The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-10

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Furnished by tho government, and me work ~ss oor,
pieed IN the sAe.t saee ~ ,n--- uays rxvy
tents for privttes containing ten men in each The ot
ten as % 70 none
commissioned officers, 10 the engineer cosps one 70
the drum corps, one TO the band, while every two co
Situated on the north eide Of street Each Kitchen
tent contains two etoveG
The tents or shantiss they ough. to be propl
Yates sixteen by fourteen feet engineers fourteen
twelve; officers, twelve by eight; commissioned OH
GERS the az the engineers The men told me that
their living is excslent that there s no cause
complaint among them The officers the men Of the
Engineer Department sleep in onnks while the privatss
OF the line lie on the ground In their blankets.
Private O Carleton, of the engineer corps, brother
Of the gentlemen OF that belonging the publish
kindly permitted NE to read his diary, from which
CLEAN some interesting particulars relative to the ad-
vance Of the Twelfth into Virginia
The Twelfth has been over in Virginia for ten DAYS
during considerable portion OF which they occupied
Roachs Mills they were in fact, the first regiment to
midnight on the Esd day Of Nay they commenced their
possible On the Lorg Bridge they passed the Tosigan
made mention in prev ous letter The New Jersey Bri-
gade was also passed. by which man9uvre the regiment
IT'S %
the Virginia side OF the bridge the Washington and
Georgetown rifles were passed. Advancing aI0g the
road picket Of the enemy challenged Their guns
distinctly heard TO cock, but as soon AZ they heard
who were advancing they took 10 their heels without
even dischDgng their pieces and were off before one
engineer corps went ahead by about quarter of
mile, and after march Of about four miles, the reg
the road to that town. Day broke, wien the reg
meDt conntermarched and bivouscked o hill side,
Sherpan.s battery paseDg on the way 70 Alexandria
under the command Of Captain Church. thrown out
for the purpose OF constructing bridge the canal
Tor se passage Of troops This was soon DONE and the
n TINA tonk IN hei
qusrtere at Roa,hs Mills where they encRmped On the
following day the engineer corps were directed to occupy
The railroad bridge outpost pckets posted
and scouting pars sent out on every side Of the
for a distance of two miles all around
On the 26th Colonel Butteraeld was notified that an
attack intended to be made by the rebels during the
night Accordingly bright look out was kept and the
men eept on their armB The night passed OIL however,
without any distur bance and the regiment marched
quarter of mile further, where fire was made by
setting up picket ferce and covering the top and back
with cedar bougbs.
this part Of Virginia may state that foraging parties
invariably well received by the inhabitants, who
cheeriuly supplied their wants jefferson Davis and hs
crew Of usurping despots viii please overhaul this sga
cant fact. land when foundh6ke a note on.'
While the at breakfast on the 10th the regi
ment called to arms in Of hearing firing
to the north and the ringing Of bells at Alexandria, but
the incident passed without anything worthy OF fur
ther notice That same day Captain Church. Of the en-
gineer corps out in pursuit Of his Typographical du
tes about nine miles from Camp Mansfield las the en-
campment was named), when his horses bride was
BelZcC Dy IOur men IN CltZenb COtn0S VINO ttnc meD
not the cothes subjected him to rigid cross examina
ton relation to his business there BE perceived
their drift and, OF course, evinced audabe anxiety to
escape as gentleman would who should happen to be
caught In such tight place. His ready wit soon came
TO his aid however. he asked In sort Of careless way
as il the information was hardly worth having, where
Mr. Stewart lived; and immediately the fingers Of the
four etched ovt in the direction Of the gen.
semans residence thus releasing the Captains rens for
a moment, and only moment, wh0r he put spurs
TO his horse, and, need scarce!y< add, he allowed
no grass TO grow under his horses hoofs till
he found himself safe in Camp Cameron rejoicing In the
possession Of an unbroken ekn The worthy Captain de-
serves and has obtained Considerable ca for his pres
ence OF ind Another word about Captain Church. He
has completed Typographical map Of our extent coun
try stretching ten miles every from Camp Mans aeld,
in which not hill rivuet, nor thing remarkable,
has been omitted
On sunday the Cd instant the regiment were reused
at daybreak by the sound q martial music from q
distance Improved to be the band Of the First regiment Of
Connecticut volunteers that come to relieve them the
line OF march taken up at six oclockA NJ and halted
in pleasant grove by the road sde where the Articles
Of War read by the Chaplain who also performed
divine service. On their way they passed through the
camp Of the New York Twenty fifth militia and three
regiments comprising the New Jersey Brigade At noon,
Camp Anderson, where they are now quartered, was
dusty march-and they attended divine service at the
Church Of the Ascension
have nothing more TO say than that the quite
comfortable Notwithstanding the execrabe weather they
have experienced since their arrival. just from
visit to the seventy min Hghanders who quartered
at the Jesns College Georgetown They comforta.
bly, located hut barely settled yet shall send On dc.
tails in = subsequent letter.
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