be-
tween Leesburg and Difficult Greek, and the
ground intervening between our right and their
left is general foraging territory for both parties5
1t will be remembered that We have had ence
before skirmish near Drainsville, in which We
captured whole rebel company ~sA 'Ftl'
| The west fork of the Leesburg turnpike passes
through Falls Church, uniting with the road
from Chain Bridge and Prospect Hill at point,
seven miles above the former, and two miles
this side of DrAinsville. The latter village, the
nucleus of Fridays battle, 10, therefore, only 7
! miles northwest Of our earthworks. It 10 aggra-,
vating to many resident connoisseurs that 20
spirited and picturesque an affair should have
occurred within . two hours gallop, and yet
without their knowledge and oecular enjoys
ment.
The first report of the battle stated our loss
at ten killed and about fifteen wounded; thoi
enemy's at sixty-one dead and eighteen wound
ed, left on the field, besides those carried away.
II si1ty.one we're killed, at least one hundred
must have been wounded, 70 maintain the usual
proportions. II is. safe, therefore, to estimats-
the total loss of the rebels at one hundred and
fifty men. Yesterday, converting with one OF
the officers ordered TO count those left on
the field. I learned that the original report
Was correct in this regard But from the ac-
count Of the battle, in which it does not appear
that Gen. Ord Aanked the enemy or In any way
obtained greatly superior strategic position, It
was dificult 70 believe our own loss - small -
stated. In the first place, the forces engaged,
were not unequal-embracing perhaps 1000 of
the enemy, supporting battery of Xix guns, and
four regiments Of our own, supporting Easton'ss
battery Of four 24-pound and S2-pound hoWit-
zers. Again, Geneial Ord advanced along the
narrow Lessburg turnpike, the noticeable Buck
tail Rifles, Colonel Thomas L. Kane, in'the van,
and ON entering Drainsville outskirts, was at
tackled by the rebels from their ambuscade in the,
Virginia forest. - "a
,To-dsy We get the true statement Of our Ios.
ses, and while increasing them 70 an amount
which proves that the Pennsylvanlans did hard,
and honest lighting, and did not win BY catching
the rebels in Q trap,it 10 nevertheless - much
inferior to the list Of the enemy's killed and
wounded as to render the battle Of ,Drainsville,
the most encouraging and brilliant success Of its
kind won by us since our 6rst occupation Of
ments foot up - foll0ws: Kane Rifles, 8 killed.
81 wounded Sixth Pennsylvania reserve, kill,
cd, Is wounded; Ninth Pennsylvania Reserve,
}. killed, 20 wounded. Total, kllled, ,'67 wound
ed. The report Of the Twelfth Rseimsnts lossss
has not come in. believe it suffered les than
the others. 4, st..5sss.x syss Ti,i
Our good fortune must have resulted largely
from the formidable nature and position of
. Easton's Battery. These howitzers, Of The lasg-
est class, have : bore q large as : mans
J hat, and throw grape and canister, ct short
} range, with frightful tumult and effect They
! ate undoubtedly superior 70 all other euns for
close action. The four pieces we're aanksd on.a
hill, from whence they threw . near, plungisg
fire into the rebel battery Of six guns and lie
: roads whore the rebel infantry were deploysd--
A deal Of musketry practice also occurred. and
brayely ropulsed. BY the bAyonsts of ~ Ena
Rifles. Many Of the latter also maintained thsiE
reputation a sharp.shootsrs from large. brick
house In che village. These are the Signincant
{ features Of the contest which have reached us
! Towards, the close, when the Ere Of the sasay
: grew feeble, our Ninth and Twelfth rsgimsntl
q advanced, under victorious bugle notes, o make
n tbs iGnal charge and sweep the held. This wsl
an ipspirstng momsnt Through the plns end
: oak thickets their progress was psrfoecs sens
: what slow. By the time they had reached tn
4 rebel poaltion The enemy had Aed Che Hold
+ leaving only shastly; heaps Of their dsaa saad
! dying in numbers ahpYi PANIED, their arnA am
. lmunition, blankets, an exploded caiasen. ant
, the other wontsd debris Of swim and blood
6 Ths conflict commenced AZ O'Clock IN =. =.
. the death Of distinguished rebel oGacsrs. h Z
. said that kentucky Colossi Tom Taylor end VII
y ginia Cavalry. General Stuart were auones.h,
~ killed and carried o. In The rsGreat but Ne esr
2 tainly have no nssns Of knovng he truth q
Thus yon have sSs inuaavsratvs II ~ rsall
important adsir doahly impertants bseauss
. proves the courage Apd discipline ofL ose army
= The Federal fegimspti engaged ase pecbebly N
st across the Potomac. From foar judge ell. !.
20 TO the extent Of he contest, q weuld Aags bee
H. one Of the "dscisive battles y the daye of y,
M liz reeembled that Of July 10, AZ 0loGkburn