The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-01
(Our War Correspondence.)
From the 18th Vermont Regiment.
CAMP CASEY. WASHINGTON, d. C.,
Octahar % 1880

October 2S, 1862.
DEAR FREEMAN Il intended to write short
better for your columns as soon as we arrived
here, but the business pressing upon us in get
ting settled in camp, has afforded little time for
.anyth,ny else We have had no experience in
battle or elseWheG the relation of which would
give Particular interest to soldier letter but
perhu ps some of our friends would like to know
where we are and what We are doing, and 50 |
will make you my medium for telling them.
THE JOURNEY.
We left Brattleboro the lth inst , the boys
all feeling glad to get out Of the town, believe,
tor they were not particularly pleased with the
place. Our route Was by way New Haven,
Jersey City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, reach.
ing \, ashlugton late IN tie afternoon Of Mon
day tae 18Th. There were no incidents Of
special interest Oh our way. All along We
were warmly received by assembled crowds OF
patriotic eltZehs. In some instances, however,
Lhe demonstrations had a touch Ut the ludcrous
about them. really thought sometimes that
the good women AND children had sez2d all the
,dsh-cloths, aprons, and dirty clothes IN the
hous1 with NE.oA to WaTe us onward. So,
sometimes we cheered in return, and sometimes
we laughed. At one place we thought our
treatment. u little hard. We reached Jersey
City soon after light Sunday morning, all OF us
hungry. Alter Waiting long time III the cold
I. platform car, with several dirty looking bar
rels thereon, was trundled up TO the shed where
the boys were waiting, and from the barrels
nondescrip compound, dlsgustlve alike to sight,
smell and taste, was dlshed out to such as would
partake. Few telt disposed to partake OF such
hospitality, and those few have hardly recovered
~, Tow, sl,oJr bn Will,
stuff cannot tell, but do not think 1T could
aavo been VcrmUnter. Not such our reception
at philadel phla. We were conducted i:lmedl-
at,ly from the boat to saloons, fitted up with
much taste and furnished with tables loaded
with good, Wholesome food, where the citizens
were unspurlng IN their attention to our Wants.
The PMladelphlans are making rec0r1 tor
themselves OF which they may well feel proud.
One of the ladies' told lne they mad te In this
manner over 800 900 men, and yet their gener
oslty does not llag. Noble example Tor others.
Philadelphla has right to say 10 thou and
do likewise"
We reached Washington late OH Monday
stoppcu all night ia barracks near the Depot,
ana The next day moved tn our camping ground.
OUR SITUATION, ETC.
We are assigned to Gen. Caseys Reserve
Corps. tor the defence of Washington, and are
enc .mped on L lst Capitol Hli, but short dis
tauce tom the Capitpi itself. We were at first
brlgaurd with the Eta Vermont and two n. DER
sey Regiments, hut there has been reorganlza
too Ut the DIVISION, and tho Eermonlers are
brigaded together as the % Brigade OF Casey I
Dvlslon. Col. Bount, Of The l2tn, acting Brig
adler General. The 10Th came IN last night ano
Canned beside US, and " night the l4th and
18TH who We're sent across the river, lew Gays
since, returned aud are coming up to US. Ihit
arran cement Deileve Is acceptable To all. lhert
is considerable s; equation as to VINO Is to Ut
our General, ultimately. L hear many express
che wlsn that Gen Phelps might command the
Brigade Oar business tuus lar has been drllI'
aud reviews. Our Brigade was reviewed by
Gen. Casey, the Thursday alter we arrived, ant
90 the Saturday fol Owing there Was IA Sfanl
review OF our DIVISION, 10y Gon. Banks. 30 lad
company, itud battalion drnls, Constitute tht
leluiar business Of eAca day. How long w
shall remain nct1 we c4nnoG tell. Regime Is
a.. coming III Continual y-camplnS near US ~
a DIV or two. and then suddenly ana silently
sllpp.u. away ICON US, and our ordcr is TO hoi'
,ouisalycs III readiness to Ill JVe III any ''he
There are some Indications, however, thaG w
shall ay here sJmo time. Tne health OF tn
RellmenG Is excellent. There are lew In hos
,plJal aud lev slightly III III their own quar-
tcrs, atout ihirEy III al. Bat one death has &c
,enrre IN the regiment since ORGANIZED as such
P,ivate lsI,c Books died Of typhoid lever las
Monday morning. lie was young tr;.d iron