The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-07

81 The March through Georgia.
: Considered as spectacle, the march Of
General Sherman's army s-lrp.Ssed. IN
some respects, all marches a history
, The flames Of a city lighted its beginning;
desolation, which n ore se.lse - SO ciine,
marked all it's progress &c the sea. "a end
IS a beautiful possess iona city Jared
from doom. Underneath sm,llDE skies,
cooled by airs Da.my AS The A-ea-i. OF
northern summer, the Army - ih+ Nesl
the East, moved from snnse! 10 s1nrlse
through a territory rich II III 'hlrgs
wherein the theories OF s.atis.!e4s.ns have
declared i:poor. FOOD in gardens. food in
cellars, stock in fields, .tcak IN earns,
poultry everywhere, appeared III zee dis.
lance, dlsap peared IL The presence anu
was borne away upon he kLapsacEs and
bayone,s of thousands Of soldiers. a nav
I'll DORADO. too, was TITS hear. oftne Sorfh.
Money-bright Old. shining silver
piucked from closets. and s.otk.Lgs. and
burial places w IA. ways!ie. enriched
the invaders. The soldier i3as bis wnims
the taii-ieathers OF Pea cocks dropped and
sc;nti!!ated along The moving columns
from the crests Of infant -ymen and troop
ers. Jokes ana laughter and songs, and
the tasting Of the sweets OF honey and sor-
ghuM, relieved the weary tramping, tramp
ing, over fields and roads and bridges,
through month Of lays. TIE cavalry
swept the pathway OF gNerrillas; tne cleng
of their hoOfs and saoecs resounde1 through
the glens 10 right, TO EFT anG IA 'front.'
Swift and terrible, ana no. always just.
were the strokes Of Their arms, The work OF
their hands. Pioneers along march Of
desoiation forty miles iH width. and three
hundred miles in length, their laDor was
too swift To be diseri.l batting. The great
army-over the lands and into the dwell
lisgs OF the poor and rich alike, through
towns and cities-llke a roaring wave,
swept, and paused, reye.ed, and sarged on.
In the daytime, the splendor. the toll, the
9eso.ation OF the march; 10 the night
time, the brilliance, me gloom. the music,
the JOY and the sIUmoe-s q the camp
Memorable the music that morse'i The
moon Of November 0.:he So! otGecrsia;
sometimes triumphant uIarcn some
times glorious waltz: again an CID air,
stirring The heart allke 20 recollection and
to nope. Floating OF from .h:oa-s Of
rrass TO the ears 81 soldiers n t1eir cian-
kets and Generals Wi:n.n their tents, these
tunes hallowed the eyes 20 al! VIC Listened.
Sitting before his tent, in tie glow Of i
camp ire one evening. General Sherman
lei his cigar 80 OF, 20 ste a Is an air that
a distant band was paying. The rnusi-
: clans ceased at las. The General turned
to ask that band TO play that tune again.
4 little while, and the Dand received he
word. The tune was The Blue JEn.ata,''
with exquisite variations. The band play
ed il again, even more beautiful than be-
fore. Again il ceased. and then, OF 70 the
right, nearly quarter OF a vile awsy, the
voices Of some soldiers took J: up with
words. The band, aca still another band,
played a low accompaniment! camp az
ter camp began singing; me u asic. of
The Blue Junia;a" became. Tor few
} minutes, the OrAtor.o OF half an army.
I Back, along the whole VIDE pathway Of
this grand march from border 70 coast, be
; eyes catches glMpses o. scenes " hose sav-
age and poetic images, an American, I've
, years ago, would have though: never conld
, have been revived from, the roma n:ic past.
Pictures swarm il Fields arG glens, and by
: the banks OF rivers. A halt q: high ICON
beside q village-a Lesieging Of houses by
! the troops-soldiers emerging from the
door ways and back yards, bearing cover
let's, plate, poultry and pigs bee lives at
tackled, honey in the hands and sfnearing
the faces OF the Doys-lanoyetls Of soldiers
, poking hundreds OF bsyope.s "a lie cor
uers OF yards and gardens after concealed
, traasare-here and there q shining, ink
Ing prize, and shouting and sc-am bling,
and merry division ofthe sroils. IN the
. background, women with praying hands
and beseeching lips, UNDECIDED. Night
near railroad dero.-a roar 81 fres-a
shouting Of voices-thousanGs Ct men rip
ping up ties and rail. heating Them,
twisting them. casting them dowp-axes
, a: work-the depot anG buildings end
wood-piles ablaze---a picturesque and .u-
multuOus scenery Of savage faces, IL by Al
, lurid CLEAN. rhe n...-sn by c.y-w snding
eoilmns, gii.teriHg ~ IS es- baYre-s. glcw-
, ng flags, Generals tava.c des-wagon
rains, ssragg!ers, ana thousands of ne
groes II Tue rear, stretching over iciiee-a
country OF level rle.ds, crossing by streams,
broken occasionally by swaMps anu
patches Of fOrest-;hs distant sm,ke of
ires. ragged villagers and ragged novels
, by The way--at in.e-v&.s-a woman's face
. n nYtf fIrnr ~ ~ YI f mi. k
~ clOsed-at times !. negro fAInily--volu-7
ole with questions thanking God fo- the
advent, and joining tie march with their
kind ia the rear. The lamp by Digh.-a
faint glow OF camp Tres through miles of
darkness, the cooking OF sDpp<rs every
where-laughter and lax, cAsG-I laying,
smoking music. and the sound Of horses
hoofs near and fAr-Iness-lents, murEaur
with good cheer, growing silence. = fainter
glow Of tires, luz t.-Dg INTO blALke;S,.
slumber on all the field. G-sLk, -lenkss
through the dusk, through the forest. 20
the caval.ymeD's sat+rs. Their marches
cease not at night; ttsy 80 foy.n 10 G1scov-
e., or to surprise. Eefore tie cay they
have sent guerrilla party feaclone they
have anticipated the dawn with IN ,ilnu,-
snatiOD. The streams .ce opoi and clear,
Dy many Q elf anG ~so.. Here, naked
and not ashamed |. hnnc-esl soldiers
battle within the waters. Their clothes
and arms are flung Epon The b&nkn; their
Lodies giean and splash among .teYjppIes.
Their laughter rings harsh and ,ond, low
ard musical, while nov ny rar - !. pen the
fridge go by. Down ~ towns aid cities.
and plantations 10 lie sea, tie ;@gsaat
and the wrath moves 70 the new ~. Guest
which q: las. is ours, az! the ea-.afn falls
upon anDsheT completed ~. III y Drama,
which shall go on-how .onr to-. N. Y.
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