The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-23
(Our War Correspondencc.I
From the Third Vermont Regiment
Is TIE MrD AT CAHr GRIFFIN, Va ),
Jan. 90. 1862.

TO YOU for that length Of time or more, and &
certainty thas your readers would not suffer By
my neglect. has kept my mind easy on the sub
ject, Or would have made some of the knight:
of the quill my substitute to keep you posted on
what they guess is the plan Of the campaign
and the destination OF some Of the various eX-
petitions fitted and being fitted out against TIC
general enemy. The last but not least thing Of
that kind, that has kept an immense nation on
the ~; i',re for IL space lack, has finally sailed
with all the pomp and circumstance u Hunting
pennons and surIy cannon, destined, we had
hoped, to cut off the shore line of railroad at
Petcrsburgh, acting in conjunction with Gen.
Buell. in Kentucky, who would make his army
bridge burners on the East Tennessee railroad
and thus have Gus eff the rebels a5 Manassas
from their already scanty supply Of eatabcs.--
Bat having heard, TIA. Fortress Monroe, that
the expedition was seen passing Ha.tcras lnlct,
| have in vain examined the map for some bar
rem island at Il safe distance from land, on which
20 one coud live. as the destination Of this great
Undertaking, that it may be bruitcd abroad that
it, (the island,) was taken without the less Of
a man, and tic subordnates can drill THAR men,
while the leaders return TO New York to par
tsze OF an extra dinner they have earned by the
great vlcsorj. 1t never occurred to me why
great statesmen and lawyers were made generals
In our army Until lately. but intcnsc light will
| ut last lliunln9 the muddies. pool, and lks
streak Of daylight through dirty window. 1t
! has ouls. upon my mind. lsis to make speeches
at pubic dinners, when sboy get back trom an
expedition.
Failing to find spot laid down on the map
OF small enough importance as destination for
the burnside feet, finally arrived at the con.
. n cir b,f T. >t>.|
Ia IN Ssuthwestery direction from Key W est
& large black rock, or mass Of rocks Of tba.
name, wei! remembered by me, for once, when
boy Before the mast, Wild gale came up, each
wave higher and stronger than the last, thump-
ing our trembling ship until her .snppers sucked
ur the roth to the leeward. and the ya.d.arn,s
dragged III The tops Of the waves. The wind
eereamed through the ropes and the water boiled
like pot ali around. The gal, cauch, the
loosely furlcd sails and burst them to ribbons.
tearing them clear from the yards, and tho
scared Sailors clung to the nearest ropes when
bu. ie~ ic,t 10 tie seward the LACK top of
the Great lsaacs showed itself, surrounded with
white roam, like the bald crown ii Uncle Ned,
WHO bad no WOO. On the top Of his head, &c.
(you, no doubt, recolltet the remainder of the
poam.) But single la.hoiu was there between
u. and the Kissing foam. layhing itself to mad
ness on the eveT-watle1 rock. (For the remain
der OF this intensely interesting narrative. see
Nc" fofk Lcdger.) Should Gen. Burnside take
that stronghold and occupy 1t, a supper, or may !
be dinner might be added to the ovation await |
ing the glory -crowncd victor. Its strategic i'm
portance could not he over-estlmated. Again. |
Should he capture 1t and sink it in the mouth of
the MlEsiss!ppi. torces the water to Aow back
upon themselves, drown out New Orleans. Nat
chez, Memphis and Columbus, Hollns' iron ram
smash Itself upon II, and Gen. Jim Lana make
the inhaoltants OF that country all Union men,
inc pacKoons and one arm OF secession would BE- |
nroken, Jef. Davis has. himsel in desrair,
Beauregard g on u foreign mission, and Aleck |
Stevens swear allegiance to the Union. and the |
glorious stars and Strips wave unpolIutcd over
the length and breadth Of ctr land or norhans
Prof. Lowe might take it Up in his balloon, and !
drop II into the forks at Centervilie, and thu.
smash the rebellion. The horrible effect. of the
latter plan, will, | think, prevent its adoption.
Tor the mangled remains OF the T. i. vs., and |
tie destruction OF rebel property SO immense
mast strike horros to the world
During my ab:oncc member Of the c1nnnny !
to "oiclI belong has died, the first have TO re-
corr. A few weeks ago he was in our midst. fall !
OF health and horc, but now he has heard the la.
tattoo and is off duty forever, until Gods re
veldc wahes him to roll-call above. H. sleep.
over on the hillside, the sod above him unmois-
hnei by IL tear. and vile and child in Vernon.
w.ep over Tie memory OF Il husband and father
mat dlsd for his country, not as the soldier
loves 10 die, but by loathsome disease. wasted to
emaclation by sickness There is vacancy in
the mess, his comrado in battl, feels the touch |
OF strange shoulder in the ranks, and his rifle |
hangs dumb in the tent he once occupied =
How much have the getters-up of this war to
answer lor,--hornes made desolate, and fresides
unoccupied
For the last two days it ha. rained almos, in.
csesantiy' and as stated vt the commencement
oi my hastily written letter, VIC are in the mud |
~ AZ camp Grifhn, on the day Of the date hereof.
We nave iost no soldiers yet in the mud that
nave NOS since been found, but should it continue
20 pour ior twenty-iour hours more can, saw
coulo impart the same cheering news No,a
spot within days march Of our camn contains
space enough OF dry earth on which to stamn
the sacred soil from your shoes. and were ! M,
In the army business and the rebel, did moi
trouble me think should 20 into the brak. |
making business on the ground we occupv, In
biographies hereafter the State of Tiyroinn
VIII DC set down az celebrated tor mud, contra
oahds ana places beginning with B. its chief
productions kes. rebels and mud its chief |
city is Mudorolis on Muddy river, and bounded
on the top with mud. You must excuse tho
haste with which this is written, Will, hopo i,
Is w,rthy OF publca ion. Soon / will write Won !
again revealing the whole plan Of the campaign I
not as disclosed 10 me by any one knowing Il
o1l from FACTS and Indications developing them |
'''>'' LII 'ich dH f'por. II. of D.
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