The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-02
From the 45th LEW,

EDITOR HAwK-EYE-Once n : ~ H..
are greeted by the familiar colun,rsosss Ee
paper, and you maybe sure Il h ~! Oas
like an old friend, by ct least Az hrssNs !,
Of our regiment.
That ali our friends NAV knn~
thing OF the movements Of IL Ar ~
ment Of lOO-days men from Iov,
concluded to send the HdCk. Nesn ...... I've
Of some of the principal eysnh = sa
short term of service. We vsse INV. ~
into the United States service an 4. se.e
OF May, aud on the 18th, We started Gon,s u
had pleasant trip to st. LouiA NM D.
arrived at eight O'Clock Sabbath non;n..
and after awaiting orders three houn =,
marched to Benton Barracks. when =. :, ~
NAMED until three O'Clock a HosS.,
when we again marched over the6r ni:1
from the barracks to the riyer. vh..l
we found the steamer Won Phul svs;t,.,
Us-which name we found we'll adanisd n
each one Of the crew, from the fact thst tbsv
are the most disagreeabls eopperhead, |,
have ever met. We lay, the Art eymn.
after leaving st. Louis, 1t JeNaraon n,
racks, and early next morning ven a.
under way southwark bound. Tuesa,,
night we lay at the head Of Devils Ialaad
and early Wednesday morning n ~
marched ashore on the Island. and afuca1
q sAnd.bar in the river. We aWaitdr1
approach Of the boat until near noon, a.
becoming tired OF waiting. " Veat mhl
river to lind her. There she lay. psrfdvV
helpless, on the bar, and ~ ky ia ~
condition until the next Monday uol.eA
. space of five days and nightA ald Ii
- Z ~ a. Z.
camp life.
The first night it rained quite haM nd
not more than half Of the boys had bel
blankets, yet none of them becam lGy
from the effects of it. 4
On Tuesday, we reached Cairo, aldhsF
received our orders to report at Meapt&
Tennessee. We still continued q nr
the Won Phul, and on "Wednesday noc
ing turned our prov to the land Of ~,
We passed Belmont, Island No. tn ~
Madrid, and Fort Pillow, in suc0Ga
and you may be sure they wers phn
much interest to us, a. having beass
uected with some of the mos aEa
events of the war in the West, an1 na}
hum Die opinion, had the rebels ponE
one-half the pluck that the NorthlnlEv
KEGS do, these places would still bskdN
them, and the broad waters Of ths LNl
sippi would still be destitute Of conas1
But the Great Ruler Of nations isls
that our free nation should hold y
sources of wealth, and man may h3
vain to thwart his designs. II
We arrived in Memphis on nunssy
June ninth, and on Frday mad
ing we marched through town to lnaA
full grove, mile and half from AEvH
and pitched our tents.
Memphis is Que OF the most bea&tu9
les have ever seen. It is Literally NJ
shade trees, and the residences, stiE
raj thing, are Of a finer style Of 2thss
ture than in towns Of similar sin
North.
Our regiment ia doing picket duFk1
aud is likely to remain for some tise
Our troops east Of here have ndesJ
eddy suffered great defeat-masya7
troops and batteries have been 0pluM
But movements are being madehANvS
will undoubtedly redeem the cla'seE
the troops in this department Ow
bic prayer is that they may sucs!eG
Capt. Harper is getting along nrel!
the Burlington boys arealwan0 asa'
their SHARE OF duty. 0. G. SaEOs
Co. G, 45th Iowa lanap