The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-02

not 20 Dc harmed. One Bf0p0O0Ot0 ana 0Oln0
nine balls hit the boat, bat mo- man lost .
drop of blood. The black steward told me
he prayed all the time, and he knew God
would not let them Rebels hurt us. When
our boat touched thewharf, the cheers were
equal to three thousand men, and afterward
we learned that the Rebels supposed alarge
force had arrived. es
The most intense joy was manifested by
the garrison at our timely and safe arrival.
about us opened with great spirit, and our
guns replied finely-firing most of the day,
"Wednesday. At times the reports this
morning were as rapid as the ticking of
clock. l am in doubt whether to write
this, but it is so. Is it not strange that
such Q bonbardment should 60 on Is days
and no one be killed, and but few woun-
ded! The officers and men here seem
much elated at Col. SissOn's bold and tri-
umphant step, that brought such timely
relief, and If service for the country is to be
the ground of promotion, you may look for
star to fall on the shoulder of this plucky
Colonel, and for an eagle to drop silver
leaf on the shoulder of Major jameson
These men are soldiers. On her return,
Till after daylight, and at Rodman's, q
MIME ball Killed the noble pilot, and
solid shot took off the arm of black man.
Twenty-Five shots from Hills failed to hit
her. .9
Ihursday.-No' firing this morning
Siege raised and the rebels gone, The ne
groes are destroying their batteries. An
shot to-day, as the gunbOat Ceres went
down to Rodman's. A force of rebels was
left there, and as the gunboat come down,
they fired. Five companies of the 9Th
Rhode Island have goneto occupy it. They
met a small force, shot one man and cap
tured some prisoners, among them cap
tain and drum major. They tell US that a
within three days and storm the town.
Gen. Foster has armed the negroes here,
and two hundred have been in among the
! otler soldiers at duty, and no one officer
or man seem to complain, but, on the 9TH
er hand, seem delighted.
At Rodman's we found the following
note: =
Yankess!!! We leave you not because
| we cannot take Washington, but the fact is
it's not worth taking, and, besides, the eli
| mate is not agreeable. A man must be am
phibious to inhabit it. We leave you few
bursted guns, some stray solid shots and a
man and brother rescued from the waves
to which some fray among his equals con-
signed him. But this tribute we pay you,
you have acted with much gallantry du-
| ring this brief siege. We salute the pilot OF
the Escort. Co. X, 32d n. G. Vols.
A prisoner I saw this morning was thin
| ly dressed, with no overcoat, and his only
| blanket was part of an old bed blanket
He says they had no tents and the rations
consisted of one pound of meal, ground
coarse and not sifted, and one quarter of a
pound of meat. I saw some Of the bread
and he told the truth Judge. He was a
Iconscript and wanted to get of, and said
his whole brigade were sick of the war
Gen. Garnet is under Gen. Hill.
The troops that have been engaged against
| us in this siege are:
From North Carolina the 18th, 18th, 25th,
18th, 32d, Add, 45th, 47th, 50th, SD, SD
From Virginia the Sth, 18th, 10Th, Goth, 10Th.
From Georgia the 59th, It'll Confederate
| Cavalry, LIST regiment of Cavalry from N.
c. and Ga, and 30 to 40 pieces Of artillery.
Sunday 10TH left Washington last eve
ming. All quiet. 1t. Col. Tew with five
companies 5th r. I. took and now hold
Rodman's, and are throwing up fort to be
called Fort Sisson. When they took it an
engineer on the Ceres, by the name of NAL
lahan, of Providence, was shot in the head,
and will be sent home. Rodman's new
palace on the point was shelled and burnt
one Rebel Captain, one Lieutenant and one
conscripts that were Union men from East
Tennessee, came in and gave themselves
up, and wish to join the Union army. They
were almost starved, having only one
pound of cob meal and one quarter of a
pound Of meat per day. The Captain told
me there was no possible chance for their
cause. They had no change of clothing
He also told me that he tried to buy pair
of Mcclellan boots in Richmond. Those
we had that cost Sc, were worth $50. Good
writing paper was worth IS per quire. En-
| yelopes 81 per pack of Is. Sugar 81 so pei
pound. A common officers uniform 5000
He told me that he paid $40 per gallon fol
apple-jack, and for single quart he paid
up back of Washington $l3. These prices
Gen. Foster is going to make short work
of the rebels in Washington. The night the
5th entered Washington, the troops cheered
and the secession sympathizers came out
and showed themselves, and cooked al
night to entertain their husbands and
lovers, and the result you will see in THU
order to come out tomorrow, the Goth
| Troops from Charleston are here, but
must net say much. Hill is out near here
and our troops have gone to do the right
thing. More gunboats are here. Hills
battery is occupied and being strengthened
by the 44th Mass.
saw the Escort yesterday. and she hat
been bored with shot and shell strangely
Most of the shot that hit her were fired from
Rodman's Point on her way down.
The spirit of the department is excellent
and the more think and hear of Col. Sis
sons noble deed, the more does its splendol
loom up before me. Lieut.. Muller ha.
helped me to this sketch, and it is of grea
accuracy.
The following orders have been issued:
HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, n. c.,
April II, 1868.
GENERAL oRDERs.-Whereas there il
every reason to believe, that during the re
cent siege, Communication has been carried
on between residents of this town and tn
enemy, by means OF signals and wherea
many o: the citizens have openly displayed
their sympathy with the Rebel besiegin:
forces.
1t is therefore ordered that all person
residing within our lines who have not al
ready given, or who shall not give satisfac
tory evidence of their loyalty to the United
States government, shall remove within
five days beyond the Federal lines.
The Provost Marshal will see that thi
order is carried into effect. By comman
of
Brig. Gen. EDWARD E. POTTER.
JAS. w. ATwILL, A. A. Adjt. G.
Cor. N: Y. Tribune.
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