New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-27
SOLDIER LIFE By A PRINTER.
On ANnrEsoN. WAsHNGToa, JUNO Is, rs

CAnP ANDERsoS, WAsBSGTos, juno 10, lsti.
70 our Oh Friclds % TAs Iriiule t.ciee.
In my last 10 you / had no more idea OF dlrec'ing
~ next from cur old carp in Washington than that
shoald walk into TIE Office the same night but col
der, of on other men, knows not what day may trng
forth. Suffice 20 say, dat the following Sunday,
AZ daylight cur regiment war turned out by the long
roll or The general alarm" whichever you may call
il, and were all formed ready to march in the short
space Of II mnut,s This call quick work, for JJO
men TO start up fIom sound sleep ard pat on ihtir
kpapsacfs and form q Ene-of.tatllei but ttill we
zee /, stated that certain crack regiments have doret
in seven Minutes. Possibly regiment may nave done
i, 10 seven, if they kew tie "lopg roll was to be
sounded az certain instant but not otherwise. Tie
cause Of the aIo TO our pikots the approach Of
The 1t Connecticut VdlumeeTs, who had come 20 re-
lieye us, but what our destination was We krow rot
After getting our break fast and all tie news we could
as 70 tie state OF affairs along tie route from Nh-
ingion TO our headquarters, we we've ORDERED ~ 81
ready TO march, giving The Cognoc,lcIt troops ihhe
cheers and tiger parting, WHEN Nhs rethiLrl
with iitees We left them in good heart aiioT thsir
night march Of ten mies TO us, but disappointed ~
they supposed they were % accompany uS Oh an 81,
eeiitioI iuLer South. The lth struck Acro.r teid
INTO an uufreQncmed road which parsed along to 700
OF the Hill on which had eucsmTed on orr ARRIVAL
before,
auoarh Of the .iele thirty hours, aud DO INT
De IA, fore our arrival couI be found in bands Oh
eyoIy mile Of the road. We kept along this ROAD ioI
three o. fcur miles Nti We reached tiio nsii roid
which rms from Alexandria TO Washington s'oTfing
on tLe march in a fine Icce Of woods 20 have DIVINE
feryice aI L was The sabbath AID where io Nc int
tio!e We learned that Oh tie march II W h
ingtou. We pessed several regiments % worS m 'le
trenches, among which were oar OWn etn, me Jtfs'y
Battalion, the New-T0fk 25tL tAlJrayl, and ssytcl
,tners-tle men getting on toy a The emoankmeHis
and presenting shoyos and pickfl 10 ", accom-
puLed with the usEal amount o! htif'' cheer - n"
one bu, those who have 1t have All ioo Of TIC
great amount Of work performed ~ there patriotic ~
the short stnce Of ten tays Hill have been eyele1
and cinbankmenls thrown mp which appear 70 have
been done 80 IL by magic. No lo.thel-b.d sJ.drrf
these, bu. men Wlo dpe leave heir families AID
homes working Nv dry and watching by night cariug
n1ting for -ui-bun faces oh tered bands, suffering
all his for months, and MAJ be yeasc-snG All Tor
rrincple. Such my ideal Of patriots, M n
TIE country is taved from arcty and the ruin
which j. now lowering over IL, Il WI Le such nan
who viii do IL. We reached Camp Andersen aJo"t :
o'clock p. M. via the Long Bulge, the heat beng
iuteppc end as usual by our long marches without
resting eded in prostra,iDg seyerhi oi our men,
What our deliilh I0n b. cannot even LLifd Buots,
"a we constantly hear rlinOre 81 f. movement on our
Uurt for other place, but Sill ma ousel'es ~
" arlington in the morning; and since our srtlyal
here have been ordered 10 have our cinteens hiled
ready for march Sc any moment. Que thing Is GER
tGii, could not have been brought Ia from tle mont
OF the Virginia line u remain here inAcVc. Let me
say few words in regard 10 the dC.uRs OF the I2th III
virginia. Ne acted advance guard Of TIE lUiCOJ
troops who crossed the Long Bridge, mar ming on ~
advance for miles and e1tGally took up orr position
long distance IN advance OF any other regiment be-
ing but nine miles from Fairfax COurt-Holse, which
we Ifut aimed for days until TeC"ilcd, having oLr
pickets and soouts constantly the alert our pickles
lyiug quietly in by-plires by day, and standing m
woOds on roads, and brdge6 10y light, The Tegi. eat
sleeping Oh tleir arns every night aud nothing but
tkn hy tlH ,lu
of them from being cut of the Te1mcIis stationed
on each eide If u, Ia the rear, all lad some o. heir
guard wounded iy the rebels. And We too, have been
brdeebmliore, having built bridge across the Ioo-
nac C.nal nearly sixty feet In LENGTH and one sotoas
thc FOut-Miie Kun somewhat smaller, IN tbe old cor
durOy BY every stick Of which vac cut b. our NEIL
We have been Injured 10 hartsbps from te day OF our
departure from Newiors, now eight weeks to-tnor.
