The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-11
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| The artillery fire continued till about
o'clock, when the solid columns of rebe
infantry were again moving in the wood il
| front of the center, held by the list and q
corps.
During the fierce cannonading the mer
and officers were ordered to shelter them.
selves behind the hills and rocks. Wher
however, the rebel infantry was seen in
the woods, several officers came to Gen
doubleday, volunteering to carry mes.
sages to Meade and ask that the center be
strengthened.
Doubleday replied to the officers that
tney might trust to Gen. Meade; that he
me enemy and have his forces ready to
meet MS attacks. Out they came, and
Iusned rapidly over the fields in solid mass,
put evidently with less fury than before.
Inc mead of the column was directed
against position held by Gen. Webb. COM
mandlng I'd Brigade, I'd Division, I'd Corps.
his troops We're old, and steady and brave
~ Wlthstood the charge. The steady fire
OF the National troops staggered the ene-
my, and the Rebel Gen. Armistead. who
lead the charge, wishing to steady his col
umn, halted it for moment at a fence.
zen. webb seeing, called out to his brig
AIDE, Charge! the enemy is ours" And
true enough he was. The commanding
Gen. Armistead and $500 men were can.
tured by the closing in of the Second Corps
on the right and the First on the left
The enemy was driven back over the
fields with great slaughter. The enemv
then withdrew from the field, and the bat
tie ended.
During the battles of Friday, Gen. Han
cock, though severely wounded, lay under
a tree and gave orders, fighting until the
battle was ended.
On Friday night, the cavalry, which dur.
ing the several days of battle had rendered
valuable service and kept the Rebel caval-
ry close within the infantry lines, reported
the enemy retreating on the Cooktown
road. Large cavalry forces were sent out
to watch his movements.
Early on Saturday morning Gen. Siocum
was ordered to make reconnaissance by
You'd Gettysburg, and in order to feel the
enemy's position. He was found intrench-
ing himself in front of the Gap. This was
supposed to be feint, and also defense
to cover his retreat
In the morning, also, brigade from
Stelmwehr's division, 18th Corps, occupied
gettysburg, driving out the Rebel sharp
shooters.
The streets We're barricaded and the place
put in defensive condition. General Lee
sent message under a flag of truce, to the
effect that if the National troops were not
Withdrawn from the town it would be shell
tSNs "VhCi I'll XuSttSlc ISpllSu GIldU lie WOulu
dispose his troops as best suited his pur-
pose; of course, the troops were not with
drawn, nor was the army.
The rebel army is hedged in and will
hardly escape with an organization.
The slaughter on both sides has been ter
rible, $4,000 will scarcely cover the casu-
alties in killed and wounded in the Ma
tional army. The rebels must have suffered
loss of q, 900 in killed, wounded and pris-
oners.
Rebel prisoners report Longstreet pris-
oner. Gen. Gibbon announced to his troops
that they had captured Longstreet; and a
member Of kilpatrick's staff says he saw
Longstreet prisoner, MORALLY wounded,
lying in barn. One of your correspond
ents the same day saw the dead body of a
Major General in the rebel uniform in the
baru alluded to. Ewell is reported woun-
ded. Gen. Barksdale is dead and buried
in our lines.
The citizens of Gettysburg affirm that
Lee is certainly wounded.
General Barlow, who was wounded and
taken prisoner, is in Gettysburg, not pa
rolled; the enemy was pressed for time.
Gen. Schemmelfennig was not prisoner
but disguised as private, he lay concealed
in the town shelled.
No movements were made on Saturday,
save by the cavalry and the reconnaissance
by Slocum. The enemy abandoned the
field with his dead and wounded in the
hands Of the victors. The victory is COM
plete. Meade is master of the position
No matter what Lee may design, General
Meade's head is clear and his heart earnest
in the cause.
Officers and men are in good spirits. The
only thing talked of is the capture or des-
truction of Lees entire army until cur
forces arrived. He is with his command.
Gen. Meade has greatly distinguished
himself in the management of this most
terrible of battles. The Army of the Poto-
mac was fought as an army, and has won
victory with fruits commensurate with
its labors
All things are in readiness, and Meade
and his army are always in a condition to
fight, and because of rain will not retreat,
but rather advance. With the swelling of
the Potomac in his front, Couch and French
on his TANKS and Meades victorious army
in his rear, Lee has the alternative of hav
ing his army annihilated as an army, or of
surrendering to the National forces
Meade will give him but little time to de-
liberate. Cor. ~ Y. Tribune.
CoNscRIPr THE SLAvE.-The most I'M
just feature of the conscript law, and the
only feature really obnoxious to the charge
of unfairness is its failure to include slaves
in it's operation. That failure is really I'M
ldiI anu opClttlSS upoii pun
white people OF Maryland, Kentucky and
Missouri. The basis of the draft is the
whole representative population of the
slaves. Those slaves are excluded from
the operation Of the conscript law, and thus
the white people of these States have to
furnish a greater per cent. for the army
than do those of the free States. Such is
the unfairness of it's operation in the States
named. Besides that, the loyal population
has to stand the chance of being drafted
for those who are in the rebel service, and
that makes the injustice of the conscript
law felt still more severely.
Now, we all know the negro is as able to
bear the fatigues and wear and tear of the
service as the poor white man. The slave
owner has no more right to claim exemp-
ton for his slaves than the poor white man
has for his children. The labor of the poor
white mans son is as necessary to his sup
port as the labor of the slave to the support
of his master.
The truth is, the Government and the
people have become so demoralized by sla-
very that rather than hurt the purse or
slave of the STAKEHOLDER they will sacrifice
every poor white man in the nation. We
say it is the dnty OF Congress to provide
for arming and forcing into the service
every able bodied negro in the nation.
whether bond or free, and make then fight