The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-18
HI II RECENT CAMPAIGN IN
PENNSYLVANIA.

OuI mali communications have been en-
tirely cut off for more than two weeks. The
lirst mail goes out to-day. We have realiz
ed to the fullest extent "where ignorance is
bliss, It's folly to be wise" We have seer
the advance and retreat of the boosted Ar
my of Rebellion.
The army corps of Ewell, Hill, Longstree
ana Stewart, passed through Chambers
burg. Our intercourse with them fully
satisfied US of the wide difference between
Inc upper and lower classes of the white
people In the South. The officers pener.
ally, are men of intelligence and refine.
ment, while the privates, with but few ex.
ceptions, are grossly ignorant and depraved
:lney DO not comprehend the issue involved
III the war.
Ihey answer almost every question by
saying, I'VE are fighting for our rights. =
Hney seemed to feel deeply the influence OF
Northern society; from the time thew eros
sed into Pennsylvania until thew arrived
~ Misunderstanding, a distance of 20 miles.
tnere were missing over 1000 by desertion.
An order was issued by General Lee and
read TO them, forbidding any conversation
WIN the citizens whatever. This, however.
was not observed, and desertion continued
largely. Many voluntarily gave themselves
up TO our citizens, who concealed them. on.
gave them directions how to ESCAPE thei,.
pickets. '-'eii
That portion of the army that passed
through Chambersburg, numbered 60 OOO
1t was carefully counted by several of our
cltizens, some numbering more than that.
ana others a few hundred less. General
Eariy division passed about eight miles
10 the right Of Chambersburg. and General
H1lPs corps passed up through Westmin-
steT, Md, which we believe would swell
the number Of Lees command to 10000.
Ihey were well armed most ofthem hay
ing the latest improved arms They had
LIS pieces of artillery of different caiibres.
ana Z,oo0 wagons and ambulances. Some
OF the regiments were tolerably well clad
t put most OF them indifferently, and all of
them hlthy in appearance MANY were
narefooted in most of the regiments. and
many were without hats
Inc ambulance corps was large, and al
most every ambulance had either sick or
pEoken-down soldiers in it. The horses
used We're generally those stolen from o1,r
citizens, of which they had great abuu-
dance.
Many acquisitions were made upou tho
citlzens OF our town. The first was for ra
tons OF bread and meat for l,5O0 men
which was complied with.
Iha second was for 500 suits of clothes.
including hats and boots, 500 pounds OF
lead, 500 saddles and brides, 500 horse
shoes, and nails sufficient to put them on:
ali the pistols and reyolvers and percussion
y
800 sacks of salt, $50, 600 in gold and silver,
and, to cap the climax, IS barrels of soMr
kroWt.
committee of citizens called upon Gen.
HWeu and informed him that to comply
with this demand was utterly impossible.
and that If such would be their reauisitions'
we would ask leave to remove our worner
and children, and then to burn the town.
Inc requsltIOn was not enforced, but, as an
the Quartermaster made re- !
Iusltlons upon our merchants and shop |
keepers, taking from them whatever was |
needed in their army, and paving our
usual retail prices in Confederate money, |
Under these requisitons they took dry |
goods TO the value of several thousand dol |
afs; groceries to great value hardware |
1our, salt and drugs, aliin large quantities
Ihey loaded these goods in wagons taken |
from our farmers. and sent them in the
OF Hagerstown. Whether they
,ucceeded in getting them safely across the
Potomac river or not, we have not been
enabled to learn
After the acquisitions of the Quartermas-
er had been complied with the priyates
seemed to have had license given them to
.ob our citizens ofwhat little they had left.
Lhey entered the stores and took all thew
,ould carry, in many instances taking la
lies goods, and other things of no manner
# use to them. We saw them carry away
ilks and dresses already made for small
children.
They filled their canteens with molasses
md stood on the streets drinking it, others
atIng raw mackerel out of one hand and
'rown sugar out of the other. They took
rats from the heads of our citizens. and |
compelled others to take off their boots
nd shoes and give them up.
one man was compelled to give his hat.
oat, watch, money and shoes and stock
ngs. Several were shot for refusing to
i've up all they had. Many houses in the I
ounty were entered, the furniture broken !!
lp, all the valuableS carried away. and the
antilles compelled to give up their cloth
ng and money.
Many Of our citizens had secreted their
lorses in the moutains and other places not
likely to be suspected; but our copperhead
inhabitants exposed them, and by this
means our loss of horsesis perhaps double &
nous conduct not taken place.
The rebels, under all circumstances, ex-
ressed their utter contempt for the peace !
Democrats of the North. They say they I
would not allow any such men to live in the
outh. They called them towards and Z
raitors. They told several to their faces G
hat if they had any sympathy for them, t
hey should manifest it by enlisting in 7
heir army, and helping them to succeed in
heir undertaking. IL
They said they wanted no Northern SYM '
athy; it did them no good; the sympa- a
hizers were not in power, and, from what S
hey could learn, would not likely get into Fl
over soon, and hence their sympathy il
mounted to nothing In our opinion, the t
found their stock rather I'M G
and the Union men took ev il
~. occasion to have the rebels express I
aeif sentiments in presence of these nom q
escripts, so that they might fully learn c
oW much their political views were APP l
Many nrm Democratic have honorably {
onie out, and declared that henceforth t
!.: EFFORTS shall be for the Union uncon-
i.ionally, and that they win support the '
y. in all measures to suppress q
lent.
both armies are now on this side of the n
lountain. Trains are being captured ey-l b
y day, and prisoners are being taken byl {.
10 hundred, by both our army and the CT | b
zens OF the county. The retreat of Lee is | o
the left OF Chambersburg. Tho roads in n
lat direction are almostifnpassable by the n
'cent neavy rains q
bout Six miles from Che M I.o-oJ,, =