The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27
From the I'd lows Cavalry.
N THE FIELD, SOUTH OF TALLAHArCHIE
RIVER. Aug. III. 1854.

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RIVER, Aug. IL, 1854
ED1roR HAwK-EYs:-A. J. Smith is
again on the rebel trail, this time with
much larger army than before, and with
much more and better artillery. We have
the largest cavalry force ever saw. Gen.
Hatch il commanding in person. There
are two divisions of infantry along, In
Guiding i've regiments Of colored troops,
with three colored batteries.
order TO the Tallahatchie river. The pres
emit appearance il that we shall move from
this point seon, making Waterford our
base Of operations. All men and horses
unfit for duty are now being sent to the
rear. This looks like immediate move
ment. or course know nothing Of the
object Of the expedition. ] can guess, and
Lieut.. Gen. Dick Taylor is now in COM
mand Of the Confederate forces in this De-
partment. Gen. 8. d. Lee has gone East,
and Gen. Forrest lost two toes at Tupello,
and Is not able for duty.
Gen. Chalmers came up to the river to
contest our crossing with . brigade ol
mounted troops and six pieces of cannon.
On the 7th inst. Col. Coon commanding our
brigade, made move towards Wyeite.-
This led Chalmers to move the most Of
his forces there to hold that crossing, and
on the morning Of the 9th Gen. Hatch
crossed at this place With little opposition.
This il the first time Hatch has been with
rs since his wouna. As Of old he took the
lead, and was the first mounted man to
cross the river, on . partially completed
bridge. Some cannon were then run over
for their convenience to ''stand back . lit
tle," not however until q well directed
shot from an Indiana battery had dis
mounted one rebel cannon. The rebels
contested every foot Of the ground to Ok
ford, but Hatch drove them to. and thro'
that town, with . loss Of two men wound
ed. Our battalion charged them through
take and capture their artillery, but they
outran us. We held the town that night
and returned to this place yesterday.
Our army has Lost al the feelings they
ever had for Southern citizens, and DESC
late indeed il the country after We pass it.
The weather here II pleasant. The dust il
kept down by frequent showers, peaches
are Just getting ripe. and e the country
chickens, hogs, beef cattle, DC, we don't
make any calculation on going hungry
There IL plenty Of ham meat In the coun-
try, but it will all be hid ahead Of Us.
Our army is in splendid health and spi-
rits, and sure of success while lead by
Smith, Mower and Hatch. II they can't
succeed in executing whatever orders they
receive, no one else need try, with the same
army.
While ct Oxford We got Mobile papers OF
July 18th. The South beats Northern Edi-
tors lying without doubt. That Is certain
u saying considerable for them, amt it,
They claim great victories at Atlanta on
the 10th ult., and Ut Tupelo on the 14th.-
They admit loss of over 900 1t Atlantis,
and set our loss ct 10000. At Tupelo they
admit . loss Of 1900, and place ours 4
lost by them 1t Tupslo. Also, that Forrest
II wounded. IT'S thus they keep their
dupes, believing that Ill II we'll. The pa
per I saw (ths Mobile Ne,0s,) contained =
list of II deserters just sentenced to be shot
in this Department, and ADVERTISE g 9TH
en- not Jet caught. PRICE