The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-06


yoaf a h ueh win De greatest
pleasure lis tbr arl word have hed
FROM apy ST ny old friends since haze
been heres amy thing ilai coms, ifem
Vermont cames worth more to me lhsu
ihe whole southern Smle Patrick, yoa
+ asked me Il uas Is lha, SIGHT Oh VS.
indeed ! eac ! was, and God onley
knows what eight We had 10 II was one
81 ihe haplc.i battles ever fought Can I
ever forget that SUNDAY Mo- ne, ncyerl
Il make. q tear stand IN my eve and nay
SKIM creep, IS hook back On the bloojy
Gcld 81 battle, and see the dead and dying,
aud hc pleading wounds Of those poor EEL
low. that we're hot in the defence Of our
coaniory and the glourious stars and
stripes; ana i. our friends fell thick aud
fast around as and 10 think how some
poor fellows that Was wounded would ery
out Cor drink &C waiter, and some void
tum lhcre cys towards heaven aud pray
tllat God woulireise there pain. ly deaths
,o..Il aud iccy land % pass o,e, strev
brow and relieve there soul from there
uangled boldly never cA pecied 70
leave thcbaule field The grape and can.
ester sbel went around me like hail Il
. was perfect shower Of shot Bot God
SPARED my life few diis longer We
left our camp ground AZ o'clocl, sunday
morning and marched thrugh the woods
2 about 10 miles, and We come 70 large
plain, which we had 10 take double quick
I, time ! miles, wigh very soon brought us
i. to the mouth Of the rebels roaring cannon.
Il was q very hot day, and We were very
much imuiged on so long a march, but
!, we fought very brave, but all IN Nain.---
. There was only 20Q0a Of our mon, and
|. they had about 10000, and was fresh and
l. hid IN dc woods, and had forty eight riiel
'e cannon behind an heavy breast-work.--
'r We onley had 20 pieces Of cannon, and in
y M open field, and after we got on, Of m-
: anation we was forsed 70 rcireet for our
L lives, and left them III possession Of tic
Us Il Id aud as the id ,asagcs rallied on MS
y lhey ran our wounded men through with
ne thcr bayomels and burned an Old house
" wbcrlhcrc was good many 81 our wound
N ell carried TO have there wounds dressed
They took III o( the advantage they could.
Thcy raised tie stars and stripe. once,
q and We thought that they was a going 10
Il give up but, when we 20; clost up TO them
!, drawcd it down and raised there d--n
e. d-l-h palmetto, then opened upon us
nd with eoIlry Of Crane which killed about
~ 200 Of the Michigan First Rcg't and then
~ run into tic woods They took every way
\. ID whip lis, but we killed more Of there
- men, yes, 3 times as many. They tried 70
nd Surround us, but did not succad. They
made an atact on us rs we returned. In
those long woods they bad company q
100 black horses; it is called the black
!. horsc cavalry; We killed good part Of
=, tltnm, and the resi- was d-n glad 70 re-
! trca, and lcay Us. wish sou bad been
there 70 picked up some Of The swords aud
revolver. ana rifals. Ipickcd Up rs many
ny as could cary, but We had 70 cross over
oo' bridge, and there they had got some can.
O5 non that was worked by Tie id iuierna
I'M black Nigar., and weakened The bridge
and il lrokc down with Is aud We lost oui
) to cannon III die sfeem. and was forsed /,
ned drop ny loaf Of stuff. They Killed abou
for 800 men in all. To tie bridge we lost on
~ tents and every thing VIC had onley villa
we Ind on our backs, we marched all tha
.rs night and the next day tilnoon. i com
rno mcnced 10 rain the next morning, and vs.
NV were ~ wet al a drouned rat our. fee
10. was soled blister and we was 50 lam
/, 4 ana tiard that could lain down by III
ros- roadside and died with the greatest plea:
IA urc. we all went 10 Alexandra. w
.inq never got anything TO eat for iorty-eigl
,rk. hours, and that night we laid in the oil
market on the damp brick fore, IN our W
cloth, and wien we got any thing to ca
o"' AN SIC had was bread and waiter.
w The reason Why write On this Is, thi
5's'' is, / intended to write on il before, but
nicl went to the GgIt bat ] neglected it, al
d On 50 carryed this in my pocket on 70 q
z. field Of battle and brought it of again, al
of that is the reason why ] write on i.
~. went over the Patomaek to Washmgto
.lo. and / was picked up a. soon % ! got th
~ and treated very kindly. There was 4
..,.;.,,,,,,pt tLere that GER n