Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-06
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Carr on San Iowa BArTERr, !
LErTL1 Rock. Arkansas. !
June l2gh. 1865. \

Carr or San Iowa BArTERr,
LrrTLS Rock. Arkansas.
5une l2Gh, 1865. D.
DEAR BuGLE =:
must ark pagdon Of yoa and yoar
readers fes nysseping neglect in not
having written to14au during the past
week, basxben you that | hare
been unwesFes shat | need not fear
but that Jour forgiveness viii be readily
granted. Now, that NRichara Ia him-
sslf agsia,'' I will sfy, and make amends
for my part failure AID write early in the
week 30 that | viii be surp and hare Ii
la~ eaairsly
have hot beafa IF even Is mash assl
guerrilla outrage having been perpSsra-
ted. II seems a ssllspgth thai peace has
settled Ia this lau1s and hops shas II
may long remain. nsyof again to be dsiYsl
en- away BY "grin Sisaged WAR; f.
Grand Hsasasws seem to be the order
OF the day, and il is said that ii Ia ueces-
sary to consume she sauna length Of time
here In these performances preparatory
TO mastering oat troops, a. was sonsuns
ed At WaaAagton, sad as We have nos
gate as maag tEaops here - were pFsa-
ent ut thai city ii becomes necessary to
use the same men several times. Ineon-
sequence of this reviewing system hay
ing been adopseI here, il vas ordered
that the ttas Uslsagiug 10 this post re-
port on playground which hsd been pre-
v~iousIy ddsglased, Il 5 O'Clock 4, u. on
the 10Th inst, Foe the purpose Of being
reviewed By Maj. Gen. ]. ]. Reynolds
Tho morning nj the toth arRes the troops
came, but tie General came not. The
General was sick. The review, however.
was made by nseVssIaj. GsasF. Solomon,
Fpud wasa very pleasant asais, every
thing passing Elf nicely Bat as Gen
! Reyno,ds did not review the troops on
the l0sh, i. vas ordered that they sgaiE
report on Tao same grounds, for the puF'
pose Of bling sssiewed BY Gen. Reynolds:
en- the mosningof the lab, at s o'clock
At the ~appdaaed hour the troops we're
en- ;he ground, and, 80 was the General
The review occupied about two hours
aud one halF, and was d splendid affair
I do not know exactly what the numbel
Of mon was, bns suppose that il mus
haya been Somewhere between one thous.
AID and fifteen hundred. The troops al
belong to the lst Division Of the 7th Ar,
ny Corps. They passed in revisE IN th'
failorfag order, the lsf brigade 81 In
fantry IN advance. commanded hy Brew
Brig. Gen. Bowen, the regiments Of this
Brigade which were on review passed il
the order Of their names, and were thu
18th Kansas, 43d Illinois, 35th Missouri
18th kansas l8A Illinois, and It'll
Michigan. Next cam the ID Inf. Brig
ade, commanded BY Brig. Gen. Williams
which CONSISTS Of eolored troops ezciu.
sivtly, the regiments which were on re,
view passed in tbs following order, ant
we're the 6Oth [. S. C. Cold, the SID
u 5. c., the--U. s. c., and the ll3sl
q. s. C.. Next came the light artillery
the batteries passing ia the following or
der: Battery SIX" ls: Reg's., Missour
Light Artillery, 3rI Iowa Battery, Bat
terry "A," 81 Illinois Light ARTILLERY
5th Ohio Battery and the 18th Ohio Bat
tory.
Felowing the Artillery auae d brigad
Of eaFalry commanded by Brig. Gen
Clayton, and comprising the llEh Mis
souri,, the 5! Missouri and the lst Mjs
souri, cavalry regiments marching ia til
same order as aamed.
Then followed two regiments of the #
cavalry brigade, they were the 4th Ar
kansas and the 81 U. S. Regulars.
It was a grand and imposing sight, an,
those officers in command Of the differen
brigades and regiments deserye nue.
: credit for the manner IN whish tray man
aged their respective commands.
They all did veil, and it il no NOR,
lbau just to say that the Negro troops dis
; played a greater knowledge Of marchinI
and the manual Of arms than any of th
whites, They are well drilled and tab
great pride in displaying their accom-
Plishments. Saying what | have In re
gard 70 the ca1ored Troops, is no dispar
ageh1ent to tie white s5IJiers the white
did we'll bat lhe black, did better.
Several regiments WHICH we're on re
view this no nings have been in ,he ser
/, vice some tins, base seen hard times an
are greatly fsaqaed in numbers. Th
18th Mich laan n esary was the larges
regiment out, it containing about I'D ef
feeiire men.
The rebel soldiers continue 10 come In
tn this place in great Numbers. / an
told that on the 5th inst., tgolarge par
eahas IN, one of them assisting o
$50 mAa and TIA other 400. Tiers wsg
also several squads Of 10 or % each cam
10 the same day. Scarcely a day passe
bysbaf from 20 10 30 Of the4o men COM
10 wishing to take de oath and return .
their homes to follow peaceful pursuits
The people of this country are bsartil
sick Of war.
The weather has been, for some time