Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-05-21
Suffolk Va, May Z, To-

Error RUTLAND HERAtni
Because of the hurried march of events
have not written for nearly three weeks,
qhe Ninth, however, is sul safe and
sou,d We have been on the move or
on pic;et or fatigue duty ever since our
coming East, There Is a prospect of our
.tayirr here for a few weeks, perhaps
m.n,hs, and II 50 VIZ expect compare
lively easy TIME, AS the reoaIs have left US.
rbsy may, nevertheless return, as one OF
\ ,hsm promised they would, Oh bit of
ror.r tina, he iett OH post Of one OF. their
s,r,s which our regiment Is tearing down
to-day
We went out Tuesday afternoon and
hasan to tear down and till up, and came
in 10 stay over night II rained all night
and Yesterday, and Uncle Sam kindly
consented TO let us stay in our tents till
this morning, for which he has our sincere
thanks. We are now having a cool cloudy
day. and will warrant that the 9th will
make It's mark on the rebel Notifications,
for our boys will work well for once, even
those who never worked with good stom-
sch before.
Our boys are having rich time out
there to-day, If | may Judge from dis
ushes just received Lieut.. X. writes
~ @ inc saving, "Send out kettles and mess
pans, sugar and coffee, pepper and SALT
and hard bread, for We ate TO stay all
night and have two hogs and lamb to
a cook" Just think OF 1.-two hogs and
lamb, with bread and coffee to match,
for not quite thirty men; and other hogs,
ETC., running loose for tomorrow. They
are some four or FIVE miles out in the enc
my's country, where plumber is the order
4 of the day, and | should not be surprised
any day to see even our ''order-lovng"
Lieutenant Commanding coming in mount
ed ON mule or some similar "vehicle,"
which he himself in sound mind, had APP
4 prvprlated.
But it NAV be wondered why | am in
camp when such laborious duties are TO
be done. The fact is our cook was slight
ly mJared by the explosion of some
powder which some 'iend in human FORM
pat into his pipe, and have taken his
place, for ii should be one of the
hrst rules OF military science to have a
Il good cook IN every company, and have
him in camp at his post. The beauties o.
this rule are aptly illustrated by the promp
naDner in which forwarded "supples't
20 Go. b. this afternoon, when called on.
The health of the regiment is good.
oergt Baker alone Of our Company IS in
Inc hospital, and he is only comfortably
sex and getting better. There has been
sklmishing about here, and some right
~srt brushes have occurred, but we have
na, @ept out Of harms way entirely
d So oe - have heard the whizz of the
Il - sb,r,-s, Nooters' bullets as they dis
, avs, rs hmlIdpg forts on our side OF ths
n 1ver. but no harm bss been done except
q ny Hole or so through "a oVercoat' Cos
mi D and F crossed he river aboa tue 'lne
Jur forces took those tive guns a. oue
n hundred and twenty-five prisoners, spokt :"
II Of IN the papers, but whether the did any
damage or not does not yet appear, We
have been encamped down the river a
whaie, but are now up south Of Suffolk
about mule.
The 9th now belongs to a brigade OF
reserves that is going Into camp near the
81 Village, now long we shall stay no one knows
| and we get so III little while that We do
not care particularly what is to come next.
u I have heard Of soldiers "spolhng for a
6ghs,n and though have never expert
enead any such sensation, think it posi-
bic. To my own knowledge there men in
our own regiment who have never seen d,
H fight, excepting afar of, but cho have
H gone out, aPpttre'''l,.. 20 battle, with q.
~ great ihalhe..cnce az at home they woulC
90 out TO hoe potatoes, and who woulC
Ahave been rather pleased if they had me
an enemy. The way in which we tel
hi "henler or not brush is expected Is this
III oh Ill sdeh occasions we are followed b.
MI our surgeon on his war horse, followed b,
We medicine men" generally. | viii
8 take this opportunity to say that when w
were thus backed up for the first time,
was like a soldier in the French Spy,
N 1 was mot exactly afraid but prodiglous
Ill y perturbed.o That feeling gradual,
wears away however, and its absence i
# comfortable. We have been paid of late
ly to the last of February, and greer
III backs and kmek -knacks abound.
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usl~r favorable circumstances, 1t NIGH
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