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

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'as,S, isst pa Ave ~, distance
desired sbutfor an army like ours to attempt
the taking Of vicksburg, almost Without bes-
" siege gun, Is madness. Why We Verso not
provided With those indispensable articles, for
the capture of an exceedingly veil fortified city.
With no lack Of natural detenses, sad full n Of
troops. is . question cannot answer. Thu
heads Of The expedition are the persons to sat-
isfy that inquiry Respectfully yours. 4;s,,
sib no. fs5a e.r seje Sc NILSSON. =
~ 3ntso CoaIa1H, Mus, Jan. 7,h 1858. =
F1DrfoR HAWK Err: 4af'1 aaiss
The blockade u At last broken and the half
starved garrison of Corinth relieved. Forrest
struck and ont the road on the 18th Of Dsoen-
Der, and . train Of provisions arrived yesterday
from Memphis via jackson, the nrss 'fot nine
teen days s - .tstae 4 i.,.s
The particulars Of the raid on the road be-
tween Jackson and Union City. and also the
dsstardly conduct of Murphy and his troops at
Holly Springs you doubtless have ere this. Those
raids compelled Gen. Grant to fall back, but the
Government will not suffer from change of
plans. g. aja .T.F ,..,.
+ Roddey and Baxter have made desperate eff
forts to starve US out here. They have been
constantly lowering around US, burning bridges
across the littl. streams near by to pre-
vent our foraging parties going out, and other
wise disturbing us; but they may understand
that the I'd Division, which has shed 20 much
blood for this important point. will not abandon
it - long a. there are any mules 70 eat The
troope here, for the past ten da,a have been
on quarter rations, and would have been re-
duced still lower had We not been 90 fortunate
- to have little water mill Gear BY constantly
employed in grin1ing corn. As to mest, "
had not quite determined to begin on the ~aass
but We certainly made the old bulls and milct
cows suffer for miles around. Chickens, in thu
vicinity Of Corinth. are only among the thing.
that were. They are said to take 70 the brush
whenever blue coat sppeara aa3 q
We have nothing definite from Rosecrant
since the Morgan raid into Kentucky, but rumo,
says land it is believed At Dodge's Head-Quar'
ters) that he has whipped Bragg and driven
him from Murfreesboro. If go, it win or may
have something to do with US as Bragg can run
his forces upon us by Railroad if he wishes, but
Grant can play .. the same game and doubtless
will soon if the report is true that the Mobile
road is to be opened. This road is one of the
best in America, being constructed of the bes
English iron.
Since writing the above, train has been sem
for to this place to assist in bringing the ole
Divisions Of Hamilton and Stanley back. Thi,
either means danger OF. active operations on The
Railroad. If Rosecrsns can drive Bragg bsyoni
Chattanooga We might soon make connection
with him (Rosecrana) After the Tennessee.
rises and navigation is resumed we. will need
Brigade at Hamburg or Pittsburgh to protect .
base of supplies. That portion Of the Memphi,
and Charleston Railroad between Corinth ant
Grand Junction al miles, has never been re-
repaired since the rebels destroyed il. last spring
there being several large bridges to build ant
guard. The distance from Corinth to Memphis
direct, is % miles. By way Of Jackson, ou
present route is about 100 miles. From CorDtt
to Columbus 14s; Coruth to jackson, Tenn.
81; Grand Junction to jackson, Miss, 2ss -
Corinth to Mobile, a4l. We give these figures
because they may be useful to some of you
readers hereafter. .,...ag.
The rebels, since the muddy weathe. has be
gun, have been mounting as many men as pos
sible. At the Holly Springs raid some came i,
sstride of mules and nothing but halter to rid
them With. They move from place to place will
considerable rapidity, living upon the oountr,
and often take our small posts BY surprise.
Il is useless for our Infantry 20 chase then
and We have comparatively few Cavalry. W,
must meet them in the same manner, Th
writer for months has been urging the com
manders here to mount q Brigade Of Infantry
drill them in few simple principles Of mounte,
ride practice and send them out occasionally Il
scour the country and break up guerrilla nests
Nov, since the muddy season has commenced
such a brigade would BE- invaluable and the boy
would like nothing better. A light rocket bat
terry to stampede the rebel horses would be .,
invaluable accompaniment. Az Iofantry on
troops need two days to make trip Of fifteen o
twenty miles and back, generally. accomplishing
nothing, especially when pushing Cavalry, IN,
are then laid up for week With sore feet. fat1ue
&C., but as mounted infantry they could ride 8,
miles, even on mules, in single night strik,
An uneIpecte blow and return nexs day Will
but little fatigue, comparatively. The great i'm
portance of such an arm is ably set forth i,
General Turchirs defence ia the Buell. aifai, Iaa
summer. fs-, e.a,,,,3 ~. +, R@''
General Dodge is very active nias. and uni
VERBALLY liked by the Officers and mea in bis dir
trict. It is impossible for the enemy to &c