The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-01-24

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M. DuuzAx-DEAR s1s:-I herewith send
,oa list Of the killed and wounded in our rski-
nsnt, during the four days fighting At the rebel
batteries on the Ya.oo river, in the vicinity Of
vicksburg: b sF 5oao saE f....
Corporal Isaac Youns Go. B, killed. -
Corporal James 8 Spencer, Go. Z, wounded
Sy the accidental discharge Of his Own riAs IN |
che forsangsr, left band; private John Burns,
%. &, Assh wound, through the left thigh, win
sson recover; ". G. Harlan, Go. B. wounded
.igatiy in the right thigh, By shell; J. P. Mise
%. I. wounded slighuy in the thigh By q she'll;
J. Wolfe, Go. G, wounded eighty in the right
foot BY bayonet; w.P. Moran, Go. <, bruised
in right arm BY shell; John B. Miller, 70. <,
wounded in the hip. eighty BY shell. a@ 4a
This includes all Of. the regiment who we're ct
all injured BY the enemy. The whole regiment
IAbored, during the night of Monday, the a9th
ult, through tremendous storm, in erecting
Notifications, in consequence Of which many
are sick. - III, $50. "a
The 4th Iowa, lsth Ill, and 42d Ohio, from
Licking county, Ohio,) we're the greatest losers
In attempting to charge the rebel batteries, they
were driven back with severe lose. Col. Wyman,
of the 18th Ill, was killed.
Our regiment was exposed constantly to the
IRE of the rebel batteries, during Saturday, Sun
day and Monday, day and night, (a7th, 2ssh,
and goth Dec,,) but did not sustain such loss
- might have been expected. a.p 10 -ene2 q
Our Division (steelss,) sustained loss Of
about 100 killed and 800 wounded, and the entire
loss on our side, was about 500 killed and woun.
ded, and the rebel loss was much g,eater. - 70
u Our forces drove the rebels from the river to
their Notifications, distance Of four miles, but
there we we're brought to stand, and in at
tempting to storm their extremely we'll chosen
and strongly intrenched position on Gaines'
Bluffs, We sustained our principal LOSSES
Our entire force numbered 10000 men, but it
ia obvious that our force was not strong enough
to capture the force they have, protected as they
are, By strong Notifications and plenty of can
non. The cannonadiug was terrific, during Sat-
urday, Sunday and Monday, but it seemed, with
little effect upon their position. ,.5a nom
Our whole force was Withdrawn on the night
Of the Let, and We are now on board transports,
on the Mississippi, but With no knowledge of cur
future movements. Respectfully yours, Ia4 &.
81 JHo. n. BELL. Capt Co. E, rs
as 25th Iowa Infantry.
On BOARD STEAMER CONTINENTAL, !
Bound up the Mississippi,
-.. January S, 1868. }
EDITOR HAwK-EYE: ..lr-,
Here We are, after ffuitless attempt to
capture one Of the outer defences of Vioksburg,
making sretrograde movement, to what point,
is, to Ms, unknown. do not propose to give
a full and detsiled account Of this long her
aided Expedition, the particulars Of which will
no doubt reach you long before this commuui-
cation; but I may be enabled to give few
items concerning it, which will prove interest,
ing to your readers.
The entire expedition, including all classes
of vessels, l27 boats and about 10000 men,
all under command Of Gen. Sherman, arrived
at the mouth Of the Yazoo River on Thursday,
the 18th ult. at 8 p. m, and on the following
morning steamed up the Yazoo. The army
Vas divided into four Divisions, commanded
BY Gen. Smith, Gen. Montgomery Smith, Gen.
Morgan and Gen. Steele, and formed the RICH,
D.
wing, centre and left wing, in the order named
Our Regiment (the 25th) being in Gen. Ho.
vey's Brigade of steeles Division. After pro.
sesding 9 few miles up the stream to Blake.
Plantation, the order was given to disembark
Turing which We heard the reports OF heavy
artillery further up the river, which was after.
wards sseertained to be the gunbosts Smelling
he woods. We eamped for the night, and on
the following morning Saturday we're again
ordered on board the boats. and proceeded
shout six miles up the stream, passing on the
way the extensive plantation Of the defunct
rebel Gensrsl Albert Sidney johnson, whose
oaes magnificent residence was pile Of ruins.
We landed at about p. N, and formed line Of
battle 10 . Geld in which cookie burrs land
:issls else) grew plentifully. Our Regiment
formed the advance, and Company E wa
thrown forward as skirmishers to ascerta q
the Whereabouts Of the enemy, and fad
practicable rosie for the artillery. This con.
psny advanced several miles without finding
any rebels, although they found several nests
still warm which had been occupied by the
Rebel pickets. Returning about two miles,
they rejoined the Regiment, which was moving
forward, and before We had reached the point
before occupied by our skizmishers. the enemy
in considerable force appeared, but were
promptly met and driven back by two compa-
MES "a and F. from our Regiment might
putting an end to the advance for the time be-
ing. During the afternoon heavy firing was
constantly heard on our right, but with what
result We could not ascertain. Be it remem-
oered We were now on the extreme left If the