The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-03-17

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camp gssand, whisb s sauaica ai'eui half
ailr fscm tte depot Arrived 81 csmp !
pAftoek Ell hospitality & my friend the
Adj. - ,hs shape ia sod diuner And
lsss lss fae feuatk. TIA, II al soldiers cared
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j MA ri aad ri az fer sogcr hNy
myself hasessr, iheg ais ROW o5yleg the
fright siag .fibe picture aud assure you
fare saa,piaausy m every respee', Nheu
eowgsfri With ,Ie tveps On ne eH.psu@
last spring atd .samer The, al seem 70
think. however, d1. they ar. e 50 aiore q
fht reality 4 : sgl.iiei'- Tie ere long, IL the
share u mpskrt-h,lls. etc Friday sfer-
neon Corterli &c Il Utley and myself
mount d ,ur chaiges. and started Tor Fair
fax Cont House. which j distant ahou, :
n,iic. fot the purtose q ssing such Of
ny fii,nds as were in that vicinity, and the
corparsl - pilot The mud was tremeu-
dun. deep. ard vhCn We reach,d the Court
HOUSE We had two coats. one q the usual
material and another II mud A. biz place
HAD ,hs good faliune 20 came aerQss VIII
BLACK. Of our tlllagc, aud Henry Wymsu
and Frank Smith, of aetory Point; they al
three are members q the Brigade Band, ~
you no doubt are already aware We paid
a visit 10 the hospital situated here, and met
DR.. Keicham and SIR. Henry Hart Amer
spending an hour or so IN this locality, We
SET out on unr return trip, and fortunately
we're favored with bright moon. or fear
we should have got "stuck in tho mud" as
il WAS. we reached camp in safety Mt about
eight o'clock r M while we were riding
home, and in ansNer TO question ! put TO
him in relation to the food, etc, George said
whenever they got "ilarI Tack that Wis
not marked "B. c." they could get along
tp-top. MS they had invented a new din
called ''Ilard Tack Stew, !" which was con-
sdered rood. of course was anxious 10
know what "B. CO meant, and was in
formed that It referred to the age Of the
crackers, (all who have studied ancient his
tory, will at once "see it, By the way, he
made me a "Siew," and can recommend
the dish. also the cook After these soldiers
return from the war and get married, Gas il
is to he hoped they viii their wives not
he obliged 10 20 into the Kitchen, FOR the
Buys arc perfecting themselves in the art Of
cooking and viii certainly carry Of palm.
NY stay in camp was not altogether with
out excitement, for on the Aecond morning
after my arrival, orders came from head
quarters to have the regiment ready TO march
al moments notice, with two days cooked
rsticns and plenty Of ammunition. This
locked like brush but nothing came Of it,
after all: the raid tf the rebels across the
Rappshannock was the cause Of the orders
being given This same day Inspec-
ton Muster took place, and ] Ind good
opportunity to sec the whole regiment to-
gether They are fine loly Of men, and
appear 10 he we'll dr. lied In the evening |
attended bali which was gotten up by the
VI, regiment, ard honored by the presence
Of their commanding 6fi'cr. General stough-
ton. Tile hard we're IN attendance. and
discussed some ine music, and particular
ly 10 the NJ G b. ; Iwould say that they
played " Daisy Medley" arranged the same
as you have i, but not a bit better, II as
good as We used 10 play it even IS long since
as when had tie honor t. be one Of you =
Sunday morning lett for Washington, has-
ing stayed much longer in camp than | had
anticipated.
Regarding tie boys health, etc. ! I will only
shy that they are all as fat as pigs from
the Captain down, AMI have very comforta-
lie stockaded tents to live in, so their friends
need not worry about them as long ms hey
remain where they now are.
With the exception Of one trip to Benu-
fort, N. c. about the Isl of January with a
load of troops, our Steamer has piled CON
tinually between Baltimore and Fortress
Monroe
We were on the above mentioned passage
to Beaufort the tire the Mo. itor was lost,
hut experienced no damage ourselves what
ever. Yours very respectfully.
L. c. ORvB
The fnllowinp letter from the Sur.