The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-04

AcKean, and oil await the confirmation of Gov.
Kirkwood. By an order received yesterday,
Assistant Surgeon Henry H. Farr is promoted
to Surgeon Of the Regiment, vice VIM. s. Marsh,
resigned, and Charles F. March to Assistant
Surgeon, vice Farr, promoted. Lieut.. +. J.
Clarke, Z. Q. NJ, has been made Brigade Quar-.
termaster, and Lieut.. Wi.hrow, of Co. G, is now
filing the position OF Regimental Quartermaster.
We are patiently waiting for the develop
me1t of the plans laid for the capture of Vicks
burg and Port Hudson, and every confidence is
reposed in the, skill and ability of our command.
ing Generals Although we have seemingly
been lying still, We have not been idle, move
ments Of great importance are being made, and
ere long you viii bear Of results, big with the
fate Of Vicksburg. Steadily and surely the work
is processing, ard the end, we hope, is not far
distant The rebels know the value of their
position here and will defend it to the last, but
our Western boys know the value ard i'm 3or-
tahce attached to the opening Of the Mississip-
pi and the cutting off of rebel supplies from
Texas ard-Lonisiana, and Vicksburg must fall
into our hands sooner or later. It is believed
in the army that the crisis Of the war has ar
rived, and united, earnest effort will turn the
scale in our favor and soon bring the traitors to
terms, May God speed the Right
JOHN N. BELL,
Captain Co. E, 25th Iowa Infantry.
HEADQUARTERS 25rH Iowa Vol. ISrAx7RYl
YouSG's PorNr, La, March Is, 1868. {
CAPTAIN As requested, have compared
your statement of the condition Of this Regi-
ment, on February 1st and March 18th, With my
consolidated morning report book and find it
correct.
l notice come officer of this Regiment has
written two communications for the Burlington
Argus, and beaded each Of them with "Head-
quarters 25th Iowa Infantry" Neither of these
letters were written at these Headquarters, and
the correspondent must have thus headed them
readers, or because he knew no better and did
not realize the bad taste it exhibited. take it,
however, it was the latter. Should you, Cap.
tain, be writing to the Hawk-Eye soon, de-
sire that the error be corrected, as I cannot
bear to think that those who have husbands,
fathers, sons and brothers under nay charge.
should believe that any of the field officers had
written that they we're "disheartened," "dis
couraged," or that it was "about all the well
soldiers could do to bury the dead ones"
lean very readily imagine the effect of this
on wives and mothers, who very naturally would
think that, perhaps, at this instant, whilst l am
reading this article, my husband, or my son is
being buried by the ''few we'll ones" and it
must be true, % it was written at "Headquar>
ters"
cannot imagine why he should write this
falsehcod, when be knows, or ought to know,
that but four men have died in camp, in this
Regiment, since we debarked on the Esd Of Jan.
uary last.
l also desire you to mention, in order that
those at home, who may be led to believe by
the perusal of the above mentioned cores
.pondence, that this regiment has "dwindled to
the shortest span," that Gen. Sherman told me
last Sunday had the largest Regiment for
duty in Gen. Steele's Division. Passing
through the ordeal we have, and now being
able to muster over 600 men for duty, should be
sufficient evidence of good condition to re.
lieve any unnecessary anxiety Of our wives and
mothers for our welfare.
am, Captain, very respectfully, yours, &C.,
GEO. A. STONE,
Colonel Commanding.
Capt. JOHN n. BELL, E Company.