The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29

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rietta, his right on the railroad; General
Thomas on Kenesaw and Pine Mountains,
and General Schofield of toward Lost
Mountain General Garrard's cavalry on
the left, General Stoneman's on the right,
and General McCook looking to our rear
and communications. Our depot was at
Big Sandy.
By the nth Of June our lines were close
up, and We made dispositions TO break the
line between Kenesaw and Pine Noun
tains. General Hooker was on its right
and front, General Howard on its left and
front, and General Palmer between it and
the railroad. During sharp cannonad-
ing from General Towards right or Gem
eral HoOker's left, General Polk was kill
ed on the 18th, and on the morning of the
18th Pine Mountain was found abandoned
| by the enemy. Generals Thomas and
SchOdeld advanced, and found him strong
~ entrenched along theline OF ragged hills
connecting Kenesaw and Lost Mountain.
AT the same time General Mcpherson adj
vanced his line, gainingsubs.antiai adven-
tages on the left. Pushing our opponent.
on the center as vigorously as the nature
Of the ground would permit, had again
ordered an assault on the center, when, on
the 18th. the enemy abandoned Lost Noun
tain and the long line Of admirable breast
works connecting it with Kenesaw. We
continued TO press at all points, skirmish-
ing in dense forests Of timber and across
most difficult ravines, until We found him
strongly posted and intrenched, with Ken
esaw as his salient, his right wing thrown
back to cover Marietta, and mis- left be-
hind Noses Creek, covering his railroad
back to the Chattahoochie. This enabled
him to contract his lines and strengthen
them accordingly.
From Kenesaw he could look down upon
our camps and observe our every move
ment, and his batteries Numbered away,
but did us little harm, on account Of the
extreme hight, the shot and shell passing
harmless over our heads as we lay close up
against his mountain.town.
the weather was villainously bad, the rain
fell almost continuously for three weeks,
rendering our narrow wooded roads mere
mud gulleys, so that general movement
would have been impossible; but our men
daily worked closer and closer TO the in
trenched foe, and kept mp an incessant
picket firing. CALLING to him. Every op-
portunity was taken to advance our gene
raj lines closer and closer to the enemy,
Gen. Mcpherson, watching the enemy on
Kenesaw and working his left forward,
Gen. Thomas swinging as il were, on a
grand left wheel, his left on kenesaw, con-
Meeting with Gen'l Mcpherson. and Gent
and east, along the old Sandtown road
On the I'D, as Gent Hooker lad advanced
his line, with Gent Schcfeld on his right,
the senemy-HOod's corps, with detach-
ments from o:hers-suddenly sailed and
attacked. The blow fell mostly on Gent
Williams division Of Gen'l Hookers corps,
and brigade Of Gen1 Hascails division
of Genl Schofields army.
The ground was comparatively open, and
although the enemy drove il The skirmish
line; an advanced regiment Of Gen. Scho,.
field, sent out purposely to hold him n
check until some preparations could be
completed for his reception, yet when he
reached our line Of battle, he received a
terrible repulse, leaving his dead, wound
ed, and many prisoners in our hands. This
10 known as the affair Of the 'Kulp House,
Although inviting the enemy a, all times TO
commit such mistakes, could not hope
for him to repeat them after the example
Of Dallas and Kulp House. and upon study
ing the ground, had no alternative in my
turn hut TO assault his lines or :urn his po-
sition. Either course had rs difficulties
and dangers. And / perceived that the
enemy and our own officers had settled
down into q conviction that l would not
| assault fortified lines.
All looked to me to "ou.fauk." An
army to be efficient must nc. settle down
to one mode of ofense, but must be
prepared to execute any plan which pro-
misses success. / wanted therefore, for the
moral effect, to make successful assault
against the enemy behind his hreastworks,
and resolved to attempt ii a. that point
whore success would give the largest fruits
Of victory. The general point selected was
the left center; if could thrust strong
head Of a column through at that point by
half miles, it would reach the railroad be-
low Marietta, cut off the eneMy's right and
enter from its line Of retreat. and then. by
turning on either part, it could be over
whelmed and destroyed. Therefore, on the
Ath Of June, ordered that an assault be
made at two points south Of kenesaw on
the 9Th, giving three days notice for pre-
made near Little Kensaw by General Nc
Pherson's troops, and the other, about a
mile further south, by General Thomas
troops. The hour was fixed, and all the
details given in Field Orders, No. 20, Of
June "A. On the 9th Of June the two as
saults were made at the time and in the
manner prescribed, and both failed, costing
ID many valuable lives, among them those
Of Generals Harker and McCook, Colonel
Rice and others badly wounded our aggre-
gate loss being nearly three thousand, while
We inflicted comparatively little loss on the
enemy, who lay behind his well-formed
breastworks. Failure a. it was, aud for
WAACA ! o1SO11c Tic o0I1x0 IeSpOuS}U1llIy, i
yet claim it produced good fruits, as it de.
monstrated to General Johnston that !
would assault, and that boldly, and we
also gained and held ground so close to
the enemy 9 parapets that he could not show
a head above them"
In speech at Delhi last week, N. B. La
Bau said, with comical effect: my friends,
Frenchman dining with friend in Flor
ida expatiated on diet, and said that what
nan conld eat or not eat was all fancy, that
for his part he had eaten horse, snake and
shark, and could eat anything. His host
asked him If he could eat turkey buzSard.
4 never have, but cam The host had q
buzzard served up next day. The French
man accepted slice Of it and boldly COM
menced eating; but his mouth twitched
and his eyes rolled. Finally, with teeth
shut hard, he swallowed the bnzzard. His
friend asked him how he liked it. With o
shrug Of his shoulders, the Frenchman
said: 'Ah, can eat him, bat tplacing his
hand upon his stomach and speaking with