The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27
GREEN MOUNrAlN FREEMAN AUG. p, 1862,

lie upon, even as MUCH do Il" o''o W =
inflow. One of oar men was do"h ye7'o'u"y
and so sick and dirty was his brother tn"' was
-aan anon, the rest. that he did not know MN
,tErst ,o9 iii he had been told 1t was his
lbr,tber His brother could not be made To rec
ognise him for long time. ueh' lara -
among the prisoners taken to the city-he F.;
wounded. One of his aids is also with him, a
! nris .per. Surgeon Kelley. of It'll Vt. is with
the sick and wounded at New Orleans, or at
least came down with them Friday. Those IN
} rhe engagement were the both Mass, 9TH Mich :,
} Dist Ind 9TH Vt, l4th Me, 9th Conn. and
4th Wis. Regiments, and Attn Mass, 9TH Mass.
and 2nd Mass, Capt. Nlms,) Batteries on our
side. On the side of the enemy were the 1th
La 9TH La., 2nd Miss. Regiments, the 30, 4th,
5th. 9th. eth and Sth Kentucky Regiments, 2nd
u Tenn. and lst Alabama Regiments, Is guns,
and large guerilla force. The 9TH Conn. and
9TH VI REGIMENTS, and 4th Mass Battery in the
enhancement belonged to the LIST, Gen. Phelps 5
Brlgade) 1t is thought the enemy may get
reintorcements and make another attack on the
town. Reintorcements have been sent up from
| Negg Orleans and it ls thought II cannot oe
taken if hey DO. Should they, however, the
course is thus said to be, to concentrate forces
here, where nothing can possibly defeat Us, bar
q large army, 50 formidable are the Oreas5Works
and the help we should get from the lnen-).-
war lying in the river here against US II they
try 1t they will get the worst of 1t, and even II
we could not hold this place, we could retire IN
der protection Of our naval forces at Ne" W
leans, while they would lombard and leave not
one stoue Of the city upon another. This can
easily be done any hour.
| think wrote you that one section OF our
battery Qhe % w. under Capt. Holcomb and
Lieut.. Chase, In company with 800 infantry,
the whole under command OF Maj. PECK OF she
l2th Conn. left here the 18th u!t for the VI
entity of Lake Pontchartr.ln. IEeY went
within lwcnty-six miles OF Camp Moor, v:lat-
ing jacksonville Pass, Manchac, and other pla-
ces They burned a bridge and Two houses,
bat could find but few reoels, and they we're
towards When they were passing down d Sery
narrow stream on one OF the Ordinary rlTer
stcamers, i'll the most possible exposed position,
they were smartly fired upon by guerrlIlas se-
GREETED in the bushes near the bank. All the
means our men had were then used IN replying
to their fire, killing some OF them, but now
many, was not ascer talned. None OF our :aen
were hurt. Two or three Of the infantry we're
wounded, and Two died OF sunstrDke. Iney
were gone nine days Capt. uolcomb having
OCCASION to write back to the battery, says o.
our boys with him 9 they fought like ot sol
tiero. wis is the first time any OF u7 nave
been unc e, though we have several shines
been cali / expecting the enemy near. len
men ana t. ldpAln We're out on d ecuIt one
day las. week, but it was wet and bad ana they
dil not do much They got traces vi rebels.
Two Of the boys cane across one rebel THAT they
thought used firearms rather TOO c4re.eerly, and
50 took his double b4rreeI shot gun tYom MIN,
and brought it TO camp Tor safe keeping.
We have a good many unwei ones, just uni:
for duty. Perhaps all are net aware that bat
.eries are dependent upon other corps 10: {. sur
gc0n. This causes us sometimes 70 be neglected,
as We have been. B,.ides, It is the occasion OF
our not having received anything in the line ot
necessaries and the thousand little comforts the
sick need no doubt. The regiments get all
these The people have done we'll, and now
that they are informed, will not the people Of
Vermont remember her Jwo batteries here In the
field, suffering and I4bvrlngiu common with the
Iregments7 Whom Dr. Kelley OF The It'll Vt.
went up the river, he took al the cuuyeniences
from the hospital, only what belonged 10 him,
and the battery boys had no beds OF dishes, or
anything scarcely, only what they were So poorly
able TO provide for themselves. The TWO bat
teries nave now bad surgeon assigned them,
for time, at least,
You have probably EARNED Of Lieut. Colburn,
OF tie LIST battery, being drowned last THURSDAY
morning while bathing in the river here 1t
vas with difficulty ais remains Were recovered.
One OF his feet were eaten of, and he was EVIL
IDENTIFY Drawn under by some animal.
We have been having very wet weather for
some time. The showers do not cool the at
mosphere IL Is very wet and muddy here when
We have much rain, and such mud liz rains
here tremendously, when it does rain.
The negroes have their regular daily drills.
They have no guns or uniforms, but hear guns
have come tor them. They learn fast, and fee
proud and happy They DO much OF the fatigue
duty for the soldiers. The other evening was
attracted to their quarters by singing, sounding
like religious gathering. At first came to a
squad drilling IN the bright moonlight A lit
tie further on, under wide-spreading tree,
found collection of them happy in praisng
their Heavenly Master. thought there was
something for Inc to learn from their simplicity
and iervency. love to think that the day Is
near when this manner OF oppression, Slavery,
snail De known no more among US. Vermont
mas o. ne, Is doing, nobly. She bas sent the frat
OF the 300 900 Let her not falter, but con
''hue 10 well doing, w. s A.