The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-04-29

h'gh' We drew one gill of New England rum
apiece and at sun set or roll call, the order
was gwen to our brigade to storm the re-
doubt If any man fired gun he was to bc
put to death.
we were to stack our arms and be ready
IN silence when called for. When We wcrc
dismissed there was handed TO each man one
'oar'h ola sheet of white paper This was
10 he made fast to the top Of the cap so as TO
distinguish cur men from the British.
Just as it began to be dark our allowance
OF rum was renewed, and We were marched
off in silence
Our orders were when the British sentry
iired upon us to - the word ..mar,L."
march" This we all understood meant 70
step quick. When the Picket guard fred we
We're to run right ahead, every man ha.loo
as loud as he could, anI scream 50 as TO make
As ir'"'it!nl noise as possible, then rush
r'.ht INTO the rcdonbt and stop for nothing ::
Tor we were determined to die, or have it.
80 when the Pickc, guard fired we all obey
cd ORDERS, yelling and running with all pos
>ihlc Srcc'. till we came into TIE tren~h-
When We rushed down among them and over
the brcaS!worI. it was one continual flame of
fire, but soon stopped their fifc with our
bayoncts, and 1t was not long before they
cried! quarter"
We took about ci.ht hundred prisoners an +,
several pieces Of artillery. Lafayette order
ed three men to load three pieces. ret upol,
the brca>twork and fire distinctly one, two
three. upon the air This was a sirnal of
victory.
Such noise as followed I never heard il
nv life before
Near the other rc'loubt the guns roarel
like thunder, ard there seemed one continual
blaze of fire. But it did not last long for tx,
rrdonht was soon taken bv that company
which consisted Of French crcnadcrS
The rc;ouFts We're ahout fifty rods apart
We took about 1900 men ana lost but 80 o,
81 Of our own
AS soon Is The wor. was done. there cam,
up two wagons loaded with spades, shovel
and one or two hog>hca,,> o: New Enc!an,
rum. The l:cad OF the hoc>hcad was knock
ed in and ever, man had leave 10 drik a
much As he plca>cd.but ii any man -, Iruul
he was to take fifty la>hc> without ,!.c priv,
Ice ola court martial.
When we had drank what we needed W,
wc,c "t,!cr,' to t,',r {. >f;u,,l or >I,ai, tpcy
cry two men: one was 10 Use the shovel the
ether 10 ho.d the two guns. We were order
ed 20 work with all speed TO secure ourselves
stand still anl b. shot at We were will
inG (" work. for We We're not more than fit,
rods from the cnon,> whole army and tlci,
Guns were firing AL the fine
In Ills situation worked al ui..,i. anl
when lay li.!t appeared We dil he bc>. W,
coui Ia keep un!cr The bauk We ha! thrown
up in the night.
When it was li4!t the enemy lid not Xii!
as ma,y as they did in the night. .or we KEEP
so close that they could no. hi. us W,
worked till n:nc o'clock al night Lctorc ",
could !c relieved. and ha,! no.la. TO eat o,
drink, and we ha'! to rem .n I'll oar cntrcmch
mcnt> were 81 dccp and wl, That we wcr,
in no danger OF the cncnv'> guns We WEI,
between two fires all the time. for our ar;ii
lrrv WIS play inc over or heads at the enc
my. and the enemy at our men.
At nine o'clock we were relieved, and al
went to our quarters to yet something TO eat
We were hungry pack of fellows and SOM
Of us very faint and weak.
We cooked and ate As fast as we could. t5
: we had to cook enough TO last us twcn,v-.ou
hours as we had to stay IN the trenches halt
otthc time, and keep it strongly fortG,I,lc>
F, the enemy sally out and take them from us.
While was cooking the next niuI.. Sa,
several shells in the air. some "oinr ur .otlc,
comm. down, and they had a stream Of fir
behind and looked Ike blazing stars The
went in circle or bow and as it was dark
n had GOOD view of them | saw seven at o,,
), time.
; One morning as was in the cntrcn"hmcr
a little after sunrise, saw drummer an
fitcr come over the enc,nv'S brcaStwork. an
: as soon as they had got over they hois;cd
> flag and beat the drum and advanced towar,!
us. When they came to our batteries ON
OF our officers went TO meet them, and tool
from them bundle Of papers for Genera
Washington ,and then called for file of mel
to guard them. They were marched into tn
batteries and ordered to sit down.
: They remained two or three hours. whc,
the officer returned with bundle of paper
for CORVALLIS, and they were sent back I,
their army again. These papers, however
did not stop us from firing, for We kept at i
all day.
The next day the drummer and ffer cam,
again and were received as before Another
bundle Of papers was delivered toGen. " ash
ington aud an answer sent back.
In an hour or two the enemy ceased firing
and soon our army were ordered to do tn.
same.
A little while afterwards two negroes cam,
} near where was standing, and one said