The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10

0p0BLIsHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
rfai ny G. .RUN4AM.
~ ~ TERMS: Fa hs4s
one scRy cns year. 2 .
Fren bhernan's Arrly.
Nlf KIN0sroN, GA, Aug. q, 1884.
IditOr 0v the Hasck- Eye.-F believe my
last letter was written Just AFTER my return
from an unsuccessfhl pursuit of Wheeler'a
rebel cavalry. sas sssssa i'.ssa
~ ANOTHER PURSUIT..
On last Tuesday morning ! got mp and
mont. together with the 5th, had lelt by
trains, at one o'clock, without notifying
''the sabscriber," |" who was never dream
ing Of war, and were on their way aGaiu
aftsr the ubiquitom raider, who had Seen
playing sundry prank. on The Tennsssee
river and the faflroad between Chattanoo-
g and Knoxville ,,,..,,..-,, - -.
bled or 1ofced o make his eDcape thfoueh
some Or The mountain passes Into North
Catolina. There b no ssbreakfHot ffolic''
forhim this time, - there b force Of
some twenty thousand strong pushing "a
up0a him 6om 6vefy side except the one
Indicated. A strong fort Of cavalry Il
pushing across from Nashville to Knox-
vlu9s oQOt0eI 4tUM 1uu90Omyp oQOt0ox
Chatf1nooga and still another from Dalton.
hAve great hope that they win succeed in
catching the scoundrel, and thus putting
IN end to his disturbances along the lines
Of Communication. -
ia sax THE FRONT.
As4my regiment had taken sssnap.judge-
mNnf on mo, I didn't know how / could
better retaliate than by taking the other
end of the road and making VISIT to the
'.front." Acting upon this suggestion,
took the down train on Wednesday even-
tsfnocn. Amer : tramp Of eight miles l
catne up with my old friends Of the S0th
Iowa, Col Robefts' command, Of the 18th
oofpR found them where the 18th corps
= Always found, occupying the front line
q n1ne, and only about 800 yards from
~ tebel line. On my way ffonn leit to
night I had nne view Of Atlanta, nom
re top 81 hill near the battle ground Of
- 90 ~ ArrArrA asia III I
Sanding upon the top Of that hill, with
imSeegy she1liug distance Of tho city. was
like Moses On the top Of PisgAh, II could
ouay' look over wistf0lly at the coveted
dtys without the privilege Of entering Ii.
1Ke Jordan that lay between me and At
lanta was decidedly - hard road 70
travel" - was 0ufaciently indicated BY
he SCARED tres and tho ssubblo-lield 81
brentwood that stood thick over the battle
field emoWod u hy Minnie balls - Il some
AuEe reaper had passed over the field, leav.
ing In il pathway scarcely . sanding
shrub or sapling. e lilsas 24 .ss
THE slTUAE1oN OF OUR ARMY. Z. &
TO understand Corrsotly the position Of
our army at the ffont, take Lloyd's new
Military Map sf the Southern and Border
6tatos, and spread Il out before you. 1t il
Nnk AR0NflW fS0aprnfsA f,rak 1.oex<
II makes the ChattahooCSee river run too
far from Atlanta and too near Marietta, ct
tho point Of the railroad SCroeaiDg. It 10
some fifteen miles from tbe lattsr place to
the crossing, and about four from the Cross
ing to Atlanta. You will see the 0eorris
Railroad running ffom Atlanta In north.
eastsrly dtr9ctton about aixteen miles, to
an almost eastsfly direction to Augusta,
hence 70 Charleston, s. G. Stone mount
ingis mot given on the map, but YOU win
70 where It is by the bend in the road
near Decatur. A part Of our forces
marched ffom Marietta to this point, and
tore up the road for forty miles, to Coving-
ton, believe. That road. or course, Is
useless. This was our extreme LEFT at first.
On the other side Of Atlanta You win see
the Macon Railroad running on in 1
sontherly direction, and the MontgOmerv
rood running In s0uth-westefly direc.
ton. The Montgomery road dlvereee
trem the Macon road about i've miles
fro0 the city, at Fayetteville. Our ex-
tzeme right extends across the Montgomery
ros6 beyond the point Of intsrsection. and
approaches near the Macon road.
q ycu win now draw : limo on the map
nO14he chattanooga railroad, 90 the eros
eine Of che Chattahoochee river, around
the west Of Atlanta, and running about
wiAs variation Of from two and half to