Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-09-19

from the field, without its once le,v;n.,.
hands. Thus to impeach the bras H's
man who stood the test of Bun ,.
creditably to himself and company =. Dr u
lieutenant, and to publish to tbe,con.. .''
that other hands than his have lorna
flag from the field of battle, is a staten ~,
so unjust that pray God it NAV n
stain the annals of our history Iw,tan''
in the smoke of battle our FAC , "aSCned
him bring the same to where we balt a saw
Thus sir trust have proven to V.
mont that our cOlOrs were borne BY no a,
other than our own rcgimental colo, boz.
CT. Our colors left us not for ono ~.
ment, and yet we arc deprived Of tben
l believe Major Gen. Butler TINS ,o,s ~,
on his best judgement upon repo,t. S r.
nishcd him, and laments the dispr,o. ~
our most surely unfortunate reoimont
In conclusion | have to saw tLat ,
order seems to us like the death Ln,,, "c
the Tth Vermont Regiment. tis lilo a VI
Green Mountain Stat that we mourn far our own
lieve me- we can and will die, but tboa, ior be.
shall be restored to the regiment. We fee . roOh
fled and chagrinned that our State mnst mort
graced by us. ''' "e DIS
Heaven knows we struggled to do our dp,v NIL,
W. nm hrn hap
autumn on the Potomac in defense If tL waves OF
that we would thousand times rath uao 1lu nag
than be disgaaced. ''' ulc Tor
Our regiment entered the contest r;,,
some BOD men all told, the remainder hahn rn Dut
in quarters and hospitals, and when H. sich
was raging ercest those sick men wor ,"o ga'lle
to the river by the aid of Gen Williams for U"ereu
Thus comes the impression that orr rea Ses
broke and ran. 'shneht
We wish the people of Vermont to know a..
facts of the case, and We will to the str,,, inc
but men fighting in the cau.e we aro , n
have suffered what we have in the fnitoYu s VINO
OF Vicksburg officers and men who for ten doss
after our arrival at Baton Rouge buried o,r S"9S
at the rate OF one, two and three per dav fon'
company, and in one dav buried nine men rSat'
side, three from each of companies B, & and "
(when at brigade reviews some commands ,ra'' '
utterly incapacitated from being represrntp5 az
they had not men enough to care for the sick ord
dying, and give dead comrade christian hnrioN
say when in that condition they were called NM
on to fight that bloody battle of Baton Ronap
and conducted themselves like men, better tLSr
other regiments who were broken IN and rormiu nn
upon our right and left suffering as did onlv tbso
2lst Indiana and 9th Michigan to be at thS
hour compelled to give up our flag for the assert
ed reason that we proved ourselves towards md
deserted it, which God knows we never did. and
our state unjustly disgraced-then man murmurs
ana believes there is policy in war"
Our regiment in the maarious swamps of Vjcks.
burgh have sOwn seeds that have, and fear will
prove fatal to many forced to do fatigue duty, nm.
til it was impossible to fill details from the rer-
ment where slave owner would not work His
slave, as the atmosphere arising from the dis
turbed earth was sure to breed disease and
brought to Baton Rouge, and sick and well forced
to sleep upon the ground, when all the other reg
iments were quartered in buildings, it is now,
after having as regiment behaved well in battle,
disgraced. Curse us, if that will save our State
and friends. If our country can be saved, am
willing to die with my regiment but for Gods
sake, Vermonters don't believe us what we are
represented as being, disgrace to our State
SIMON DUTTON,
Captain of Co. &, Tth Vermont.