Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-12-11
CAMP IN TIE FIELD, NEAR \
STAFFORD, G H., Va. Co. !
f., I'd VT, Reg, Dec. 9, '62.


terest you for a few moments. as ! am
weekly reminded of my indebtedness to
you. by the regular appearance Of the
Ne,osdealer, which ever proves a welcome
visitor in camp, ~
Since last wrote you We have passed
through an exciting campaign, through
the hot months of summer, and the cold.
or ones Of autumn think the reputo-
ton of the old I'd, in Vermont. warrants
me in saying that, during the siege Of
Yorktown, the gallant charges at vii
liamsburg, the trying hours before Rich
mond, and upon shc bloody fields of Saw
age Station, and White-oak Swamp, she
has been tried aud not found wanting, and
more recently, at Bull Run, Centrcvjlle
and on the long marches to the battle
fields Of Maryland, where we, as we'll as
the rest of the brigade, particularly, won
everlasting honors for the ureen Mount
ain State, by our charges ut South Mount
ain aud Antiotam ,,'
Now we ind ourselves at the beginning
of what promises to be a cold winter en-
gagged in sdll another campaign, and af-
ter long and severe marches, wehave again
found the enemy in force, ou his own
ground. we'll fortified and prepared to
give us hard battle, but instead of march.
ing our recently victorious army immed-
ately on them, we huddlcd together ina
miserable shelter tents, and came to q
halt; by whose order? Maj. Gen. Burn
side of course, the maas Of all men cho~
qoas 10 lead as on to Richmond, double
quich."
From the time we left the Potomac, at
1Harper's Ferry, until the order came for
Gen. Burnside to take command of the
army. we marched steadily on every day,
making an average Of nearly 10 miles per
day, driving everything before us; living
to great extent, on the products Of the
country the men all feeling well, and
confident of success, for had we not got
the man at the head of the column who
had tinle.and again showed us his bravery,
his willingness to suffer with us, and his
competency to command the man who
has been twice called upon to save the
Federal Capital from the hands of its en-
envy, and most CALAMITY done the bidding
of his Chief, and last the man who made
the army he was leading, and had train
cd them to such perfection that when
scattered to Struggling mob under oth-
er generals, at the sound of his familiar
voice they promptly fell into line, and
singing the song, as they rushed on to
the conflict,
sH Mcclellan is our man
h,-t He'll show his deeds
Where ere he leaus.
Mcclellan is our man -
and won the greatest victory of the war,
(if any one doubts it let him visit the
bloody ravines of South Mountain, and
the fields, white with human bones, at
Antietam). When this army had nearly
reached the heart of the rotten, degraded
state or Virginia. everything moving
smoothly along as have stated, one fine
morning, instead of moving off at day
break, the restless army fingered around
the camp fires and the query among the
soldiers was, '"what's up now Various
were the answers vouchsafed by the know
ing ones. At last. about noon, the order
came, !" fall in and what ! march out
and take leavc Of Gen. Nc C9ellaa, and
any man who spoke against Burnside. his
successor, on upheld Mcclellan in any
public. excited manner should ,chM! 90
10 the old Capital prison at Washingto",
of course, for daring to express his pref
erences in this boosted land of the free.
Rut when this, his favorite Corps dc
Armee,' were drawn up in solid column
and their flvorite leader rode down the
line hat off. as was his custom before and
after battle, the feelings Of those old
veterans burst forth in long and hearty
cheers. and as his form disappeared and
VIC became conscious that he was our lead
er no more there could be seen among the
soldiers choking sensation in the Threats
and mist in their eyes, that had been
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