Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-01-14

From the Sixth Vermont Regiment.

CAAr GRIFFIN, Va, Jan. 5, 1862.
EDITOR FREEMAN BY accident | saw your
issue Of Dec. 81, in which the article from your
correspondent, " d. N. ST., appeared. do
not wish any collision with the author of the
correspondence to which refer, or with the
Regiment to which ID. NJ. NJ. " belongs. |
notice the article, or the last portion OF it, not
because we 10 camp care 80 much about 1t on
our own part but because We have friends at
homo IN old Vermont who should know the facts
in regard to this matter. That We have been
unfortunate and lost quite numbec OF men or
" boys we are sorry % sGy istrGe Yet though
the poor fellows Of the 9th Regiment y have
died Of " at rapid rate, inno instance where
we have consigned them 70 their graves in this
vicinity have we iai!cd t. - pay them the re-
spccts OF "A soldiers burial =" d. NJ. NJ" to
tie contrary, notwithstanding. lla states that
he saw a corpse " driven of with only one man
on horseback and one on foot following after.
Had he told y0u all the facts in the premises, he
would have told YOU that the corpse vas then
star;i4g on It's way t. Vermont for burial, and
y0u o. Vermont know whether proper funeral
rites were performed for your deceased friend
We deeply ievl the loas OF the brave lads who
! Ia acli1.ei their livef for fteir, conr.ry's
good, AID can but regret that they were not per-
. mited to sQj)ura with Us still lon.er, and final
ly return 10 their homes, and to the State whose
honor was ever dear to them, and which in their
/ patriotic hearts they nave sworn to protect.
4 d. ". VI. would have you at home think that
| the men Of the Sixth we've al! too young to take
care OF the sick. We grant that W. had not,
nor have We now the convenience for taking care
Of the sick that older regiments have. But soon
our new hospital vii be completed, and our men
acclimltnd, which il the ease with the other
( Vermont regiments. Then without doubt we
shall be as healthy as any regiment on the
ground. Nor Will any one deny the fact
that the cases Of mortality in our other reg-
ments have been much greater in November and
/ December, than IN any other two months pre-
yiJus, although they have the advantage Of pre-.
Niuusly preparing themselyc. for the change OF
season. Furthermore, the sixth have had more
service 70 perform than any other regiment IN
this camp, iuasmuch in addition to drills and
Ilckeings, which has been done IN common
with the rest, we have kept almost continually
pos. guard, which each Gay requires from 40
10 80 men. Once in five days, acco' ding to pres
cnt picket arrangements, we haye TO furnish 2jO
men, rsnk and hlt with two captains and four
I cutcuants for that duty, which consists in
marching more than two miles TO the outposts
Of our advance, or in other words TO tho line
between territory in our possession and that in
the possession OF the enemy and there being
posted as guard, each soldier on post two hours
thon,of four hours, SO alternately until they are
relieved from some other regiment, which is done
once ia tweuty-our hours. Iw0 men of the
/ Fifth. do not know their names, shot off their
night thumbs last night while on picket, About
mile from where we are now located and tow
ards our line OF pickets, are the female portion
of a secesa family. The husband and one or
more sons are in the rebel army. One day the
last of the week last past. the man OF the house
came in by our piekets and gained what infor-
nation he could of our movements, secreting
himself as much as possible. Our men searched
his premises one night but failed to find him,
hut at length finding that he could not make his
escape from our lines he delivered himself up
to Gen. Hancock, and is now in Washin2t ton
awaiting further action in his case.
The first day OF January was as nice day as
we often see in September, being quite warm
aud pleasant, but now we are having n cold
snap j. Demerit arrived in camp last night,
and Treasurer Page is now here to see about
saving some of the boys pay for their future
benefit. + A. Eldridge and Wm. Bradley from
Warren, also Mr. Moser from Sharon, togeth-
Ell with A. Wilder from Montpelier, gladden. us
with their presence at this time. have not seen
Capt. Randall Tor some time. lie Is yet under
arrest, not having yet decision in his case re
ported. lie is sangune in the opinion that ho
will receive an honorable discharge from tho
charges preferred against him, which hope
'lnay he the result have just stepped out from
my tent and Gnd II showing rapidly, the first OF
any account we have had.
Yours for Truth and Justice,
g.. A. Nj. n.