The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-19

bean ut on him on account of his course at
Bull run. Lieut.. Crossman and all the nom
commissioned officers as usual did their duty,
and the privates-but encemiums on their
conduct 40 useless. No dangers appall them,
and h0Never dangerous the position they &C.
cupy, you will fnd Thorn ever unflinching. Ia
this dSfagement they were obliged to stand a
long tins under severe fire without an OPP
portunityg to return it. Many troops will
stand under the excitement of an engagement,
when II stand right up in cool blood, without
being attyprk or returning the enemys fire,
would strike panic.
The result of the engagement was, that we
finally sileDced the enemys guns, and they
retreatod back across the Falls Church road.
Our troops did not feel strong enough to pur-
sue, lbui the cannonadng walked up our hero
McClellan, and before shutdown 10000 troops
were Oh the road Tor the scene Of action. aud
artillery enough should think, to have an
nihiiatedthe whole pack of the rebels. Blu
they rctfeated SO precipit&teiy that we couIo
not follow without bringing OF general en-
gagsanent, which is not the plan just yet,
suppose. got as near rs could Tor the
crowd and learned what the result was, and
that the GUARD wesc on thor way home al |
sound, and then returned to my lodgings
II vas raining III torrents about this time, and
rained all night, and the whole army had to
lie out-4NElat weswculd call q" sleeping on our
arms but guess there was not much sleep
i-~.
The presence of Rev. Mr.. Balou in camp
ye.tcrday, gave us great cheer. 1t seemed as
though NJ had all got home, almost, to see
his friendly fac, and familiar form and step
around the camp. almost fancied [ could
zee the Repository Office, the Branch bridge,
the FREEifAN building, the old Bank, &C., as
I saw him quietly moving around among us.
We should like 10 have made the old Bank
. reality, for we are getting pretty confouud-
eddy shoftFof money, and they don't seem to
pay Of inst yet for some reason. | think
our.and- sixpence would be large sum to
raise QUITO our Company. We learnt from
the FREgMAN with pleasure, Of the election
almost unanimously of our friend Sheppard.
The GUARDS have not forgotten his many acts
of kindness and assistance before we left
Montpelier, as well as those Of many other
gentlemen and ladies. There are a number
Of men ia my Company that still keep q sin
ale gold dollar as choicely as they treasure
the remembrance Of the giyer.
Yours truly, E. Y. Il.
II. IS. While write, citizen has arrived
10 our camp, and says that last night the
Secessionlsts burnt every Union mans house
aiithrough above US. The occupants have
mostly fed Fer several days they have
been arriving in our camp, in all shapes, just
as they could get away. These Rebels ex-
ercise more than savage barbarity towards all
OF thcir own folks WAC do not cooperate and
Join ii their treason. My blood bois every
day At their atrocities, and our army ourn to
ayenge these outragcS On peaceabIe citizens.
You nave no idea ct the sutIerlngs they III
ficf. Its really the worst feature OF the
rebellion. Peaceabe citizens who have not
actively Engaged III this affair, and who arc
supposed 10 sympathize with the Government
are murdered, their property burnt and pill
LACED, and their families turned into the
Ii we have any peace men at the North, 1t
seems To me that it must be a sufficient cvi-
dencc to Them that tho;e can be no peace
until is conquered, to see the temper OF
these Sontheru miscreants.
We have just received d box from Will
JAMESTOWN, containing five nice cheeses, stock
ings, sugar, Goldfish, and other good things
too numerous to mention, ali OF which was
gratefully received, aud entities thai town to
much praise. The donation was most NUM-
6cent, considering that the town has only
two members Ill my Company. The box
was filed BY all the PATRIOTS and sent by Q.
r. 81 CT. A. Ainsworth.