The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-28

position, but that was al that came OF tho
movement. The rebels gained notning ior
their trouble. gse...N .-.s
THE ADVANCE Or THE LEFT.
Orders had been issued for the advance
Of the Ninth corps promptly at 9vs O'clock.
ole on the right. the necessity of sending
divisions of the sixth to sustain the Second
DELAYED the advance. It was half past six
befbfe the Ninth began It's movements on
The 9Th and 5th moved at the same time.
What grand movement 1t waa. A line
four mile: long, not % ne; ses
nov "a open field, now lost to sight In the
forest: now emerging into view and open
~ Ore upon the foe. The movement was
like the swinging of a huge folding sdoor:
the pivot hinge being near the Piney Grove
road. and the folding hinge between that
and he Fredericksburg road. -, gieG,. :
Hills corps. in front Of Burnside, evi-
The column Of the eth pushed him back
steadily, hating at times to get new foot
hold. but still pushing till the rebel lines
were driven back to the village. The tight
ing was not 20 severe on tho LETT as ON the
right, bat the results were exceedingly
gratifying. The rebel lines, which had
been in the form Of q crescent, were ham
mered into horse shoe. It was glorious
movement, that Of the 9th. can only wish
that : little extra force had been thrown
in. Then the rebel right would have been
completely turned. and the whole force put
to rout. I do not writeeit - criticism, but
merely notice It to :ahow how1near Burn
aide came toward giving the finishing
To 81 n.
|Vanced close to the forks Of the roads and
the, cluster Of houses which make the town.
The rebels tried again and again to recover
the ground which they had Loaf; but al
their endeavore were in vain. The 9Th,
which has been tried often and never found
wanting, maintained it, position through
THE SIKH CORPS.
Ewell's position in the centre in front Of
Ell line Of skirmishefn were In q belt OF
woods, behind which, in advantageous po-
|sitions, were rifle pits, abattis and earth
works. with several batteries. Gen. Hunt,
commanding the artillery Of the army,
made thorough inspection of the ground.
and brought several batteries into position
to rain shells upon the enemy's works as
was McCartney's Massachusetts,. An Of
ficer Of Vermont regiment praised Its &C.
ton in high terms.
The 9th was commanded by Wright az
ter the death Of Sedgwick the first divis-
ion was commanded by Col. Upton; the
second by Wheaton and the third by Rick.
etts. In the fourth brigade of Wheaton,
10th and 37th Massachusetts. The second
brigade is Of Green Mountain boys, the I'd.
Sd. 9TH, 5th, and 9th Vermont Regiments.
The line did not have to move far before
it come upon the enemy-their old enemy
which they had met upon the hill at Get
| tysburg. ss eea
minutes Of terrible fighting, in fiercenesz
and intensity surprising even. that Of FRI
day afternoon at Gettysburg" When the
uproar was widest there was cheers
shout, sharper and louder than the din o.
arms. It was not the savage cry of the en-
envy, but bouyant, thrilling shout. Away
they went into the storm, over the inter.
yening space, with bayonets firmly set
to Dale's brigade, of Rhodes division, and
leading it captive from the field. Ewel
poured in his men TO cover his works, but
the 2nd Vermont were in possession and
were determined not TO give them up Far
in advance of all the line, lay that reg
They were so Tar ahead that General Virgin
| feared to have them remain Through thu
uight. He was about to withdrew them
I'VE don't want to go back. Give us ra.
tions and ammunition and we will hold Il
six month"; said the soldiers. .llis. 3,
q General Wright rode to General Grant
"What shall do p he asked. =. 1s.a p,
Pile in the men and hold H." was tn
General Wright went back, but mean.
while, by some means, they had been or
dereQ TO return. *isttTt
. That charge! It will be forever ,nemora
BILE. Even now seem to hear that shout
ringing like Q thunder blast above thu
| thunders Of the canncnade, and the crash.
ing Of fifty thousand muskets. II was Yer
mont which tnok rebel brigade prisoner.
Of war in the last charge Of Lengstreet q
Gettysburg. Then they were 0nthe defen
1 sive, and now it is Vermont again, on thu
offensive, cuts out q second brigade. Clio
/ 1ious always and forever. I'd ..Ia3s..
! THE FIFTH CORPS. li s9@s.. y
/ have already spoken OF the part which
tho Fifth corps perfol med in connection
with the Second in the early part of the af
lternoon. It was in once more. Robin
Il sons, Cnller's and Crawf ord's divisions
IN we're engaged. Cutler, commanding
the Fourth division since Wadsworth'i
death, was in the thickest Of the fight
j While the battle was raging, Gen. Rice
commanding the Second brigade Of tn,
Fourth division, was lying in the hoepita
wounded. The surgeon had laid down hi
kni1e after amputating the shattered limb
i The sufferer conld hear the tide Of battle
Il The constant rolls, IKE waves upon tn,
shore. His eyes were closing to the scenes
Il Of earth. He was nearing that lan(
which il without shore. His pain wa,
intense. a. .Af.s s,-s,,s...l .,ts.....s@t 800
ssTurn me over - he said to the surgeon
i and attendants. IS . -gS-
(which way will you lief'' r9s u,
"Let mo lie with my Jacc toward che 81
They wero his last words. And will
them / close the narrative Of the operations
Of the day-of one Of the greatest battles
Of the war. With his face toward the enc
myl He and his fellow soldiers met then
i upon the CORY field thousands Of them "
ing upon the spot which y forever thsil
i nnAsn Ia m m nrnofnd IA their mem