The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-15
(our War Correspondence
From Berdan's Sharpshootars
CANP BEFORE IsRXroxx

CAAF BkfOAE YORKTOWN, Aprlh
We left Camp Porter Friday monlny WITH
I'orter's division, and marched toward Yms
town. We passed Big Bethel but there wa. M
one there. About five miles from there We cams
TO rebel fortiheation. There were about nn.
hundred rebels in IL, Cavalry who fired rwv
shells and then run, taking along two guns
We passed by this about mile and camped for
the night. Saturday we started on, Co. + h..
ing deployea as skirmishers, and advanced ina
line extending to the right of the road and
about three PAGES apart. When on "a large 6eN
We saw on hill in front, some horsempn
riding back and forward. Soon We heard oud
report and u shell went howl,nq over our head,
and struck lar to the rear. Some five or sr
more followed, when we marched by the LETT
flank over to the other side of the road. Son
u battery came up On the right and began u
answer the rebel cannon. Alter Il while anOb
er rebel work opened on the left OF us, and then
still another. We Co.. (. } We're sent back to
d house just on the left of the road, where We
staid till the bullets II ON the rebel rhe-ph Oh
the lett, got to whlzzing ABOUT our ears pretty
thick, and one OF our men (Corporal Charles
Peck was Shot IN the leg, when they Sent Us to
the right of the road, where We staid, under
cover OF some trees, all day. We were between
our battery on the right and the rebel works on
the left with the balls a.ll shells tearing through
the air over our heads. Every lew minutes, a.
81, the rifle balls :rolu the lett would whistle By
our ears Some OF the Sharpshooters Were of IN
different directions, cracking away whenever
they could get II chance. We stald in this tz.
posed situation all day, some OF US stealing
away on the sly to get d crack at the rebels
One round shot went through the top OF bush
about four feet from my head. One shell burst
near us and Il piece hit the gun OF one Of our
men. AS near as is now known TWO sharpshOOt-
ers are killed and or wounded. The firing
ceased only when it got too dark to see the enc
my. After getting cur men together We reIHel
about mile to The rear ana camped III some
woods, where | slept sound and sweet We
camp now without stopping to build much ora
tent. We have some nice lndla rubter blankets
| that the State of Vermont furnished US before
We left Washington. One OF these we spread
on the ground, and lie down, three ilogethe
spreading our wooden blankets over Us land sleep
as warm as pigs. Our transport wagons not hav'
ing arrived We are getting short Tor food. fO'
dinner roasted piece OF pig that some oil the
boys : contiscated "a pretty common way Of
getting dainties here.
Gen. Mcclellan and staff have arrived; also
train of artillery three or four miles long
Besides the Union gunboats are arriving up the
York river, aud have been firing some Of 'h'
forts. The rebels have very strong position
and if We attempt to take them there will be q
bloody time. II is a stronger position than Don
elson ever was.
p. 5. We are yet, Monday afternoon, ('he
9th,) waiting Tor everything to be ready for 40
attack that shall not fail Of success. "ess
all read to 60 at five minutes notice. ~