The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-11

| al contest, is worthy OF our support, ant
will lead the Union host forward to certain
victory.
Resolved That the" Hawk Eye, ''of Burl
ington. and " Herald" of Clarinda be re
qnested is publish the foregoing preambl,
and resolutions, and that manuscript COD,
be sent to Capt. JOSEPH CRAMER, Co., K
4th Iowa and Capt. L. B. NASH, Co., F
29th Iowa.
The Confederate Cavalry i'm Ten
nessee.
DEPREDATIoNs.-The following officia
document was found in the possession of 6
rebel courier, on his way from McMinn.
vile to Tullahoma. and who was captured
| by one OF Colonel Wilder's scouts:
HEADQUARTERS 18th Tenn, Rec, I
| FAIRFAX, Tenn, June II, 1863.
Conome! Fl. ". Walter, a. 4 G. Sir
i desire to call attention to the depre.
dations committed by struggling cav.
airy soldiers on the property Of citizens OF
| the counties of Overton, Jackson, White
| and Putnam, from which counties my reg.
iment was made up. 1t will not be neces-
sary to give many instances of these dep
relations, as it is almost universal com
plant that they are stealing, pressing, OF
| swapping horses with the citizens of these
counties until they have almost despaired
families. 1 will only cite to a few cases:
Mrs. 5. Glumsley, of Overton County, OF
whom they stole the only horse she had,
while she has no one on whom to RELY for
assistance. The party who took the horse
is unknown to her. Soon after COMPANY
forced themselves on her, and fed out all
the corn she had, except few bushels she
had the precautlOn to conceal, and then
refused to pay her near what the corn was
worth This was done by Colonel Chen
aults regiment, Of General John c. Nor
gan'S command.
E. n. Culloan, an old and respected citi-
zen Of Overton County has had eight or ten
horses taken from him in the last ten
months, besides other depredations. p. NJ.
Armstrong, Mrs. Hinson, FL. II. Cox, and
many others, i'll fact, almost every family
has suffered in some way. have just re-
celved letter from my wife, informing me
that the last horse she had, has been sto-
len. There could be many instances given
If it were necessary, of horses being taken
from women while in the field blowing and
broken down worthless horses left in their
place. The most recent complaints are of
General Morgan's command, while return
ing from the border to Liberty, Tenn. The
depredations do not consist alone in ia
king horses, or swapping broken down
worthless horses, to farmers by force but
in taking bacon and corn, absolutely ne
cessary for family supports; in burning rails,
throwing down fences, &c. The complaints
are universal against the cavalry COM
mands, which have passed through, or
been in that country, except Col. o. P.
Hamilton's battalion, against which there
have been no complaints. I most earnest
ly request that these causes of complaint
be inquired into, and proper remedies APP
piled. And that all the commanders of
cavalry squadrons or regiments be held to
a strict account for the conduct of the SOL
dierS under their command.
1t will take severe punishment do not
wish to make myself conspicuous, or to,dic-
tate more than it is my duty as an officer
Of the. army; but being a citizen of one of
those counties, and my entire command
coming from there, l feel deeply interested
i'll the welfare of the families OF the brave
soldiers composing my command, and I
think something like dismountt7sg the men
and cashiea1ng the officers, would put an
endto these troubles. The people will be
bound to suffer, if they are permitted to 60
on unmolested; and soldiers whose fam
lilies live there will hardly be kept in SER
vice on account Oft, &c. / wish to call
the attention of the Commanding General
to the conditions Of the people of those
counties, and what will be their condition
ifthey get no reGef. All the able-bodied
men are now in this army, and the women
and men remaining at home have nothing
to rely OH but their own labor and that of
their little children: and, without horse
to work with, in the name of high heaven,
how can they make a support? Situated
on the border, and liable to be overrun at
at any time by the enemy, it seems very
hard indeed to be stripped of all means of
support by those who ought TO be their
friends.
Could it be wondered at that soldiers
should be dispirited, when they know that
their families at home are being deprived
almost ofthe necessaries of life by men cal
ling themselves Confederate soldiers? I
earnestly urge that remedy be speedily
applied. Respectfully.
Col. CONG 25th Tenn. Reg.
HEADQUARTERS MoRsAN's DIVISION, !
SPARTA, Tenn, June "a 1868.
Respectfully Returned.l
The evil complained of is indeed trying
one. know of but two ways to redress it,
either to pay some slight attention to the
wants of the cavalry, or to move them al
together from section of country which
has been completely eaten out. Regiments,
brigades and divisions of cavalry are or
dered into section of country where the
inhabitants have but abaresubsistance, and
are expected to do the severest kind OF du-
ty in scouting and picketing without any
supplies whatever being furnished for
either themselves or horses.
Ofcourse the inhabitants, in such cases.
must suffer to a certain extent, or the SOL
diers must starve. Fora long time, while
portion of my command was stationed
near Woodbury. and Bradyville, the hor-
ses had but from four to five ears of corn
per diem, and the men were starved in
nearly the same ratio. Representation
was sent up-no notice whatever was taken
OF 1T. Whose fault is it, then, that the citi
zens suffer? Is it the fault of the soldier.
or is IL the fault of the Government who
sends him to such place, and neglects to
supply his wants in any particular? The
soldier may be starving; complaint after
complaint may be sent up by the officers,
but no notice is taken of the matter. Let
Honorable Somefellow, who spells capatry
with an send up paper stating that a
few ears of corn have been taken from some
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