The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-05
The Ninth Regiment.

The condition of this regiment, at Chicago is
40 really good reason for sending them there at
che outset, unless they wero intended to ope-
rate against tho Indians and that war being
over they might, it seems to us, be removed to
more comfortable quarters and we hope the
Governor s effort will avail with the Govern
rneDt in changing, in some way for the better,
their present location. Below we publish, by
request, extracts from private letters written by
<lGcers in the regiment, which, whether in all
respects Just in all their complaints, yet show
that the men are only mo1e and more untitled
Tor any valuable service by beios forced to re-
main where they now are. The reg iment was
as good as any which has left the State, and
,1ell differed, and is worth an effort to save it.
The following extract is from a letter from
one of the Captains Of the Regiments
+ have been very busy since here,
although paroled IrlsJn,r. Our men had to
he re-clothed, and accounts made up, which have
left Inc but httle leisure.
am now member of General CourS Mar
<lal at Camp Douglas, trying to bring order out
Of disorder We punish severely that the ex-
amples may be less, but more impressive.
suppose we shall get THO Ohio mutneers reduced
to obedience, as they are about to leave US to
be be discharged.
Our legislature is moving to return us to
Vermont.
First OF al, we seek an immediate exchange,
for if Mcclellan moves this Fall we should Ike
20 retr &c our steps up the Shenandoah Valley,
and with him hel crush ont this Infamous re-
bellion. Ii not exchange dread a winter
ere for cur men, ns Idleness leads men into
mischief and exposure. We are still in the
horse sheds, and trying to make ourselves com
Portable, but war is big machine to run, and
our officers, though laboring hard tor us, are
delayed in their endeavorS for our comfort.
rejoice at the new order OF things-thc re-
moval Of Buell., the pressure for an advance on
the Potomac. If We do not use our nine months
men Mts Fall they are useless to us, as their
time would be up by June mostly, when in the
imitation OF Summer campaign
The following is an extract Of letter from a
Lieutenant in the regiment
| had no commune ton
with nay brother till after he lett Winchester
and came to Annapolis He was very sick. DR..
Carpenter, tells me that he had the most ma
lignant form of typhoid fever, and that at one
time, he desplred of his life. But it pleased
God to spare him to us and to his country. lie
had the best OF care, and DR.. c., has laid us
under everlasting obligations. Brother is now
able to walk some, and gains gradually. lie
ought to have furlough and go home for few
weeks or longer. But no favors can be granted
to the men who suffer, even to the verge oil
death for their country.
We have officers here completely united fol
duty, in every respect, and it must require
months to bring them to anything like soup(
health, but not one of them can get Iurlough
Not one can visit friend far enough away tina
he cannot return the same day. We are shu
up, penned IN I; and when, alter toll and hard
ships. we looked for little favor the rods hav
... s, .~.oos W. can 90 10 the city occa
sionany, ny go.t.-.5 pa signed by Colone
and acting Brigadier. | am not grumbler b
trade tried to do my duty and endure th
privatioEs incident to an enemy's land. Blu
to fare worse, march harder, be confined NOR
strictlv, when we have nothing to NO, and ca
serve no USE unless forced to do so against on
consciences and the parole of honor-stems I
be treating US in IA spirit less noble than "
eyinctd when we sacrificed all we had, and al
we hoped for the God and country OF GU
Fathers. Besides, Gen. - has c)mpel2
us to drill which is clearly and upquestonabl
breaking our parole.
ing shame that ever we were sent here. Gu