row. sleeping always the floor or ground, wrapped
Ia oar blankets, and at tines gad 10 have sleep
Ing room on the door. In tie hity miles We have
marched since we len home We have never be n ae-
companiei by horsc, OK Ass or walters hauIng khlcA
kr&cRs, tents, or extra wearing Apparel ior ip Wv
have on all OccasiOns taken simply our hard crack
err and Blankets hiug Canteens with water, AID
tIustiug 10 Providence for the balance; and think
when you see return you wild be seiislod
that Eew-loIk has Isore than one crack OF
cracked II imgnt. Our discipline is almost perfect
ia the mott difficult movements which If due 10 the
immediate officers W. who, with few exception M,
have treated tue men as men, not an brules. Wish
could speak well Of our C0mmisaIy Department,
hut sit Gle instance of It's WORKINGS viii snow you,
which might multiply without liuit. This morning
Lieut.. Grey Of u Co. found our fresh meat twenty
three pounds short OF its true weight The reminder
made 70 OF bone and snews, the whole Only BIZ 10
be made coup Of This beng short ~ pounds III
100 on one days ra,iOns for one company you can
make your comments. Our camp at evening parade -
surrounded by the ciiS and fashion OF WGshington ut
times there has been computed TO be as many 5000
present. Lieut.. Patterson, u Wet Point Cadet, and
an Alsbann by birth, assigned 10 our regiment
tine ago. for the purpose VI instruction, has de-
serted 70 tie rebels. Our men would iso 10 meet im,
as they would be sure 10 give him warm greeting.
have il from the best authority that tie Fairfax
Cour-Houte affair was assigned to US the pIans being
all land for tie attack but IL taken from us by tn,
rsDess OF Lieut.. Iompklns, who, willie heouiing, at
tackled the village containing 700 rebel with A. drn-
goons There appears 10 be- no doubt IN the minds OF
our officers that We could have surrounded and taken
nearly all OF them pr1oners. 80 much Tor raehness
and desire 10 make a dGshng oiicer. Whllj
IN Virginia We were almost much cut CT from the
" outside IarbaTians 10 ii had Ecen In the center
Of Jsn Browns tract, occasionally seeing bearer Of
dispatches provision wagon, bat still we enjoyed
Me life finely, End were in hne health aud spinta
The change vi officers since We left New-York have
been E,w. Tie resignation Of Capt. Barr of a Com
rany on ascoubt Of III health and If Lieut.. Lewis Of
h. Company, and the election Of Mr. Thos. j. iiOyt
- LienteHaGcy IA the same company is about all that
AVE taLen ylaGe. II is rumored that Cob Bltereld
will shortly rosisU, in Which undoubtedly Lieut.
Ol. Ward will be elected TO fiji is position. lieut.
,ol, Ward has eaI vcd for himself name which will
q remembered with pleasure by every soldier in this
ommand long after We have returned TO our homes.
IL certainly has the happy faculty OF Pieafpg all TO
sgrec ! never knew an onleer pU5sessed OF beiorei
cred last night to hold Ourselves IN readiness Tor q
layeh, bat We have Lot .ti '-->l.