Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-11-04
Alistellanp.
(Oar War Correspondence
From the 18th Vermont Regiment.

CAHP CASEY. WAHING1oS, d. ca
October 26, l6O2.
DrA FaEruAS - intended to write. a short
letter Tor your columns as soon as we arrived
here, tut the business pressing upon us IN get
ting settled IN camp, has aHJried little time Tor
ANYTHING else We have had no exI Ierience in
battle OF elsewhere, the relate OF which would
give Particular interest to soldiers letter but
perhaps some of Ger friends would ike to know
where We are and what We are dong, and 50
will make you my medium for telling them.
The journey.
We left Brattleboro the / lth inst, the boys
all Ieelng glad 10 &c; out OF the Town, believe,
Tor they we're not particularly pleased with the
pace. Our route Was by way New Haven,
jersey City, PhiladelphIa, ana Baltimore, reach.
iug Washington late III tie afternoon OF Mon
day the l3.n. There were no incidents Of
special interest on our way All along We
were warmly received Og assembled crONds OF
patriotic eitizehs. la some instances, however,
me demonstrations had a touch Oi the ludlcrous
about th,m. really thought somctiufs that
the good women ana children had seized ali the
dlsh-cOtLs, upuns, aud diry clothes IN the
huusa, wlth which 10 wave US onward. 30,
sometimes We chetred Ia return, and sometimes
We laughed At one place We thought our
trtatmgu, a little hard. We reached Jersey
City soon after hight sunday morning, all Ui u
huugN. Alter waiting lOug time IN the cold
a platform car, with sevlai dtrly looking bar
res thereon, Was trund.ed Up 10 Tie shed where
TIC Oo,s were waiting, ana from the barrels
nonG,susip compound, dlsgustlye ALIKE 10 sight,
smell ana taste, Was dshed cut to such as would
partake Few tell disposed 10 partdke OF such
hospitality aud those lew have hardly recovered
iron, lie fl cts. " no furnished the yllainOns
sun cannot tell, but | do not think II could
have been Nurmunter. MOI such our reception
at Philaduiphia. We were conducted lsmedl-
atey iron tae boat to sao.ns, htIed up with
muoh tAslo and furnished vita tables loaded
with good, wholesome iood, where the ci1cns
were uuspaflng III their attention to our wants.
The Pnauelphlans are making recOra for
themselves of which they may well feel proud,
Que ot the ladies' told lue they had iel IN tins
manner over 800 900 men, anu yet their gener-
oolty docs not dag Noble example lor others.
Pmladelphla has right to say d" Go thou and
do liAvw use"
We reached Washington late on Monday
stOpped all nght III barracks near the Depot,
anu the next DAY moved to oar camplng ground.
OUR SITUATION, ETC.
We are assigned to Gen Casey's Reserve
Curls, tor the defence OF Washington, aud are
enc mpod on E.s, Capitol Hui, but snort dis.
tAncu from the Caplnl i;seii. We were at t's
hrIgad, with the i2tl Vermont aud twu n. der
seS kaeImeu,s, hut there has heen a reOrsanl2i
tluu ut tue DIVISION, ami the NermOueers are
hng,deL together as the 81 Brgade ot Casey I
Division. Col, Bi0unt, ol ,ne I'm, acung Brig
adler General. fne lon ca.nu IN last nght and
camued besde us, and u-night The l4sn and
lon, who were sent across the river, low day'
sluce, returned aud are coming up To us' Thh
arrangement believe is uccnp,aD = To all here
l. considerable 8 tculat0n as TO who IL to bt
our General, ultimately. heaf many express
the visa tnat ten Phelps might command tht
Brgade. Our business tnuu lar has ueen urill'
suu ie,uvs. Oar brg,du Was reviewed by