The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-12-05
Col. Lowe and the Iowa Com mi
siOner-A Islander RefuteG.
MAYsvILLE, Ala, Nov. q

NASHVILLE, Ala, Nov. 20, 1868.
EDITOR HAwK-EYE:-SIR: In your pa
per of November I'd, great injustice wa.
done to Col. w. w. Lowe, of the 9Th low;
brigade of the Sd Cavalry Division, of The
Army of the Cumberland. The article re
ferred to, states that Colonel Lowe exerteG
himself, and did prevent his regiment from
voting for State officers of Iowa, in the re-
cent election. Being a member of his regi
ment, and knowing the report to be who'll
ly false, and also knowing the circumstan
ees which prevented the soldiers from vot
ing, [ will give you the facts, which in JUS
tice to Col. Lowe, 1 wish you to publish.
The State Commissioner, Mr.. Northrop
arrived in our camp on the 4th of October
while were lying near Winchester, Ten.
nessee, and was warmly received by Col
Lowe, and offered accommodations in Col
LIS tent and mess, which he declined as
he had been provided for by Capt. More
ing. The next day after he arrived, Col,
Lowe received an order from Gen. RoseZ
Grams to move towards Wartrace. on the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, as the
rebel Wheeler, with large force, was APP
preaching that road for the purpose of des-
troying the bridges, &c. Mr.. Northrop pro-
ceeded with us, being furnished transpor-
tation, and was present when the 9Th Iowa
put to rout whole division of the enemy,
under Gen. Martin. At daylight the next
moning, (the It'll of October, the regiment
to leave his train there, consisting of extra
horses, &c. He invited the Commissioner,
in the presence of many officers, to accom-
pany him, as he would probably see the
9Th Iowa do some good fighting before he
returned. To this the Commissioner re-
marked that he had seen that yesterday,
and that he did not feel we'll, and believed
a wNnl6 with hn
returned. AS the regiment never has re-
turned to Wartrace, we did not know but
he was still waiting for it, until we saw
those infamous reports in some Of the Iowa
papers, and as he is not gentlemanly
enough to deny the reports and set Colonel
Lowe right before the people of Iowa, we
do not feel any interest in him or his where
abouts.
Col. Lowe never, for moment, thought
of trying to prevent the soldiers from vot-
ing; on the contrary, he would have been
glad if they had voted; but as we were pur-
suing the enemy and fighting him daily,
from the 9th to the 14th Of October, travel
ing over one hundred and fifty miles, little
did he or his men think or care about cleo
tons.
AS your article states, Colonel Lowe does
belong to the regular army, was appointed
from Iowa, and from your city. A better or
Drawer man never lived. A soldier and a
gentleman, Iowa should be proud of such
a man. AS to his being a Copperhead, it is
false. He sustains the Administration in
all its acts, and is in favor of subduing the
rebellion, let it cost what it may. He is
this very day, sending details into the coun-
try after negroes, to be enlisted as soldiers,
doing it upon his own responsibility, at
the request OF the enlisting officer now here,
Confident that you would not Intention
ally do injustice to any one, you will, 1
hope, publish this as simple act of Justice.
Respectfully, yours,
B. TAYLOR WISE,
Surgeon LIST Brig. I'd Cav. Div.