Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-08-25
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A Soldiers q Letter No. 50.
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LAHF NEhh w AhhLENANNt '-.t - ~
tFplros FREEMAN :-Thi, camp is, bsevo,
shhout an oficial:nsme At present. We are with
bout dv. miles OF Wnsenton, and about Two
~ what vas once the village Of Wstsrloo.
.rsn,on /. on your kh, and Waterloo on your
b, Az We hc. the enemy. You will perceive
be writing my last We have moved our camp
10 mor. This remarkable event occurred last
Wkdnesdsy. l cannot say whether il was mill
necessity, or military conwnienc', or some
,r motiv. that prompted the change, but 30
Far nv tumble opinion can Judge, think the
I've wise and judlcious one. We went almost
sc,ly back to where We were sncanpsd at first,
IN swinging in a half mile or so nearer the
Kppahsnnock. This may not be quite so good
aamping place a; that, but it is better than the
~ one, and makes very acceptable compromise
tween the two. So, having become somewhat
nestc,lsd in our new position. see no better
~ Of employing one Of the fairssi mornings here
ttat Virginia ever saw than by writing Q line or so
by always welcome visitor, the freeman" 10
y sure, nothing ha, rsn,pired worth noticing,
- there i. nothing to write about but lnces-
nnt salkeu and scrbblsrs can generally manage
90 maks themselves sufficiently troublesome with
eat the aid Of these superAuous auIilisriss.
4. Living In campis peculiar kind Of life, but
~ every other situation one may become 20 40
rsrsomed,o il that the evil and the good bear
rs|aiion to e,ch other very nearly approaching to
u<as may be found in almost any other pursuit.
Hnsy oieu seem dull and irksoms, imposing bur-
some restraints and duties not At all agreeable,
"a only tn. croaksr will "y the dayssrs all dark
cherries. We certainly have had hard'hPs
prv.tions TO endure, and sometimes pretty
Were ones, too; but We have also, now and then
Line for sport, joyous, heslh'nspiring, and iull
dfun. We have our games Of chess OacEs'm-
-, dnughts, cards, and others, to make
rry many dull, listls" hour. We get Occa'
slly book to read, sometimes q paper, or
~, |. often better than either, . letter from
be. These last are the ehnks that fill ur
ny useless, II not bdrdensome, hour, present
TO the soldier, mind something tangible thai
~ thought. will love to dwell upon. Many hour
- pleasantly spent in answering these letters
my in visiting our friend, 10 other portions o
& e,mpmany more in fishing and foraging an'
- the day often closes before we are aware o
~ to have ii.
6lnce we formed our new camp We have oesl
saploysd principally in,paking our tents com
bshbls and convenient would like to intro
&c the reader into our espp this morning ths
might see what plsasan. houses ye can impro
= .. short notice and very little expense.
. can imagine pole or rail, whichever happen
BE the hsndie.., sleyasds little higher sha
's head aud held .horironssy BY two crotchs
by being strapped to two other rails that al
rDrpendoular, which are inserted in the groun'
- at each end, you have an idea OF the FIR
Irtibg point 10 putting up a tent. The prime
~ difficulty in all this is to &c! an AZ or hatch'
cut pole or sharpen ne staks that's to
Uiven into the ground but sometimes b
Bk-nhiis win xsswsr the purpose. The ns'
Ling /, to throw our tent, which Is nothing mo-
- lsa than two pieces Of cotton or linen cos
! ou, Eve feet square buttcned together, ov
/ u rdRe-pols and hsten the lower edge, or cave
y smsu stakes as near the ground as we have cs
nls,ed to have the tent come. The boV gene
IN prefer flom two to three feet. Here then
,.n, for two men. Other. can join on to Il
"a. indefinitely, thus making continual line
snu and have it all one. Along the centre
/ n, v, csn build our bunks, running lsngthwi'
We have tents sufficient, at convenient big
kom the ground, making uSs COED seat or ouO
the daytime, and bed for the night or
Au build them crouwiss, il We prefer, and 'h
| ponomi,e the room. Being open all around
| sn, has the frse,t circulation Of air. and We
| >aps the unhealthy damp Of living on the grou
| Bome Of the boys fix themselves up stands
| Nrtug.ds,k,, and cupboards for their cups pla
| bnd irsgmsnts Of rations. Msny other conv'
| sncss are constructed, as necessity demands,
Ingenuity nveuts. Generally we provide our'el
| with all the proudest aristoprat need to ask
while the whole establishment would be costl!
i've dollsrs. sa "a, ig-i ~
Il Ba, In order to ten. the whole story, wi
sosiug have begun | might as well continue
will bs necessary to. speak Of the msnne
which tho boys often procure the boards to b
l q and oynamant THAR singular hahtations