Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-06-12

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BE- Imagine yourself on the crest Of q sL1rJ. HILL.
crowned with fresh earth works. Four huge
Tlul, guns stand on the summit Gre % Up o..
the top and peep 0ver-ctu. .ou-lv. iIg MINES are
slppin. through the air with that hlI;-suiits
IDEALLY sound which the soldier knows So url.-
just IN front, and apparently not stones
throw ott although 10 fact 700 yards, Is tle h...
reid sh outline Of the fort we arc 90 storm. How
steep how omiuouslv silent and icsla-e r.
looks One would fancy that nothing { yer
dure or life could abide there. Between j. anil
us is a valley, or Iayine, that makes The az
preach % the opposite works almost preciu.-ols
Ar either extremity q the bastlon is a long, JOS
line Of rife pits, connecting with similar work.
o. the right and iet, as far as the eve can reach
forming an unhroken necklace Of mi. pits and
torJihcat0ns To the south Of the fort mmeh-
atcly in 'front.' the rifle pits make q teni this
way. So As O. sweep with au Cuhliin- frl
stormiug party When YOU look NJ Wonder steep
hin, at that cori0u of hrca-tworks. rontrivei
with consuu.uate ingenuity and labor. the hcsr'
sinks within sou. To the lc-r. with its h'0oi-rol
bars Just visible above the rife pits. now flap
ping Ieilut.v iu the hrcc1-. now dropping o.
the flagstaff AMI almost lost from view. Is tire en-
sign cf treason. Beyond the western bills.
pointing peacefully hclvcuwlrl. IN strange con-
trast with thac vHv 'tc Preparations, are tar
spires 20 F,h-'1r- so along the lines at1v.
anil below :, s-ii- rs Pie Jan before Pho tempest
iht CHARGE
The first onset Is made hv the rrorr,o of Law
i.-. ~ Do l-f O'Clock a. 80. healed Er the --I
laf under Gil stone There they On with
f.-lsi mu,ACt-. hal. ersu hing. with -v.n bur
....-5Hv tread. streaming tcwlri tr- ---.s. -
For p urusut rHr p eh.t IS f-ci Th-v or
--raalej from tae rfk.r- shots II t-e enemy t-
tls s'c Of ths r1-ire. E1t lr-- a= thrv suer-.
INTO Che Open page hsf-7 Nh. fort tHs rife MS
anil tssr11 o. tho lsi- the works n f--r- anil
the -tl~us10r-er- s1m The right mn r7r- rr.r
them with deadly storm of bullets r---r- ..
l.-ert-l. f-e r-isu rs arc DO air- with heads
and mI-a.-s AMI fs-- .r smoke Tho nip b.. .r1--
u-- Oh. sharp rattle 0t uI--lrrv and t.e .-I.-
90 cannon. Fora moment the airf-..r- O.. p
uul -.a--lIs under OBJ. terrible o-ie.L Thlr
q t.v brave fellows rush forward. right I'D O.. Clio
l-ll=.wor... hesitate moment I'M rL.-..T-, +.
tle most. leap in euI I.st-rasr. emerge a.. The
ether size, and struggle with great I.-r.uI-v ua
The steep -.'e- u the plrIrlt. some No t1ea
reach che top. aui s-luI for 90 moment the target
o. thousands oi bullets .I that proud Il- r.,-rI
summit. I-- down 90 something v.ll.r. -H..
spring -wari and Disappear. victory -
j. tie stronghold $500. Ord. -..y enter {. .ro
l- oh via. c . i..-. lf $ --i.. u-..- .a
return Vow o-...- ....e -l- works o. Poi. rr..
-l shots from v---a- and ..u, gu tle elr-a. .r
r.e. backward into tho truea.-- N-r-ifl- G. I O..
t v hlrl II is O. see brave men. fighting ia 1
slcr-I cause. fl.l lsc cattle. with Do support.
OBJ r.-cl', by Che hand 0t te they cannot
reach They cling Desperately o. the side Of --e
trcastWcrss Who Ire living. who are dead. u1
one knows. some turov with hand ami f.o- AMI
blylue- INTO The embaukmert some are stark
l-4 uCti1nlcss. Along the h.ther side Of the
raviuc. and partially screened from musketr~.
our sCliiers are crCuchiu- AMI lying. ami r.
turning the IRE from the rife pits rs best thew
can. An officer can be seen nv the aid Of the
fed sllsz moving backward and forward among
the men, with drawn sword, vaiulv attempting
20 get them up 70 the support Of their comrades
Here and there they rush forward across the ev-
posed surface, one OF two NJ a time BUT the
danger is 100 appalling 10 be faced even bv the
brave fellows. that stcrmed the works NJ Bl z
River
At last a regimenal haE and the stars AMI
stripes are advanced and planted upon the el-e
Of the partpet. The dear old flag burns far IN
the van, Ike beacon Of distress. VIC endeavor