The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-27
COur War Correspondence
From the 18th Vermont Regiment,
FORT LINCOLN. -four miles Northeast

| FoRT LINCOLN fouf miles Northeast
from Washington, ID. g., Sept. "a, 1862 J
EDITOR FREEMAN Material for letter ofar
exciting nature is not very abundant. Yet, per
haps, bret account OF our passage from vermont
and our situation and circumstances here would
be interesting to your readers.
| We left Brattleboro on the morning of the 18th
inst. After the hurry and hustle of striking tents
packing baggage and subsistence stores, &c, Incl
| dent to the moving of a thousand mtn, with
| equipments, We went direct to New Haven, Conn.,,
our way winding along the banks OF the BE- utlful
Connecticut river. We passed many fine looking
villages, which was quite treat tor most OF the
bows. At Springfield we were detained two or
three he urS, and welcomed by large cOncourse
If people, who brought 10 US eatables OF all
kinds and III great abundance. We arrived at
New Haven about six 2. NJ, and Immediately
went or board the boat awaiting US Altar taking
their rations, the boys were soon lost in sleep,
having for their bed, the bare Geek, with their
knapsacks for a pillow We arrived at Jersey
City, at A. NJ, and after receiving our rations
upon the wharf we started for Washington, pass
ing through Philadelphia, where we were kindly
received, and furnished with dinner at the Union
Relief Association, which, by the way, is q very
good and most welcome institution for the weary
SOluleF NDeH Oh Ills way W luc SCClIC VI COhhSt'
We arrived in Washington late in the afternoon
of the 9ih inst, and taking our rations at the
" Soldiers Rest" building for the purpose of
feeding soldiers on their arrival there, we retired
to our quarters which were near by. The next
day, about eleven o'clock, We were ordered to
Capitol Hill with all our camp equpage it is
about one half mile behind the Capitol. At
P NJ, we received orders to march to Fort Lin
o,lr, IyAH I.ta ba
evening. 1t lalned quite hard during part Of our
march, which gave US a toretaSte, or feeling ="
rather of the much talked of Virginia mud. We
nothing ut single blanket to protect US from
the damp ght ar and yet, on account of our
Wctrine,s sleep was much more sweet, and ovet
ed much more eagerly than when IN our peaceful
homes in New England
Ga the morning of the llh We found our
selves very pleasantly situated upon hill, and
the guns OF Fort Lincoln. With buoyant spirits
and willing hands the boys were soon spreading
and erecting tents, and in less than two hours, we
mad as fine little viIhge, with every house iur-
o>hed and Inhabited, as you viii tind in your
oAn State.
Fort Lincoln is not large FORT but in the judy
able one. 1t mounts twenty guns-two .ihed, Two
HOwItzerS, one mortar and fifteen cannon Of quite
heavy CALDER. 1t is surrounded hrt by i vecy
thick abatls then dch, abou, fifteen teet wide,
and six feet deep. 1t i. built of earth, which by
constantly walking upon, becomes very hard. 1t
commands the country on every side, or some
three or four miles, and from its paraper counted
six forts, among them is Fort Saratoga, Fort Mas
sachusetts, Fort 'lotten. 1t also commands the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. There are stationed
at the fort, one company # heavy, and one com
pAny of flying artillery The forts aud troops in
this vicinity are under the command OF Col. Clio
son OF the l2th Pennsy lvania, acting as Brlgader
General. Our Colonel is much liked, believe,
throughout the regiment; he is gentleman and
a soldier, and will, when On opportunity offers, do
honor to himself his regiment, and his State. We
are getting our camp in fin working order that
Is, as far as cooking arrangements and the con-
vetlence of our tents are concerned The men
are buslly engaged, either in digging rifle pits or
drilling. They go daily by companies, taking ra-
tons with them, over near Fort Totten, which is
about two miles DISTANT for the purpose OF
renching aud digging rifle pits. The health of
he re gimenl is good, generally. We have TWEEN
ty-one IN the hosp al, one or two with fever, but
mostly on Slight complaints.
We are well turn shed with provisions, and are
getting more Systematic every day, in providing
the regiment with rationS. We have fresh beef,
three or tour times week, as We choose soft
bread nearly every other day, salt beet, pork su-
gar, coffee, beans, rice, (Which when properly
cooked, ana we have some good cook>) is good
enough. The men have been very anxious about
exchanging the old fashion muSket, which we
brought from Vermont, for the : TluVtpId oun
But tn nix it is decided to retain them at pres
en-, and some few repairs are being made.
The men are all anxious to stop dilchng and
go into C oser work with the rebels But we must
ABIDE by the orders OF our superiors, which we
are willing to do, aud by conforming to them and
the Constitution, we nope that soo0 this unhoIy,
and unnltural rebellion may be forever dethroned
and It's leaders meet with their Just reward.
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