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

TUESDAYS OPERATIONS.


wer9A nlsCedn lin empty wagons. The long,
sad proeesiioa departed, Or rather began
to d1pan. o,make room for the other thou
sandS coon TO take their places In the hos.
pitals. Il was . sad sight It made me
sick and weary Of war, and yet truer view
ID that which looks a4 the ain and AniQuaaZ
which causes al this suffering, pain and
ately needed were sent to the rear, and
ammunition trains were ordered up. .
al day break the cannonade commenced,
our avn batteries coming first into play
The batteries attached to the I'd corps, near
Hart farm and on the Piney Church road
were very active. The rebel batteries at
frst treated tho demonstration with silent
indifference, but a. continual teaxing rou-
ses . wild beast from slumber, so at length
they replied. The air was calm and the
reverberaaion rolled far away over the for
ests. There was no movement Of troops %
the 'front.' but there was change Of position
Ill along the line. Brigades which had
been In the front the day before were pla::
ced II the second line, and those who had
. little roopiAo from fighting were thrown
to the front. Gen. Grant rode along the
and faaued orders for general attack n
O'Clock IN tho afternoon. At noon our bat
teries slackened 6re, but the rebels now
took the initiative.
.ssf. eP0TsYLvAN1As 4. HnIs.f
The place Il old, seedy, ruined long ago,
like every other southern town. g va!
once centre-a place for trade, POLITICAL
meetineD and the like. The Catharpen
road Yuns along Catharpen creek toward
OraAee Court House; the road 70 Fredef-
icks6nrg il the most Travelled Of au-the
others ero mere country roads with little
travel In tho best Of times. AZ nao eFeeoy
a A. &c., = eNA
Wildefnecs and half cleared land. The
roads meet on elevated ground. command
ing the valley ofthe Pc river.
There is nothing 1t SpOttsylvaniaw worthy
of contention-no mountain pass or deep
running river-but General Grant 10 on
his way to. Richmond. Lee has determin-
ed to oppose him at every STEP. Like
versafy has come out to meet him on this
spot,
si-s THE BATTLE.
It was about l o'clock when Longsireet
began to press Hancock. Birney, on the
extreme right, was first engaged. 1t was
a hot FIRE, lasting half hour, but he held
his ground The artillery, which had been
silent . little while, recommended their
uproar, and at O'Clock it was continuous
discharge Of field pieces. The 10th Massa-
chusetts were thrown out asskirmishers on
LUG IH8As &Au PeA1OA AeO saAeA PsAs wAsAxOus
6inching, a.3... ~
Having made no impression on Birney's
division, the attack was abandoned there,
and the rebels tried to pry open the joint
between the End and 9th corps, but Han
cock detected portion Of Gibbons COM
mand towards the left, while Warren
brought mp brigade towards his right,
and thus the joint was made exceedingly
strong. It had been weakened by advan-
N&uA n0p nvv3o n
The rebel columns came in mass. After q
little diminishing, Hancock withdrew Bar
low. and made his corps more compact
Tho withdrawal OF BARLOW was a sign to
faint hearted ones that the day was going
During the lull in the strife rode back
to the; 2edi Oorps hospitals to see 70 the
"Hsv goes it, boysr' was the question.
"AM right" said one. a1s s. -.
"Pfetty rough" said another.
''They'll niver git through the I'd corps, .
said Hibernian.
The lull had becomea storm. How fear.
fully relied the musketsy. It il utterly
useless e attempt description Or comp:ri
Maurice Collins, 81 the 10Th Massachu,
sets was brought In with an ugly wounG
through his shoulder. He was q Catho
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