The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-30
GREEN MOUNTAIN rREEHsAN, APRIL 30, io6@.

exporicnc:d. The bullets whlsled about oar es rs
in the widest irregularlty. DnG we Jay 10" fA''"
esca ned harm 4 few shells from our battery,
sen. with remarkable precision pat s1op 10
! their n,iay uamoDstrat iora almost inslanGiy.--
Tho hoQs .ou1 hardly withhold from shouting
in triumph at t.eil sudJen Grteat, but as silence
had been strictly ljcined upon as, we reraineh
from uOcking them in otlcr misery at Ga y
light We withdrew further back into the woods
During the following day, and almost every
day slnce, quite number of shots were ex-
! ,iinngeu, a!d rs times the firing was cons!dera-
BILE brisk. 1t was almost certain death ior any
one to expose himself to view. Occasionally
secesh could be seen scampering over their
works as if on an errand of life and death, ana
have no doubt they were. My nearest com
rade, noticing one bold fellow walking lelsureiy
along IN open defiance of our bullets, drew up
his faithful Springfield and taking deliberate
AIM fear with malice atorethOught and IN
tent TO kill-fred. My friend is Il good marks
man. and as secesh was not seen afterwards, the
presumption is that he had an extra hole made
through his body. Our vindictveness had been
aroused to an uncommon degree that morning,
by the loss of one Of our number. fellow
from Co. b, who came out to the reserve to BRING
some hot coffee, &C., to us, out OF curiosity,
yentured out to look at the works our men had
been erecting during the night, and in less than
ten minutes he was brought back q corpse
bali had passed through his breast near his
heart. His name was John Slavery, and ne was
universally esteemed by his associates.
Such are the horrors Of war. Saturday night
we were alarmed again by firing on our ourposts
and many of the pickets fled in terror to our
camp. III is needless to say those pickets did
not belong to the Vermont brigade) 1t was 3
stormy night aud dark as inky blackness. 1t
was impossible to distinguish friend or stranger.
We We're not permitted to talk aloud but per-
feet buzz of whispering could lie heard every
where. g. Who be you " What company is
this " Where is John Smith :! " ana q host
of similar inquiries were ottener made than ans
wered. A Sergeant roughly seized the Colonel
as he was passing along the line quietly giving
his orders, supposing him to be some cowardly
shirker and, severely threatening him, not very
politely asked who he was. The Colonel did
not show the slightest trepidation in giving his
name and after duly apologizing Sullivan allowed
him 10 proceed on his way. We formed in line
of battle some little distance from camp and re.
NAMED until the disturbance ceased and quiet
was restored when we marched back to ou3-
quarters. cannot tell how all the boys found
'hOii DdCh, ooO hIOW AouAusiHJ pdCh
by clngng fast to the coat tail of my file leader
Our officers arc very vgilant to prevent the Reb-
els from crossing over here and have no doubt
they are equally anxious to keep us from cross
ing the creek to them, especially by night. APP
prehenslon of this was probably the cause of
their firing.
The next day, or Monday, we all turned out
ana built brush fence between us and the enc
my, which though it may not suggest anything
very formidable to anything ofmore consequence
tlan q flock OF sheep, yet we have so arranged
HAT q row Of fires can be built at Il short notice
in front of it,whch reflects it's whole light upon
the fence, and, ii body olrebels should ATTEMPT
the hazard Of picking their way through il, h
regiment standing back in the woods out Of their
sight could NOW them down by scores.
Heayy details are made every night to dig RI
fa pits and throw up breastworks tor artillery
NC. The work seems to progress finely let our
friends have patience, the more We fortlly the
less WI! ia the loss life. ANTI REBEL.