The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-03

tired army II required OoS uttlo stretch
of the Imagination to realize that the
.datkness,, described By Byron had oone
But at reveille, \ solitary bugle sounds ,
well known call. Brigade buglcs take NJ
the strain. and hundred regiments
baslp repeat the notes, while tbs eckp@,
reyerberate along the hills until The At
mosphere is filed with melody. To add
still more, the brigade bands strike NJ
lively airs, and ffe and drums squeak
and clatter until the medley becomeas al
most . confusion Of sounds. The rsbels
can be seen looking and listening, and
suppose are swearing. too.
But in few hours the music will
change Already the lth army corps srs
moving down parallel to "Rocky Fsce,'
while the skirmishers are making the hills
ring with their bantering Shots. And
now the | 4th corps move directly towards
Kin5on's Gap or Buzxard Rvost, as the
region about the Gap, where the South
ern and Atlanta road passes Rocky
Face Mountain, is called. 81
III learned from . native that the expho-
nioss title was not given on aeoount Of
the genus ualta-a catharticd, but because
once on . time the railroad was building.
and Irsh and natives eoagrgafsd abeas
the numerous groggeries located there
and considered necessary to aid IL baild-
ing the road. And once between drinks
q crowd of them had perched oa fence
near by. when q newly arrived native.
being forcibly reminded of the resem-
blance remarked, with IN oath, that the
buxzards had gone 70 rooss, and from that
day till now the name designates an in
definite portion of this God lorsaken
country. But the struggle has already
begun, and line after line of battle is
formed and marc he'd aud countermarched
into position, sweeping all opposition be-
fore them; charging hills aud ridges, dn-
til al but the last aud mest formidable of
their works had been gained. But many
= good man goes down before the rebel
sharp-shooters. with their deadly Missis-
sippi rides. And fifty men sre added Ito
the casualties Of our division.
But on the llth the word runs along
the lines that the enemy are falling back,
and ia = short time our army is in mo-
ton, aud We are on the road ia pursuit.
Twenty miles away at Resaca We drive
the rebel pickets on the l4th, and to.
wards evening the engagement becomes
genera, the 23llarmy corps ssferiaK So
vercly, as we'll as several regiments Of the
18th corps, the 34th Illinois especially.
On the 18th the battle stili ragged with
great fury; both parties making a des-
perate effort to Conquer, bat as each side
IS we'll entrenched the losses are much
lighter than on the l4th. On the 18th
,ur pickets tail to get any response from
The opposite hills. snd By gradually ap-
proaching End their formidable earth
works abandoned. Not to be banked Of
heir prey, they are up and after them. -
Ours, the ID division. under Gen. JEFF. C..
Davis, follow towards Rome, while the
main army are Immediately 10 their rear.
We make rapid marches, and on the eve.
ling Of the 10Th drive in their pickets,
sith heavy skirmishing slong the whole
inc. the 34th Illinois again suffering se- |
'erely, as well as the 22d IndiadA aud
sd Illinois. We drive them ill dark
'vertakes US; our skirmishers lying Just |
where the last rod of ground was gained; |
,ut next morning, the 18th, their works !
eem to De empty The boys push over |
irsi one then another iine of the finest /
'arthworks We have met in the South,
ad tind them all absn1onded. | cannot |
nsgine how any bu. towards wonld leave
uch position as readily as they. did,
,ut they seemed to hare been pAni G strick
u at the first ire, aud left DEAD, wound
ID, arms, ammunition, baggage and every
hing else; some of the more daringd
topping long enough to burn the large
'rige 40 o,iss <aSS t,esaausu'a and Howah,
hat uosle here and iorm the Coosa river, |
rhe tow,, which Hes bet wpen the furks or I
he two rivers has been beautiful place,
'us the people say that when, the rebels !
eff they took time to plander indiscrimi- |
ately, and when our boys went into town
hey found doors already open to anything
hey might take faocy tc. s d 81 /
The popuiatioa have almost entirely [
eft-many ne$er to return-others to |
md Onos happy homes reduced to ruiss.
here are great many beautiful rasiden- |
es here, but they are generally occupied
y old. poverty-ssricken people, Who Aret
IT to take care Of thisgs - weil as they
an, and who are glad Of an opportunity
f living in fine houses. and enjoying
omcthing more of the luxuries of life /
han they have been accustomed to.
q. w. H. @. /