Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-12-13
From the Third Regiment.
HEADQUARTERS VIZ. 81 REor. !
CAMP GRIFFIN, Nov. 18th, 1861. {


There is not much news TO write, every
thing remaining quiet along the Potomac.
Thanksgiving day has passed, and will
give you a history OF it-what we had
for supper, &c. For supper yesterday,
we had an oyster stew prepared by our
cook, Curtis P. Bean, of your town, who
always does things up brown for the
company. The oysters went well, and
the boys seemed TO enjoy the supper as
well as though they were at home in old
Vermont. But this did not end the
Thanksgiving. A number of the Co.
were out on picket, and they, too, must
enjoy the good things; so our most noble
Captain bought pair of turkeys and a
goose, and to-day, to our great pleasure,
we stripped their bones of what meat
hung to them, and everything passed off
as well as though we were at our own
tables at home. OF course, none Of this
was done t Uncle Sans expense. We
chose to provide for ourselves, as long as
lie had done it we'll for us so long.
The health of our Company is grow
ing better every day. There are but
few sick now, compared with the number
one month ago. Those in general hos
pital now are Charles Garvin, John w.
Ellsworth, and William II. Wiley.
Those in regimental hospital are j. p.
Gage, ii. G. Beaman, and II. II. Moul-
ton, all improving except Moulton. He
has the typhoid fever, and is very sick.
Beside these, there are few others who
are excused from drill, but remain in
camp, and are able 20 take care OF them
selves. OF this number there is corporal
, Geo II. Edwards, A. B. Chamberlin,
and corporal Dana p. Sawyer. Lieu
tenant John II. Coburn has sent his res
, ignation, and has been discharged, He
was very highly esteemed by every
! member of the company, every one hop
ing he would be able to return and re-
sumo his duties as Lieutenant again. 1t
/ will be hard to get lieutt nant that every
: one will respect as much as they did him.
, There has been several promotions in
our company since we left Camp Baxter.
, Privates Geo. II. Edwards, Loren j.
Flood, Frank Lahore, Jr., and Charles
Blood, to corporals. Corporals Stephen
w. jenkins, and John S. Thompson, to
sergeants.
Alonzo Page, who belonged to our
company, but lately Joined an artillery
company, has been promoted TO corporal
in said company.
5 In relation to the clothing of this reg
iment will say we have all received the
new army uniform. The regiment is
well clothed for winter, which whispered
to US, Il am coming" when we arose
n last Tuesday morning the ground being
covered with snow. This some of the
Vermonters did not expect to see in the
8 land of secesh quite as early as this.
Our old tents remain with US yet, but we
. heard whisper from the old Green
Mountain state, saying-"Vermont Sd :,
you shall not suffer for tents much long
err" This will cheer up the dropping
spirits Of many soldier, and save many
one from an untimey grave. We
have bad much sickness in our regiment,
but have had but very few deaths, com
pared with what the other Vermont reg
iments have had, except the 2nd. We
have lost ten men. This includes the
two killed in the skirmish at Townsville,
and the one of Company /, who cut his
throat at Camp Advance. Either the
4th or 9TH have lost more than double
the number by sickness that our regt.
has. The 9th have lost nearly the same
number that we have, and have not been
here one quarter the time. The health
of the 2nd, guess has been as good, if
not better than ours. From this any
one would suppose that the warm part of
the season was the best time 10 come here
from the Eastern States, but l always
supposed the cool part the best. think
our regiment has done more for the pro-
lection of their health than any other l
have seen, i.e.-in making beds up from
the ground, keeping their clothing well
: aired, and always having clean and neat
: tents. We have often received the high
It est praise from our staff officers for doing
c these things SO we'll.
By your paper, which we gladly re-
ceive every week, we see you get the
:, news from all parts of the Union nearly
as quick as we do. The taking of Ma
son and Slidell, by Capt. Wilkes, was
received with the greatest joy. Would
to God it had been Davis and Stephens !;
but sooner or later they, too, will be IN
the same fix. Secession must come