Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-10-17
FROM THE VERMONT CAVALRY.
CAMP NEAR FIT. SooTT, Va, !
Oct. s, 1862.

pen to communicate with you.
Our journey, which you know was COM
menced on the morning of Sept. 30th,
and was pursued with varying success un-
, till we finally reached the regiment on
f Sunday. Oct. 9th. The good breakfast
which we got at Stowe lasted US till we
reached Springfield, Mass. We had the
f bad luck to leave the rations provided for
us during our journey, at Waterbury.
This accident was the occasion of much
difficulty and much hunger. | imagine
that not one of the boys failed to think
Of the we'll spread tables Of Hyde Park,
and knew that many of them made re-
marks concerning the difference
Most of us had good sleep from IL
o'clock Tuesday night till early dawn of
, Wednesday morning-the time we we're
on the boat from New Haven to New
York. Wednesday in the city was driz-
Fly disagreeable day, and l imagine we
made rather poor appearance marching
through the city in the mud and rain
done up in our blankets and carrying our
bundles under our arms. But we were
not thinking of the appearance we made,
but Of the distance to shelter We had
the fortune too, a part of US at least, to
march through the streets of Philadelphia
in the rain, that time midnight thunder
storm. From that place to Baltimore We
went by daylight and it was the pleasantest
portion Of our journey. From Baltimore
to Washington we went in the night,
reaching the famed City Of the Union
about midnight of Thursday. Here we
remained the rest of the week. in the
midst of the crowd Of soldiers of all
classes and descriptions, which congregate
and pass through the city
Here we left three of our number in
the hosptal--Edward S. Bryant, Willard
s. Stowe and Rufus Noyes, were exhaus-
ted by the journey and the change in dict,
and we were obliged to leave them. The
rest are in good health generally. A few
are slightly unwell, but not at all danger
Gus. Those who are we'll arc enjoying
themselves highly. Not one would 60
back, and we hear not one word of dis
couragement from man among them.
We found the regiment more reduced
by the hard work and fighting they have
done, than we had been led to expect.
But they are in fighting condition, how
ever, and a portion of them are out now,
and probably are now fighting or will sec
fighting before they return. The greatest
trouble is with the horses. A forced
march of twenty-four miles or more, per-
haps all day, and sometimes for several
days in succession, without one rest in the
day perhaps poor feed and scanty be-
sides, will soon use up the horses of any
regiment, or any horses.
To-day the first additional company
came in. They seemed in good spirits
though somewhat tired with the journey.
They can do nothing, nor can any Of us
accomplish great amount of work or
fighting until we are armed and furnished
with horses.
AS for fare here, we none of US COM
plain. Our tents are ample protection for
all the inclemencies of the weather we now
experience; and our food, though not
such as many we're in the habit of find
ing on the tables at home, is plentiful and
wholesome. Beef, pork, bread and crack
ers with coffee constitute the principal
part of our fare. Some buy other arti-
cles OF the sutler. Fruit is plenty
There is no necessity for healthy man to
starve, and until we are sent to harder
service than VIC have yet seen, most of the
new recruits will grow fat.
There are soldiers to the right of u.s.
and to the left before and behind We
can hardly raise ous eyes without their
resting either upon an encampment or a
fort. The wagons are passing all the
time, either one way or the other, on reg
mental business There seems to be
nothing done which has no connection
with the army or with the soldiers. War
m onopolizes all trades and all interests.