The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26
Letter from Georgts.
CARTERsyILLE. GA NJ

SAhlGNSV lLLAEs OAss NOV y, 1904.
EDITOR HAWK-EYE:-Theg great decisive
battle is over, and you may imagine the
deep anxiety we poor fellows away down
here in benighted rebeldom feel while wait.
ing to hear the general result. Do not ann.
pose we feel concerned as to the general rs.
suit so far as victory is concerned; of this
we have no doubt. But will it be an oyer,
,ohelming. crushing uictory, such as shall
forever convince the rebels that all hopes
of success based upon a divided North ars
Elusive. That is the result we wait any.
iously to hear, verify believe that sucha
result will do more to bring this rebellios
to close than the fall Of Richmond: ana
Is the election is now past, I cannot besnS.
pected Of saying this ter any political end
We cast 4O7 votes in the 10th regiment
yesterday. OF these few were scatterinr
votes from the 18th, from the pioneer corr
and from Brigade Headquarters. or thees
365 were for Lincoln and johnson and 10
for Mcclellan. Some of the printed ANNE
ty tickets sent here had Mcclellan and the
electors on, with the name Of Pendlefon
left out, and believe some two or thrse
voted this ticket, thinking that they VEN
really not U0ting for Pendlet0n. Were thew
ashamed Of their candidate for Vice Prss;.
dent? Quite complimentary to Pendleton.
isn't il: EH"I
OF one regiment companies B, D. + t.ra
u did not give Mcclellan vote. Co. I snsa
believe but one; Co. C gave nearly bS,f
the Mcclellan vote of the regiment, beine
20. The precise vote in the other compe.
MES have no. learned. Old Des Nome
county, am happy to say, marched to the
polls in solid phdian1, and voted amt for
Old Abe. Des Mones looked satisfied: ~
triumphant; yea, .jubi!ant. The effect w.
electrical. Des Moines looked around IA.
family. At this critical juncture an am
nesty conscript from Muscatine fell back
upon reserved hard tack, and took 10 I
well fortified position, resolved to hold
all hazards, As Des Moines had accom-.
plished all that was intended, the fellow
was not molested. Warren county had I
numerous progeny in our regiment, auone
whom was not found an amnesty man
Warren voted y unit for Old Abe. Wei
we thought the old 10th had made a pretty
good record till we called over to see our
brethren Of the 26th NO., in the same bYie.
ade. when, as Father Abraham would az
I" We guv 1t up" Not a Mcclellan vosc q
the whole regiment, Every vote for 6Abe
and Andy, and every vote for Fletcher
We've stood shoulder to shoulder with tn
18th through many long march and hard
battle, and thought our laurels about =
green as hers, but we'll just add . littl1
sprig OF palm to hers now, especially asshs
20 soon goes out of the service. But Iet
hem wear their blushing honors meekly.
or henceforth they must be content also 10
wear the brand Of Abolitionisns. The 2Hh
cave US in about month trem this time.
IVo to the bushwhackers of their ne,ghbof.
hood when they return to their homes.-
Many of their families have suffered -.
1erely in Prices recent raid, and they vow
vengeance.
The railroad has been in running order
rom Chattanooga, or rather from Mash
lille, to Atlanta, for about q week, and the
rains have been running regularly. Last
night twenty-four trains ran
hrongh to Atlanta, passing this place BE-
ween dark and daylight. You may con-
ecture from this the amount Of transpor.
alton being done. -
Refugees are pouring in from the coun-
~ at all points along the railroad, ashley
earn that Sherman's army is about leav-
ne. anxiou- to get transportation North.
heir restitution is truly pitiable. Atpres-
mt, however, no transportation can Le If
orded them, as the road is occupied in the
Of store, &c.
The future operations of Sherman arc
:nown probably only to himself and the
Var Department. We only know that we
hall move in few days, and march
omew here. 4a8
Hood is said now to be somewhere in the
of Rome, though some re-
orts place him still north OF the Tennes-
ee river.
Beauregard, you have learned, has been
ut inIcommand of the western army, al
nough the Southern papers seem to think
is only ostensibiy 50. while really he will
ave no authority. We do not care which
,ay.be true. The appointment Of Beau
egard to command may inspire fresh hope
q the rebel army, but certainly inspires
o terror in ours. His achievements in the
ED have never been very brilliant. His
Or te is engineering behind Notifications,
nth plenty of time to make his arrange.
lents- advantages which he may and
'anting in thiScampaign.
Yours, &C., WICK.