The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-28
an unusually heavy rain, our camp is "fordablss

an unusually heavy rain, our camp lie "fordables
to-day.
While speaking Of our own evils, We do M,
forget that many Of our companions are exposed
to far greater ones. The time was, when to
have been left here to hold q railroad. wb;ls
other troops we're sent to attack the enemy at
Vicksburg, would have been thought the acme
of all misfortune. But We have now seen
enough fighting. and besieging, to make Us quite
content, while others wade to the knees in mud
and glory, Opposite Vicksburg." Yet when va
are called upon, We will be found ready TO %
wherever We are ordered, without a word Of
complaint. There are things, however, that the
troops in field think they have RICH. to COM
plain OF. While We are willing to endure all the
hardship incident to our present position, to live
on "hard tack" and '.rusty bacon" to sleep often
in the open air Of winter and: on the snow covered
ground, to be, separated for years from home
and all we hold dear on earth,-I say, while We
will in the future, as we have in the past, cheer.
fully suffer all these and much more, tina, oplv
the soldier knows Of, we are totally unwilling
that the dear homes we have left shall longer be
desecrated by the presence of black. hearted.
out-spoken traitors.
We feel, that ifwhile we are slowly. but
surely, crushing out the rebellion in the South
it is allowed to grow and spread over the
North, in the shape of such 7raitorous pu5lica-
tons as the Chicago Times, or such Satanic
Brotherhoods as the X. G. C's our efforts will
be worse than useless. Late papers hint at a
prospect of the Government taking summary
vengeance on these double dyed, traitorous vi
lains. Hunt them to the wall, and bury them
in dungeons, darker than those in which they
meet to mature their he!-6red schemes, is the
unanimous voice of the Union Army Witness
the resolutions sent from Corinth, Miss, to
that nest.of traitor villains at Springfield, Ill.
The garrison ofCorinth has spoken the mind of
whole army. For months past, our feelings
have been outraged by the sight of huge bun.
dies of the "Times," hawked about our camps
by the news boys, who persisted in ''peddlingp
it though copy was seldom bought. Thank
Heaven there is an end of this plague now, -
through the wise and patriotic order of Mai
Gen. Hurlburt. Of course there will be a
mournful bowling among those freak kneed fools
VINO pretend to fear for the liberty of the press,
the liberty of speech SC. But Gen. H. seems
to think that though the sknnk will stink badly
IN dying, it is better to have one smell, and
then an end ofit Why does the Government
permit such a reproach on the society of the
North to exist E -a
1t is gratifying to see that few writer's are
willing to do justice to our gallant Generals
U. s. Grant, and T. W. Sherman After all
that has been said against those two men,
through malice, by those who are about as
well qualified to criticize military operations
as they are to teNMe truth, the history of the
past year shows that no TWO Generals have
done more for the cause than they. Neither
are there two, who possess, to a greater extent.
the respect and confidence of the troops.
The health of the troops at this point con.
tiuues good, small fort has been thrown <
vp on neighboring height and rife pits dug
on the south side of the place. The tim
Der has been felled on the same side.
and everything put in good shape for defense {
OF the position. The feeling of uneasines that .
existed two weeks ago about an attack on this
line of Road seems to have mostly subsidized
Owing to the designations and promotions
spoken ofin former letter several additional
pairs Of new shoulder straps have recently
made their appearance in our regiment Long
may they glitter. Yours ever,
~~ LINTON.