Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-10-10
Correspondence of Walton's Daily Journal.
FROM THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT
CAMP LINCOLN,
BrattleEoro, Oct. 5, 1862.

CAMP LINCOLN,
Brattletoro, Oct. 8, 1862.
DEAR JoURNAL:-Do you want a letter
written on Sunday evening? If so, your
special will write a few words, improving
the first opportunity that he has had since
he came into camp. You are informed of
our journey here, &C., and so | will only
tell you of our present condition, physical,
mental and moral, and hope to be able to
suit your'wish with brevity, if nothing
else.
In the first place, then, we arc situated
in barracks, of which, though there has
been considerable said in one way and
another, | find people knoao very little
generally after all. They are built of
slit-work and rough boards, one story in
height besides the roof, which slants both
ways from the center, rs feet long, by %
in width, aud provided with a glass win.
dow in each gable end. They have a
good floor and there is a door in each end
and a good wide hall leading through the
whole length of the building, and Que
side door, which marks the side of the
building where the Company form. On
the inside of this building are 25 frames
of two berths cach-one above the other,
steamboat fa~shion,-and each berth is of
ample width to accommodate two men,
and of sufficient depth to hold straw
enough to make a good bed. So each
building is large enough for a company,
and all the buildings stand in a row
across one side of the parade ground
about 20 feet apart, and in the rear of
each is a good snug little building for the
commissioned officers, on one side of
which is the cook stand. Still in the
rear of these and at regular intervals,
are buildings occupied by the staff officers.
The hospital on the left, then the Quar-
tcrmaster's buildings, the Colonel's head
quarters, then the Commissary's and mu-
sic barracks, and lastly the guard-house.
All things connected with these are very
convenient, and the parade ground is
large and dry.
Our regiment is all here and becom-
ing accustomed to its organization and
drill, so that even now it appears SPLEEN
dldly. Capt. Lonergan's company, from
Burlington, occupies the right, and Capt.
Wilder's, from Waitsield, the left,-thc
East Montpelier Company under the Ca
pable Captain Coburn, being Co. G, the
color company-just at the right of which
stands the splendid Montpelier Company,
SO ably commanded by our accomplished
little Capt. Thatcher. We are awoke
about as soon as light in the morning by
the r~eveille, at which we all fall in on
the company street for roll-call-then do
, police duty-that is, pick up and carry
away all rubbish from the ground-and
then m breakfast, the call being beat
by the drums, at which each company
falls into line, marches to the cook stand,
receives from the hand of the cook the
allowance on tin plates, and then breaks
and eats at pleasure. Then comes squad
drill q little while then company drill
then dinner-then battalion drill
then dress parade-then suppcr--then
nothing till half past s, when the tattoo
sounds, roll is called and lights extin.
guished, and the Company and Regiment
and camp are quiet. So much for the
Dolly round. 10 day being Sunday, we
have had less drill---or rather, none at
all--but still q round of duty. This fore