The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-16

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most brilliant act of the war. Both men
and leaders have won the lasting gratitude
oftheir country Nathaniel Bedford For
rest stands at the head of the best christians
of the South. ksfsss sag
The object of this incursion Of Yankees,
so far from their main force, aside from
their intense anxiety to avoid Forrest, was
to reach the Georgia State road, burn bridg-
es, tear up rails, and play Old Harry gen.
orally. s5oq 90. ...sa.z.
The force under Col. Straight consisted of
the Sd Ohio, 18th Illinois, 5lst Indiana, 73d
Indiana, and three companies of renegade
Alabamians. The latter will be sent to
Richmond, the others paroled.
Thus ends the rebel account of this to-be
famous expedition. Col. Straight and ,men
were indeed captured, but the rebeltroubles
in Alabama and Georgia are not yet over,
for the same paper has the following:
ALARMING NEws.-Express messengers
and others from Rome, Ga, last evening,
report another raid into North Alabama
and Georgia by the Yankees, 900 strong.
The 50th Georgia regiment returning TO
Bridgeport, was stopped and ordered back
to Rome. mounted on captured horses ana
led to meet the invaders. 1t was believed
the Yankees were at Talladega, Ala, ~
miles south of Rome. %'
Capt Forrest brother of the General, was
MORALLY wounded in the fight near Rome.
The rebels say our forces burned every
grain of corn they could find between
CORTLAND and Tuscumbia, and destroyed
all the provisions. They also burned the
Military College at Lagrange. Union
troops have evacuated Tuscumbia.
THE CAVALRY EXPEDITION To RICH
MoND.-Y YORKTOWN, VA, May 9, 1863
Maj. Gen. II. W. Hdlleck, Commd7der-i'a- i,
/ h;pf T hove fhn IN ra-
port that by direction of Maj. Gen. Stone
man, / left Louise G. H. on the morning
| of the Sd inst, with one regiment (the
Harris Light Cavalry of my brigade reach
/ ed Hungary, on the Fredericksburg Rail-
road at daylighton the morning of the 4th,
destroyed the depot, telegraph wires and
railroad for several miles, passed soyer to
the Brook Turnpike; drove in the Rebel
pickets down the pike, across the brook;
charged battery and forced it TO retire
within two miles of the City of Richmond
aptured Lieut Brown, A. D. c. to Gen.
Winder: and eleven men within the fortifi-
cations: passed down to the lett to the
Meadow Bridge on the Chickahominy,
which burned ran train OF cars iutO the
river; retired to Hanovertown, on the Pen
iusula; crossed and destroyed the ferry
inst in time to check the advance Of q pur-
suing cavalry force; burned train of 80
wagons loaded with bacon; captured Ii
prisoners. and encamped for the night five
miles from the river. ] resumed my march
at a. m of the 5th, surprised force of
300 cavalry at Ayletts; captured two officers
and IS men, burned So wagons and the de-
pot, containing upwards of 5000 barrels
Of corn and wheat, quantities of clothing
and commissary stores, and safely crossed
the Mattaponey and, destroyed the ferry
again, just in time to escape the advance
: Of the Rebel cavalry pursuit.
!, Late in the evening i destroyed third
LOG
Tappahannock on the Rappahannock, and
= from that point made a forced march of ~
miles, being closely followed by superior
force of cavalry. supposed to be aportion OF
, Stuart from the fact that we captured
! prisoners from the 1st, 5th, and 10th Nir-
, ginia Cavalry. At shutdown discovered a
+. force Of cavalry drawn up in line OF battle
: laDove King and Queen Court House. The
= strength was unknown, but / at once ad-
: yanced TO the attack, only, however, to dis
. cover that they were friends-a portion OF
y the 18th Illinois Cavalry, who had become
: separated from the command OF Lieut.. Col.
); Davis of the same regiment. At ~ a. m.
u on the eth, found safety and rest under
u our brave old flag within our lines atGlou-
= cester Point.
u This raid and march about the entire
:, Rebel Army--a march Of nearly 2Op miles
" has been made in less than tive days, ltf
u a loss of one officer and 81 men, having
captured and paroled over 800 men.
i take great pleasure in bringing to youl
=, notice the officers Of my staff, Capt 7. OW'
~ en- Jones, Capt. Armstrong, Capt. McirWln
= D.. Hackley and Lieut.. Estls, especlaily
e the latter, who volunteered TO carry uis
> patch to Gen. Hooker. He failed in the at
70 tempt, but with his escort of 10 men M
IS captured and paroled one Major, two Cap
i tains. Lieutenant and Is men. Hewa'
- afterwards himself captured with MS es
= cort, and was afterwards recaptured b.
)" our own forces. He arrived THIS morning
] cannot praise too highly the bravery
- fortaude and untiring energy displaye'
% throughout the march by Lient.-Col, Davi
and the officers and men OF the. Harrl
a Light Cavalry; not one OF whom but wa
~ willing to lose his liberty or his life If n
% could but aid in the great battle going or
10 and win for himself the appreciation OF hi
~ chiefs. rs, a.t. -sa' .f '. -'.~
y Respectfully submitted, j. FITZPATRICK,
~ Col. Comdg. 1st Brig. Sd Div. Cavalry
III TERRIFIC Hail STORM IN KANSAS. tn
White Cloud, Kansas, Chief relates the 10
- lowing Our readers may abate, II the
~ choose. a little from the weight of the ha
- stones as set down by the Kansas Journa
-, list: ' ~
Oh The hardest and fiercest hail storm "
~ ever witnessed, visited this region on Sun
ey dav afternoon On Saturday night the
"a ~ had been gentle but soaking shower, a
le, companied by some hail. and Sunday w;
d.. as very sultry and oppressive, until Afternoon
We when it began to cloud up-a heavy stor
r. T. passing round to the north east, and fro
he tnat direction returning. About o'clot
-, huge hailsDnes began to fall at interval
on sounding like huge rocks dropped upc
'es the roofs of houses. Very soon the stor
al burst in all its fury, and the hail came ia
&c and thick. 1t appeared more like sol
,IS chunks of ice than hail stones. 1t SCENE
, ,,.a as if the bottom had dropped out OF son
rot ice house in the upper regions, and the SO
err W. ,f'' N, " 30 p st;,,,aJ for ,,var
on half an hour, and in that time did immens
q In damage. We saw one hailstone that niea!
81 ured twelve inches in circumtrence an
o. weighed one pound. We have heard
o. ~, still larger ones. We had NUMBER Uni
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