Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-10-04
LETTERS FROM rte SEAT OF war.

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gg The following is from the only La
moille County member of rp-Shooters
who left this State, and will no doubt be
read with interestoi tacg q di.u lq5 4
t-Ge5 fGG assCxMp BURNSIDE. Co. Esll,
az g.laol avs September 23d sells III
DEAR EDIreRi7 III thought that per-
haps the readers of your paper might like
to hear something from the Sharp Shoot,
ers of Vermont and consequently will
write few lines. We started from West
Randolph Saturday at II o'clock A, M,
for Weehawken and arrived at New York
at six o'clock, A. NJ on the following
morning, and went from there by ferry to
Wechawken. We staid there days and
two nights and lived principally upon
duck soup, enough to kill a hog of Ver7
mont We started from this place at 5 o.
clock p NJ, for Washington, passed down
the Hudson river about fifteen miles.
Of When we got into. the cars we found
company of Irish soldiers that had been
recruited for the 9TH New York Regiment.
When the cars started some of them tried
to get into our car, and we stopped them,
when they smashed all the glass in the
forward part of the car out, and fought
all night among themselves; when, we
got to Harrisburgh they got out of the
carsand smashed all the glass in their car
into atoms, then one of them tried to
snatch paper from man who was sell
ling papers and he knocked him down,
That created a muss among them and they
all rushed upon him and cut and smash
ed him up so before the police could get
them Oft that the Doctor said he would
die.n They were about half arrested and
put in Jail for theirmtriaL Thence we
proceeded to- Baltimore and marched
through that city without any trouble,
and took the ears and arrived at the soldiers
retreat in the city-of Washington at II o.
clock at night. They gave us some sup
per then we camped dovnsen the floor IN
til morning and then started for Camp
Burnside, two miles and q half from the
Capitol, when We got into camp the com
panies that preceded us welcomed us with
three hearty cheers. Our camp is two
miles and half north of the Capitol and
about, the same distance southwest OF
Chain Bridge, We had very polite call
from the President and his Cabinet Gen.
| Mcclellan and his staff and other noto.
rieties of the city. All Of our Regiment
that have got their guns have gone toyel
the Potomac on picket duty, one company
started from here Saturday morning and
one of our men went with them and return,
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ed to camp Sunday night. He says that
when they got over the river they separa;
ted into squads of from five, TO ten in 3
squad the company that he was in there
was four. They had gone about thre'
miles after they left the rest of the com
pany, and he told them they had not bet
ter go any further until they looked fabbou
some, but, his comrades laughed at him s.
he went along about forty rods more and
came in sight of o house 1.-TWO them hae
gone another way, 50 there, was only atwf
in this squadb his tcomsade 1nT says let "
90 over to that house and see what W,
can fnd,n, Upon this, Ten or twelve mel
!, arose up from behind q tree7top and fired a
them, smashing opehand of his comrade t
} pieces; one ball ,grazed his, thigh and h
dreped his rife, and run, Mr. Bailey
that the Vermont boy, SHOT down thei
ring-leader, then picked up his comlrraade' Oll
rife and left on double-qniek time, aDc
got into campIlast night, looking as II h
was pretty we'll used up. life osaysyt the,
passed the cntmy's picl1ets about fort.
rods and the house was their head-quar
ters.b yi9DiisYours in haste. baH ssiinuo
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ta.I Allen. Sept, 2Sd, llS6l;i b,,e,l.,
DEAR FRIEND II now SIT down down to com ON
! mence letter to you not knowing when !
can finish it. I am wei. and in goo
J spirits, thanksrbe to God for IL. Johp i
i we'll, Torrance is. much better. He ha
} been doing some duty last week and h