Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-11-08
LETTERS FROM THE SEAT OF WAX.

ehc oOl reSiment, WHO went from thlS
town, in Capt Benton's Co. He was form
erly in the employ of Mr.. Crane, of this
village. In calling for boots and gloves,
he doubtless expresses want that is, OF
soon will be felt by all our volunteers in
that regiment Let us not forget them.
Boots and gloves or mittens, will proba-
bly, add more to the comfort in cold, mud
dy weather that almost anything else we
could send them, stockings not excepted -
+ ,a CAMP GRIFFIN Oct. "A, 1861.
DEAR MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTERS -
| received your kind letter the Oath, af-
ter coming off from picket. l have been
on picket three times since l wrote you
before. am we'll and tough as can be
expected. l think stand it better than
they will average in our company. am
sorry you are lonesome, and should like
to see you all very much. I received a
letter from Rhoda and one from Sophronia
the same time that received yours. They
are all well and Rhoda is keeping house
again. She did not write any news, and
l have not got any Of any consequence to
write you. Our troops have gone out
this morning to take Fairfax Court House
to-day; aud | guess they will do it. I
met them this morning when we were COM
ing from picket; it was before sun rise.
We get up at 2 o'clock in the morning,
when we 60 on picket. and march miles
and relieve the picket that is on; and
then they stay until it is day light and
then they come'into camp. We have to
take our knapsacks with us, and every
thing we have got. We have got three
coats now-one over coat and a dress coat,
and coat that we wear every day. We
call tia blouse. 1t was cold night
last night, and to-day the wind blows
cold. want you should write what kind
of day it is where you are. I'll bet il
is the coolest here to-day. Mother, We
have got to have some boots to wear here
and | have been thinking that it would
be good plan to have some made, and
sent. I was up to the Sd regiment yes.
tcrday and William said he was going to
have you send him pair; and l want
you should get me some made, and send
them with Williams. want o good
pair of calcutta boots, tap soles, with
heel irons on them. You go to Joseph La
Page or William R. Smith, and have them
make me pair. You may pay for them
if you can, and / will send you the money
as soon as we are paid off; and that will
be soon. You have them made as soon as
you can for it is muddy weather, and
the mud gets into our shoes and makes
bad work. should soou have the rheu
matism, getting my feet wet. Our othel
clothes are good and warm--good draw
ers and woolcn shirts. Iwant you should
send me my gloves. We need them here
it is cold out on picket in the night.
We had Brigade Drill yesterday.
tell you it looked splended, 70 see 6O0(
or 5000 men on the march, and hear thu
music of the bands-one to every regi
ment. You never saw such sight. vii
liam has got 50 that he is pretty smar
and is on duty. l saw piece in thu
Neaosdealer that praised the Sd regimen
pretty we'll; but you don't know what thu
I'd regiment has done, if you don't give
them some praise. They have done ;
great deal more work than the Sd, ane
are the smartest regiment there is in the
brigade. and ours is next. Maj. Gen
Smith gave us the praise Of doing thu
best of any regiment in the brigade yes
terday. You would like to have seen Vi
charge bayonets. The whole brigade wa
drawn up on line and then we charget
on double quick; and our regiment wal
ahead Of all the TEST of them, Some O
them fell down; and it would have mad'
you laugh to see them. IT looked splen
did,. was on picket and they fred shells
over our heads One shell burst withir
s rods Of us in the air. 1t made us juml
some. We got out Of the way and le'
them pass We could hear the report o
1 the cannon and then we could hear thu
shell, as it passed by; and then the shell
would burst. It would make as much
no;so os a did when IL came ont of The