The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-01-17
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

Col. Stoughton, of the 18th MichiSan is there
aud will not retreat. Col. j. r. Miller Gale to
his men tosstand frmy COL Scott Of the T9th
Illinois, reminds the regiment Of their ~elil
earned ;honors. :, The division forms rapidly on
the bank; rsises loud shout Of coming victory,
and redoubing its Are. charges toward the ret!
81 lines They sway and sway fora moment,-
aud then crumble to pieces. r, Ca on the reb-
els are retreating in confusion up the bill the
men Of the 18th Penniylvania follow closely, and
the flag of the 26th Tennessee falls into their
hands. The progress Of Negley is steady O. the
close behind him. In vain the enemy, seize up
on every clump of bushes or cluster of trees, as
q point Of defense. They are rolled backward,
until the batteries are reached situated at the
edge of the level cornfelds. charge ismade
upon these, and the fearless boys of the 18th Il.
linois captured three of the guns. Col. 4illers
command pushes forward and takes another
Away 60 the repels over the corn6elds, follow
ed by such deadly tempest of balls that it, all
Who fell there were allowed to remain, they
would enrich the ground with their carcasses.
Our troops advance half way through the field.
but it is already night, and Negley deems IL In 4
expedient to enter at that time the dense forest
beyond. .f.4.l
Our batteries, from every portion of the field,
had been all the time laundering away upon the
enemy, and the angry leaping Of fame from the
mouths of cannon continued until it was quite
dark. Before the troops Of Negley; had charged
upon the fourteen rebel guns at the edge of the
corn6eld, Capt. Bradley, with the 9Th Ohio bat
tery,had materially injured them by the infladiDg
Ere from the centre of our lines.
rode over the field that night, and again the
next morning. From tae bank Of the river to
the last woods in front Of Murfreesboro', dis
lance of more than mile, the evidences of ter
rible carnage were everywhere visible. On both
sides of the fence, along the slopes of the low
bill, on the sides and bottom of the .ravine, and
especially in the level corn scores of rebels lay
in every form of CHASTITY death. sz,. .sq...,
At night, Immediately after the battle, the
whole field, from one end to the other, resound-
ed with the shrieks and groans, and broken
prayers of the disabled rebels. The contrast
between the patient endurance of our own woun-
ded, and the restless, agitated, and almost un-
manly bearing of the rebels, in . similar condi-
tion, is always most remarkable. One Of them
will make greater cutlery than all of half do.
zen disabled Union soldiers. = .'+a51 30 IL.
/ was struck with the nature of the prayers
which some of these men in q dying condition
were uttering. A disquieting doubt seemed
to rest upon their minds as to whether they
had been engaged in righteous cause, and
with one or two the entire burden Of prayer
was petition to Almighty God for forgiveness
in case they had done wrong by taking part in
the war. These were some of the deceived
and betrayed men of the South, whose blood
will rest heavy upon the souls of the rebel
leaders. - .-..- =
This brilliant affair was the hinge upon
which the course Of affairs about Murfreesboro
turned. The morale Of the Union army was
entirely restored from that hour, and when
one of Gen. Rosseau's aids galloped over the
field to announce the victory to the other divis
ions, followed by member Of Gen. Negley's
staff with captured rebel banner, there was
burst of such tremendous cheering as had not
been heard since the army left Nashville
cheering which must have sent thrill ofterror
through the rebel legions around Murfrees.
boro. .F.-.~, .s.r
Again had Negley shown his gallantry;..again
had Col T.. Seahley exhibited that earnest
courage which deserves and insures success;
and Col j. R. Scott, seriously and painfully
wounded, had proved himself q wothy leader
of his regiment.
The loss of the enemy was more than $500
in killed, wounded and prisoners. while our
own did not exceed 500. The rebel Gen.
Hanson was killed and Rains mortally wound
ed