The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-22
Our Var Correspondence.
From the 18th We mont Regiment
CAMP RANDALL, FAIRFAX c. H.. Va.
Dqcsrnhar l.. a 1870


December 18Th, 1862
DEAR SIR This will inform you that II i.
Vermont Brigade Of nine months man b.,a
again left their camp in the vicinity Of Alc,ar
dris, and marched twenty miles with knarss.k.
on their backs. We left our camp at G O'CLOCK
last Friday and arrived here about 5 O'Clock III.
same day. The boys stood it very we'll fl,
fresh troops and but few fell to tie resr-,,d
these were mostly those who were coDplani,,
previous to :he march. Our baggage yagons
were ordered to be delivered UP, save one iii
which we bad to carry what we could. co, So
quently wa we're rather short OF ratiopa far
day or two but now we live US usual, tbops5
nothing to boast of. We had oul..a it'll.
s:orm of rain yesterday morning, and as ws
ware sleeping under our little ~ tent, We 10
ceiyea l. Shower bath which We little eyrcctedA
Oar blankets GOT wet as wei! rs Ourselves snA
it took SONS time to dry them. Nav orr tent
have arrived by .siraad 70 Falslz Station. I'd
are no-e comfortable A Nv mer Acleocinc
to Co. Il, tramped to the 4eEo: and carried
Ihejr tents on their back. sor4l three miles !. I
this camp, your humble servant Beng ore 81
She number, bat he was rtla.d ~ ca1aiort
abls sleep under his ten, ,hag night. Such are
sone Of the trials ard troubles Of 7ouateers.
bat !. was toIre with our usual lor;;uds and
designations, tor which the 18th have sained#
quite premium.
We have heard from Burnside several taes e
late One rumor was that hs had been de-
ce.teI. another that he WAS the victor but id
the absence Of anything official, We watch and I
wai!. Some 80, 600 troops hsve passed here
during the last few days, and from al appear
4nce ws ,hould judge that he would be REIN
forced, if nothing happened, suf cient to take
dozen Trederlcksbutg hs'.
We have been having battalion drill every
Jay since oar arrival, and police duty and eon-
srAl cleaning up has been the order Of the day
We save understood that picket duty will be-
,ur chief duty here for the present, some Eve
niles nsar Centreyille, but We havs not ss yet re-
,elvsd any order to that effect. Eli Picard, Co.
/ has the lsundice. Stone, Cannon, johnson
.nd Aobrey are on tie sick list The health of
he regimen : continues good In general, and
onsiderlng eur late long marches and stormy
weather., f4v are disabled in comparison to the
,umber enrolled. We have been cooking our
atoms over our little camp fires of late. and
70 have in consequence become somewhat cooks
f reputation, that is if experience ha anything
, do with is. Washing we have learned, and
aakiug beadeteads and beds in fac. we have
ecoms housekeepers in general, and will on
UT return home be able TO keep hotel"
GU know our habits Of late have been nigga
'ry and VIC have become acquainted with
lie country and the inhabitants that remain
thin distance of 80 niles around Washing
IN. Negroes predominant and fenceless arms
nd houseless plantations meet the eye at every
~ miles OF travel. Ia fact all the results Of
vii war are here to be seen, an! devastation
'igns supreme. When will this wicked trial
Ease, and peace and prosperity again bs known,
I'D our glorious fAg, the emblem OF liberty,
,roughout tho world, be- known and respected
. home and abroad? You rs always,
Sergeant GASDNER, Co. II.
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