Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-05-02
Ff0m Toe NuulUI HoflId.
LETTER FROM YORKTOWN.

LETTER FROM YORKTOWN.
FLyso Hosrir1,
Friday April IS, 1852.
NV DIAN FnfsND Since I last wrote you, The tcc-
graph has probably borne you he OF our baptism in
fire and blood before the creek and carhworks at Lees
Mills Day before yesterday forenoon was as clear and
beautiful a. dawn rose We had received orders
the previous evening o be boz readiness TO march u The
morning requested leave Of Dr. Phelps accompany
the regiment which was granted saying however, that
he didn't believe there would be much done that day
We LETT camp about O'Clock, passing nearly due West
into the woods-dirccy toward The position u new
carthwors which they had been discovered building by
sundry OF our engineers will not describe the march
out Mr. Plymton and myself rode together few rods
in the Of the regiment The forest very dense,
ed By the scouudrcg, who were having Guard Mount
inside their works and we could hear their music and
knew from It just what they about Presently their
band struck zap "R0su c."-whcu Col. Sf0ughton
opened the ball by taking musket-g1iug 20 the fout
aud firing into thtir embrasure which nearest TO
They gave yen and spraug TO their guns Mean
while Motifs battery had come up into open field along
Hde the woods when ranged up and come around
and lin battery pointing the guns md planting the Un-
ion Standard steadily and hand .ofncly If par-
AIDE Col stoushtous shot aroused them, as l said be-
fore aud they fired shell which struck pine tree ut-
der which the Chaplain and were sitting cutting IL off
though it 10 inches thr ugh neat rs candle with
butcher knife aud covering Mt J.. with bark md leaves,
like robin red breast aud the Babes u the Woods, aud
throwing few fragments on 10 me. You may Imagine
scattered "suddonly, fc,i.iug TO adjoining il,
when ola Mott openec on cu, and they had all they
wanted 90 attend 10, ana hfct no more 90 our direction
All this passed iu less time than you read this and
the bail was now fairly in motion.
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