The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-06
From the Sixth Vt, Regiment
WARRENToN, Va, Oct. Goth.

Dear Messenger We arrived at the
head quarters of this regiment, 10 season on
Sabbath last, to enjoy with the regiment, our
first religious services. All the regiment
were present and the occasion was apparent
Iy enjoyed as a rarity, as some time has
elapsed since they have had an opportunity
of the kind This regiment has seen hard
service, and they muster now for active duty
only between three and four hundred men
The officers are mostly young men, but have
had nevertheless, considerable military expe-
rence, and their merits have been tested,
and their promotions Justly merlted, The
men now connected with the regiment, have
really stood the test Of actual service, aad
when tried have never been found wanting
At the present time there is with US, but very
little sickness, as we have but three in the
hospital here, and but few confined to quar-
ters
Oar present position is well to the front
We can see in the distance the smoke OF the
rebel camp fires. We learn that Lee has Te'
Gently crossed, with a portion of bis force, to
this side of the Rappahannock, and we are
expecting some new movement upon tie part
of our own forces. All possible dispatch is
being used to put this railroad in running or
der, and it is expected that the cars will soon
reach this place. For our own part, we do
not claim to co mprehend the reason for these
changes in the army of the Potomac. Our
army retreats, aud then in turn pursues the
retreating foe, and thus the conflicting forces
seem to ebb and flow over this section of old
Virginia until nothing appears to be left that
is really worth holding. All Of these chang
es appear to amount in reality, to but little.
The battles that have been fought here, and
the immense sacrifice of life at has been
made, does not to any great extent, change
the face Of fairs, but all things remain much
as they were in this immediate section. 1t
would apparently be economy to place men
enough in the defenseS of Washington, to rem
der it secure against any attack OF the foe
and use the remainder at some other point,
until we have men enough in the field, to
make an advance that shall be decisive, and
overwhelming to the foe. We hope that
Father Abraham's call for three hundred thou
sand more, will be promptly answered by the
energy and patriotism OF the North. We
cannot advance now without detractlng from
our own forces by the men we must leave to
protect our rear, and the further we are obliged
to transport our supplies, the greater the ex-
pense aud the more we risk to the mercy Of
the pilfering hordes that infest this section for
the purpose of plumber. There was recent
raid between here and Gainesville, and train
with large amount Of goods captured from
the government. This was several miles in
our rear and all trains, at the present time,
require quite an armed escort to assure their
safety 1t is evident that we have the means
at our command to inAict decisive blow up
on the enemy in Virginia, and when we at
tempt to strike again, it should be with the
long desired results of prostratiog the foe.
The opposing armies have been too evenly
matched, and the results Of maneuvering and
fighting have heretofore left the scale un-
turned but this need not be, and we are sure
that the present aspect of affairs cannot long
continue. aa.l...t.
The weather at the present time is pleasant
but quite cool, especially nights. The men
are finding it needfu to be securing their sup,