The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-03-11
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4 Camp lns'raetien, Z. G.. Mar. >. 1867. y
Nsssrs Editors ;-0nro more viii |,
w'Ih your permission, say few words 10
The readers Of your shee, aud ny friends,
/ u ~ m4 10 me that material Is De, idedly
scarce Tor q letter Of interest from or
camp, and inderd think such must be
tile cas- IN all OF the camps of the army
Of the Potomac. The fact il, wc are i, G.
essarily, as it were, lying in = state Of idle.
ness, and consequently there il nothing
being turned Up.
Il is hard telling low much longer we
arc thus TO remain, for athongh the mud
Is partially dried up now. ii Is liable to
come on @et again and stict us liglt rs
ever. used 10 think tie climate ii New
Ing and tic most changrabe Imaginable !:
but really, 10 not think il begins with
that IN which we chance TO be placed II
the present time. Although We do moi
have The excessive cold weather aud deep
SHOWS that are incident 10 ycru ont. VET
We 10 have every other kind Of weather
which an nrtivc mind can imagine. Que
day, perchauec. il will be warm as MAY
~ Vermont; the next, perhaps, will be
freezing cold, With wind that vi almost
demoish the tlaiI fabric il which sol
der has 10 ,heltcr himself.
a few days since, tie winl arose IN the
morning. and with such violence that for
OF The five tents in which Company Ii is
qnartered soon came down, and | really
think il quite lucky for the inmates tha,
their shelter was composed Of no heavier
material than il Is, for il such hal been
the case, il might not have been SO easy
for the inmates to extricate themselves "a I
II was IN the present.. But these sudden (
changes ] think are very deeierious ia
the health of eur regiment. The sick Isl
OF the regi ent ranges from one hundred
and twenty-five 10 one hundred aud sew.
rnty five. The sick list Of ca. ii to-day
IS tweniy-eight, out of niuety-fle men.
am informed by residents Of our Vi
entity, that The resent season i. very
one. and il seems TO me that
I would not take a very active ina inS-
ion TO come to that conclusion without be.
ng told. have almost thought some.
INES that the elements which composed
he dispositions OF share Of the inhAbi.
ants Of Dixie entered also into The wealth.
r Of the present time. To-day il has
moved, and now there is the most snow /;
N The ground that there has been thus :
ar since eur arrival here some Two months
incc. There is one thing At least in Ia .
or OF the snow. Il has given the boys of !,
he regiment chance for game 1T snow ],
aling' and ! should think judging from /
ppearances, that they had ftirIy i'm '
roscd the opportunity. :
have TO acknowledge the reception OF 7
box Of Hospital clothing, miltens, socks, c
C., kindly donated TO our Company by "
ie Soldiers Aid Society Of East Dorset. z
he mitttns and socks to our Company !,
ere very acceptable indeed. The tiipgs +
Y the Hospital ] turned over to our wor.
y Chaplain, the Rev. Mr.. BARRIER, WHO
iys particular attention 10 HE needs Of
e SICK. There is Que hing Which is Of
ii faction TO tile soldier in camp; and :
at is to know they have friends at home II,
at are wiling and do all they can for fir
r heir comfort here. ca
] have not time to write more this time. Z.
] will close. Yours, H. -
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