The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-10-01
" CAMP LANE" Mo. RIVER, KANSAS, }
1901 Z


DEAR PARENTS Il hasten to improve this first
opportunity that has presented itself since we
have been in Camp, to tell you OF my " herea-
bouts. AS intimated IN my last letter, have
yielded to the convictions of duty, and enlisted
in the army OF my country in this hour of her
distress and peril. II have done wrong, | ask
to be forgiven; if right, Gas | feel the approx
ings Of conscience,) ask my Heavenly Father
to give me grace to act the part ola true patriot
We have been encamped near Fort Leayenworth
for the past two weeks, and no Eastern mail has
reached Kansas until to-day fer three weeks
past, owing to the destruction OF bridges on the
Hannibal und St. Josephs Railroad, by the
"Secosh y. The Kansas I'd Regiment, who won
such glorious laurels at the late terrible battle
at Springfield, Mo, arrived here to-day, and
yonr vivid Imagination can conceive better than
| can describe, he enthusiastic reception thai
awaited these valiant heroes, many OF them sons
Of New Eng land sires, and among the number,
an old neighbor Bishop, who, YOU recolect,
came from Connecticut soon after we laid out
Manhattan, K. T., and with US suffered cheer
fully the hardships OF pioneer lille. We have
the " crack Company OF the Regiment" as you
will think when | tell You how many members
OF the Kansas Conference are with US, and al
most all to a man are members of the Church
Rev. N. Taylor, Presiding Elder of the Wyan-
dotto District, and all his preachers on the Dis
trict save two, are in The army. Bros. Taylor,
Stewart, Robinson and Green, are in our Com
pany, and we have precious meetings in camp.
preached last Sabbath in camp, by invitation
OF the i" Jay Hawk Regiment" who, for the
present, are camping with us. am let Sergeant
in Company f, Neugents Independent Reg-
ment Missouri Home Guards, to operate on the
line between Missouri and Kansas We fur
nish our own horses, and the privates receive
thirty-two dollars each per month for them
selves and horses " Uncle Sam " provides ev-
erything else, Whatever we furnish, we dra W
the amount in cash. | an to receive about sixty
dollars per month for self and horse, that con-
slider is the beau 2dcal of g war-chargcr, and
was priced ten dollars higher thau any other in |
the Company, My duties for the present are
very light, havlng bat little else THAI the bust
ness for the Company to attend to, and it is a !
very pleasant position; bat how soon we NAV
be in the " thickest CT the fight" is uncertain,
The Kansas "a, on their way down the river
from st Josophs to day, fired into squad of
" Secesh,' killing seven Of them. Our own
scouts are skirmishing more or less every day |
You don't see one-haIf TIE " horrors of war
that are now Devastating Missouri, in the news
papers. No, no her praires arc drcnched
with gore, and the h0rrid stencil from dccavng
horses in the last stages of putrihction near the
battlefield is ntolerable.
Much love to all Of you. I inclose nv bic.
ture, if it does look somewhat un-clerical in
military costume grasping a sword by the hilt
Your atfectlonate son,
CHARLES j. IOyFIoy