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Tour Army Correspondence.l
CAMP AT WOLF RUN SHOALS, Va, }
Anril 9th. 1862.

April @ttn, 100
Dear Free Pres.
It is more than two weeks now
since orders came for the second Brigade to be in
readiness to taie the field but we still lnger On the
banks ofthe muddy Occoquan The order to make
ready was promptly and theoretically complied
with. The extra baggage Of officers ana men
(wives included in some cases. was sent IN to Al
exandria or Washington, or back to Vermont; the
tents Of the troops were turned back to the Quar-
termasters, and shipped to Alexandra; the men
overhauled their " cotton bureaus" and discard
ell superhuities with Spartan rigor, supplies Of
food and ammunition were duly provided and
distributed; and the feeble men were sent int.
the City Hospitals This last, by the way, was
an unfortunate proceeding. as II has turned out.
Over hundred men were thus sent in from this
regiment, Of whom many would, probably, today
be on duty, if they had stayed in camp, and
mary more in a very few days more, who VIII
now, probably. have to 60 through the circum-
locution Office Of the hospitals and convalescent
camp; and some viii hardly more than
reioln their regiment, if at all, before their
term Of service will be out But the orders
Of the Medical authorities were peremptory and
there was no help for the thing. The Brigade
was TO be cleared for action, reduced TO fight
ing trim and it trGs 9ono-we have been ready
any day since, to sail in, but the order to move
does not come. We trust that We are not TO be
kept here any longer. in the doubtless impor-
tant, but inactive and inglorous duty of the .sDe-
fence Of Washington. We have "stocd guard
long enough. If there is any thing to be done.
and they viii only allow US to have hand in.
while cur time lasts, it is all the favor we ask Of
our military rulers.
The ranks Of Co. c, have been sadly depleted
by the prevailing maladies. and two more Of our
number have passed away, where they will new
er more be required to answer to earthly roll
call The Company and the cause has lost two
good soldiers, in the deaths ofCorporal Pope and
private Sutton. Pope was one Of those Ucrfccflu
trusty men, on whom their officers rely with
absolute confidence Always ready. when in
health, industrious, earnest. faithful, malicious.
obliging, true patriot and a good man.-no
soldier in the Brigade had better record to
point to, than that Of Corporal John Pope We
had all learned to respect and esteem him. and
we mourn for him as for a brother. Sutton, too,
was q faithful and excellent soldier-such as we
can i'll spare. fear that there are more to fol-
low them. \ season of steady dry and warm
weather, however, such as trust we are about
to have, will do wonders for the health Of the
command
Bugadier General Stannard arrived last week.
and assumed command. He Is right welcome to
all the Brigade, for the soldiers know his ster-
ling qualities, and to none more so than 10 the
the 18th, to whom his coming also restores their
own good Colonel
must close this hurried letter. without men
ton Of some other matters Of more or less inter
est.
The Paymasier is paying the Brigade four
months pay, much to the satisfaction Of all. Of
course