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


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an only giss you = ouenne - 49, ~
ken place 70 sccomplh IL redecssou. re ses-
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Let mo give general 1890 ~ S -
thousand incidents WniCn 49, n = go -
terest had To nme ~ Ivy - ~ S.es.sss a. |
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without zone e" q, ~ ~. ~ q. - -
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yer runs neasy noss1s ~ 3 SssSs tn~.rda
town g yen 49,. -. sssrrs ma m sontle
the east, nos = = ~ 49, "a. ~ os3te 81.
curve; ~ ~ I'm. - ~ - nus~cu ravinss
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NY M. ,o,,t ~ I'M milo below or north
the ONO. Anoos cns ~. .S AZ Srrs, ctsered ma
OF sne so.n, su.Is .ss 49,. ss.scn n 4 fullv
pianseo nisa co.u ~ s,s ~ s.cent on the
one n.1ola ~, 49,, a - Moved.
noftn saoe = W. E,.s yo,sss vhich ~ cleared
Hwas 90. covele Slh &c ..t....n;r. nac.n There
wnen w. WI .hos. h.tssrie. IA the defense
- az ths liver.
R.fore describing these. I may say that there
are three separate works-the water batteries,
the iort ena sIs ~ s4s.,ss lov down
Vommenc'ne w. ~ -. - :. vcn .tsnd n
close sPoh hns -, .rre.,s e be : hole IN the
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aug - 'ae Fly ~ ."e .i ~ y h. ~.
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maue ~ Sonss.c. osa ~. : ~ =. .;sS.
tuss N YEN EVos u'.s.nce sne.e .v ~. S.eLs
sz-pounoe.. Az sne uPPSs Gnu " 'ne sse"0A
second Axo-Pouuoer. ~,
ossnolne my euu, you %" =. ~. y. ~ ~
De osouens 70 oeal upon .ny o''ec. Wv" n.s sus
nver; snas gunposs ePptoacninS eau w ssAe.
from stem TO stern, ana sna. snos Gan - PoIsea
stra'gns'nso ner pOws' PV'os u'snA l,Vlu soe !.
or guns, ana upon ner deeks, plune,ng nre
IRON the Dig Run .. tue soP OF tno sencn' aug
emoAnkmens ID vel conestacsea ana rom sne
| nature OF tne GROUND y - s,@oss cassmase.-
| snot str1king oeioW OF ABOVE Wouio 90 no
osMage.
| Now, transferring yourself 70 gunDoat, you
would SEQ toasit wouio % next 70 IN impossl.
bility to reach sne org gun at the upper emo OF
this trench, tor, turn your BOWS head on TO avolo
the shot, you would still b raked by some OF the
rebel guns. This was tie river defense, and .
most admirable defense It was-almost impreg
nable. a. We found, inthe attempt to lombard u.
Ascending the crest OF the ridge, you zee RI.
Donelson-enclosing about i've or six acres-an
embankment With ditch outside The ditch
10 narrow and the embankment thin. It has .
vast number OF angles-nearly nifty, should
judge-the most irregular thing imaginable
It, like wss never before constructed. A little
creek runs in rear of the hill, and on its south
ern side, spring bubbles from the ground,
which supplied the surrounding camp with va
ter. At the northwest angle, curtain extend.
ed to the southwest, running along ridge Of
land, conforming to the undulations and varia
lions of the ground, to q creek which emptiss
into the river above the town of Dover. II il
simply breastwork with shallow ditch in
side. It runs through forest all the way. Still
farther to the rear, 10 q second ridge upon which
the rebels erected rife pits near the creek, in
the rear of the town, and protecting the road
which comes in from the southwest on river
line-simply breastwork.
1t will be seen that the line was very extern
awe, and it needed but glance TO see tha
there had been defective engineering. Will
the force they had there was too much grount
, to look after. A more skillful engineer woult
: have selected commanding points on the ridg,
, and thus concentrated strength. The creek de
: tended the south side, although when they foun,
it convenient to leave the place, it was In th
way. With this view, We are ready to look .
the operations.
{ After the capture of Fort Henry, Gen. Gran
!. as soon AZ possible moved across the twelv
. mile strin of land hctveen the rivera and inve,