Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-05-06
moNrrEAAEg, We, TUESDAY, mAY 6, 1869.

SIDES, perhaps those regiments the most engaged
would prefer to tell their own story.
TbaC night | was on picket. Al was com
ParatYely qulet, except the Nemi-hourly gun
which VIC iIfed at the enemy 10 remind taem
thas we We're stdl living and 20 prevent them
tgOm repairing their damaged works The next
night ! was on picket again. but this iime there
was more picket firing. We were stationed
down the moderate descent close 70 the dam aud
directly IN front Of tic rebel ride pits Jus5
alter midnight, .or some cause the rebels TOOK
alarm and fired yolley after yolIey, keeping up q
contlnual roar Of musketry for 4 number Of
minutes. The sound Of 20 many hostile guns,
as the echo reyerberated through The woods at
that silent hour Of the night, enkindlel ieeiiug
OF awe and sublinity such as ! mad never before
experienced. Fhe bullets whistled about our cars
IN the widest rreg gdlarity, but we lay low aud
escaped harm y few shells from our battery,
s"nt with remarkable precision, puy stop 70
.helc noisy demonstrations almost instantly
The bnys could hardly withhold from shouting
IN triumph ~ ttei. Sudden defeat, but as silence
hud been strictly yenJo.ned upon us, we relraiHed
rom m0cking them ia theg misery At day
light We Withdrew further back into the woods
During lhe following day, and almost every
Day since, quite a number Of shots WCrc eX-
changed, and at times the iiriug was considers
bic brisk. IL was Almost certain death for any
one tJ e2p9.e himself to view. Occasionally
,ecesh could he seen scampcriug over her
works as j Oh aa lrsand ol lIie and death, and
! nave no doubt iAey were. My nearest COM
rAde noticing one bold fellow walking ieisurely
along ~ open defiance of our bllleH, drew up
hn faithful Springfield aud taxing deliberate
aim fear with malice aorethou-ht and ia-
tent To kill-lrel. Ny friend Is q good marks
inan, and o. sscesh was not seen afterwards, The
presumption Is that he had IN extra hole made
through his body. Our yiuiictlysuess had been
aroused 70 an uncommon degree that morning,
by tie loss Vt one ul our number \ fellow
from Go. Is, who came out t0 inc reserve to bring
some hot coffee &c. to US, out % curiosity,
ycnWred out % look at the works our men had
been erecting during the night, and in less than
tun uautes he WIS brought back a corpse. A
ban A-d passed through MS breast near als
heart llis name was John Sa,ery, aud lie was
universally esteemed By bis associates
sAch are tho torrorso 81 war Saturday night
we We're alarmed again oy firing on our ourplsts
and many Of tie pckets hed ln terror % our
camp. (ll is needless To say those pickets dad
not belong to the Vermont brigade Ii was
stormy night aud dark as luSy bmckncss 10
WIS impossible to distinguish r.end or stranger
We were NOT permitted 10 tax aloud but per-
Tee, buzz OF whispering could be heard every.
where =. Who DEE YOU " hat company is
this - '' Where Is John Smith ? 80 ana most
90 similar inquiries were niteuer made than ans
weref ) sergeInt roughly seized the Colonel
az. Ee w.ss lalssiul aiong zoe line quietly giving
his order8. supposing him % be- some cOwardiy
shlrker and severely threatening him, not very
politely asked vino he was. The Colonel did
ult -hue tie slightest reputation in giving his
utnr sud att duiy apo.ogllng Sullivan allowed
him 10 proceed on hi- way We formed in line
of battle some .ittle distance from camp and re-
malued until the dsturbiuco ceased and quiet
was restored when we marched back to our
quarters. cannot tell how all the boys !ound
their WAY bsck, bus know found my way hack
by cngIng last To the coat tail ol my file leader
Oar officers are very yigant 10 preycn; the Reb-
els from crossing over here and have no doubt
they are equally anxious to keep US from cross
lug the creek lo them, especially by night. APP
lrehenslon OF this was probably the cause Of
JheIr irng
The next DAY, or Monday, We all turned out
ana huilta brush fence between Us and the enc
my, which though it may not suggest anything
very formidable to anything fmorc consequence
than g Aock Of sheep, yet we have 50 arranged
that row OF fires can be built at short notice
ia front OF lt,wa.ch reaec;sils whole high, upon
the iencs, and body OF rebels should attempt
iUe hazard OF picking their way through IL, a
regiment standing back IN the woods out Of ti,ir
stgat could NOV thgm down by scores.
Heavy details are made every night TO Dig RI
de pits aud throw up hreastworks tor artillery
dc. iae work seems 10 progress finely let our
friends nave patience, the more We ioruiy the
less Nlii be tae loss oi lite ANTI REBEL.