Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-02-05
FROM THE 18TH VT. REGIMENT
FRIDAY. January 30. 1852

Mr.. EDITOR II will write few linz.
that may be of some interest to the re,
ders of your paper in Lamoille County
New years day passsd off with mirt6
and on the next day Col. Randall had fl
60 to Washington, so the boys We're given
2 days to stockade, which they done in
hurry. Some were choppping and split
ting Chestnut and Whitewood, while 9th
ers carried it on their shoulders to camr
a distance of Is or 20 rods, and mado
their camp in shape to winter, then got
brick and built some fire places The sol
diers we're happy and would get into thei,
tents or around the camp fire and talk
about when their time would be out and
wonder when Uncle Sam would let them
have some "green Backs while other.
were wishing their boxes from Vermont
would come, so that they would not have
to get their tobacco, butter, cheese &c
All went along like clock work for while
when the surgeon said it was not healthy
camp. 1t is strange, but he did not find
it out until we had cote tents fixed
He and the major spent number of DAYS
in trying to find suitable place, and at
last settled on a spot about mile north
of our camp, where the pines had been
cut some time before, and was on rise Of
ground facing the East. The commits.
stoned and field officers tents were to he
in pine grove, where there were rows of
some corn or tobacco field. The bows
spent number of days here, building
barracks, and then got the ground cleared
for the officers tents and some of their
barracks built, when orders came to march
On the 18th, sad news came to CAMP
it was the death of Hiram G. Wolcott.
He was buried the next day with all the
honors of an army, and SO guns were fred
at his grave. He is from Morristown, and
leaves wife and one child to mourn hiss
loss This is the second death in Co.,. E.
Our rations began to be cut down, and
then we knew there Was something in the
wind The order came for marchingat
8 o'clock A NJ, (the 2Oth). The boys
eat their supper and nearly finished their
scanty allowance of bread, and packed
their things. In the morning they finish
ed their bread for breakfast. There were
some that had boxes from home, and we're
provided for on their march.
At the appointed time the drum beat,
and the boys were all in line, stacked
arms, unslung knapsacks, and the Colonel
gave the order to strike their tents. The
boys returned to their company, and all
was done with haste and the woodwork
that they had made with so much care
was set on fire, and into line again at the
beat of the drum. The order for march.
ing came, and the boys marched with firm
step, with their knapsack, cartridge boxes
with 40 rounds, canteens full of water,
and empty haversacks. We marched 8
miles and halted to rest, then we marched
by Faiafax Station. When halt was
again made, the boys began to feel in
their haversacks for crumbs. We halted
80 minutes, and then marched a mile to
a rising peice of ground. The colonel
gave orders to camp, and the ground was
policed, and the tents set up for the night
around the camp fire. We had no supper
but werewolf pleased with the camping
ground, and we'll rested in the morning.
We were very quiet till noon. Nothing
had come from the Station, and at P NJ,
Colonel Randall detailed so men to 60
and meet the teens, for it had rained in
the latter part of the night, and the road
was very muddy, but they got through be-
fore we got to them. The rations of hard
tack we're dealt out and we had a good
meal. We then went looking for timber
to build barracks This was followed up
till now.
On the next day (22d) 240 went out to
fix the road so that the teams could bring
our rations from the Station. Perhaps
we shall stay here for some time, for the
mud is from 6 to "a inches deep in the
road. Our camp is the best we have had