The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-20

u made among them. Maj. Gen. St0neman
commanding . division Of our cavalry.
three thousand strong, was recently dis.
patched by General Sherman from biz
camp before Atlanta on . raid to theimpor.
tant city Of Macon, some eighty or ninety
miles Observation-Disclosures near the cen.
ter of the State, and not far from Mlledee-
vile, its capital. The rebels report thai
they have defeated and captured General
SLOVENIAN, with 500 Of his men, and brokeo
up and dispersed the whole expedition
All the rebel army was In and about At
lanta; and to I'LL its ranks the country had
been swept of able bodied whites under 4
conscription so ruthless and searching that
an Alabamian quantity said, 1T takes al
that have MT been dead over two days."-
Yet General Stoneman was stopped and
hurled back by . hastily gathered militia
very few men Of military age whom the
rebel authorities had excused from serving
in the fieldNnder the presumption thatthe
could be more useful elsewhere.
Here is the brief rebel account Of the az.
fair:
MACON, GA, Aug. l, 1884.
s. Cooper, AdjMtGsst and Inspector General
Gen. SLOVENIAN, with q cavalry force e.
timated ct twenty-eight hundred, with ar
tillery, was met two miles from the city by
our forces, composed Of Georgia reserves
local companies-and the militia which
Gov. Brown is organizing here. The ene-
my's assault was repnlsed and his force
held in check along our entire line allday.
Retiring toward Clifton, he was attacked
the next morning by Gen. Ivesson, whs,
having routed the main body, captured
Gen. StOneman and five hundred or his
command. Gen. Iverson'a men are still
capturing stragglers. HowELL Com,
Major General.
The fact is that infantry, we'll led, can
~ Int -
gress of cavalry through any country 30
wooded and uneven - all our States South
OF the Ohio are known to be. On the vast
prairies and plains Of the great West, It
might be otherwise, but in any half wood
ed region, Astounding in hills, ridges. and
savines, militia infantry. familiar with the
defeat and repel more than their number Of
ordinary cavalry. The Tudest trench and
bre0stwork will compel the troopers to halt,
dismount and charge on foot; and this pro.
cess may require repetition every mile or
two. A dozen trees skillfully fellsd form
an aoot.s, which no cavalry can charge or
moved, or the provision and ammunition
wagons are brought to q dead halt. In
short, the rawest infantry militia, IL we'll
commanded and plucky, are m overmatch
fer their number of veteran horDemen I'm.
der such circumstances. as sA
Compare now the succsssful defense Of
Macon with the surrender and destruction
of Chambersburg without one shot fred In
its defense, aud Judge whether this il the
sort of warfare calculated to put down
great and desperate rebellion.
Chambersburg was . largo and thrifty
borough, the capital of the wealthy and
populous county of Franklin-a county
having ~ l2S inhabitants, and casting last
year 7,5S6 votes We estimate that there
were 1000 able bodied men within twelve
miles Of ChambeHburg when McCausland
entered that borough unopposed and with.
out shadow of excuse burned it. The Cop
perhead organs which assert that the Tn
ion armies have burned towns under sim.
liar circumstances simply lie-there is no
other word that does them justice. No I'm
ion General ever ordered the firing of q city
or borough wherein he had encountered no
resistance; though Quantrell not only
burned Lawrence, which was surprised
ana Lay at his mercy, but called most of it,
unarmed male citizens out Of their beds
and butchered them id cold blood.
Chambersburgh was by far the most ex.
posed borough or city of six thousand in.
habitsnts or over in the Free States--oue
which the rebels had often threatened and
twice already captured. 1t lies In the mouth
OF the famous Cumberland valley. oppo-
site the Shenandoah, down which every
rebel force has marched that ever vet In.
vaded or threatened the Free North
Despite the thin shred Of Maryland here
interposed, 1t is essentially border town,
often threatened, and always in more OF
less danger.
Yet Chambersburg, we are told, had no
militia organization, no minute-men, no
arrangement for prompt and certain infor.
nation by telegraph or beacon. fires, OF tho
approach Of hostile force-no precon-
certed signal for calling her able bodied
citizens to arms. Do YOU remember that
Maryland genius. acting a. guide to
6ritlsh officer over the field Of the Aght-
We mean the, ight-of Bladensburg, who,
pressed to explain the rout Of so 1arges
force Of militia (himself included, BY .
handful Of British regulars, finally scratch
60 ont Of his dull head the expianation'
that Somehow or mother. they didn't
seem to take no interest" And that u
precisely what is the matter with Southern
tennsylvania. Copperheadism has done
it, perfect work among them, destroying
patriotism and vigilance. They are testing
the bitter fruits Of Il.
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