Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-04-07
[Our War Correspondence, !
From the Thirteenth Vermont Regiment.
WOLF Rus SHOALS, Va, March 81.

WOLF Run SHOALS, va, March 81.
EDITOR FREEMAN Your Daily reaches us
quite regular at present, and We hear often Of
what transpires among our native bills. You
know not how much your Daily is priced by us
it seems to bring us home, to place US back
among relatives and friends, But we do not
wish to return until we have honorably served
our country. We are not homeslck or demor-
allied, And am proud to say the Thirteenth
as a regiment, wishes to serve honorably during
tho lime it remains in the service and return 10
Vermont with honor to itself and the State
but still there are a few who, not prompted by
patriotic motives IN the outset, waatto 90 home,
and have been complaining aud arguing the
great injustice which was being done by Gov
erment in retaining chem until they had
served their country their contracted term OF
nine months. The following petition, which
explains ITSELF will show the patriotism and
devotion to the Union Of the boys Of the Thr-
tenth.
The following petition was drafted and creu-
lated through the companies Of the Regiment.
Comment is unnecessary give it in jM,
only Withholding the names Of the sIgners. At
tached to the petition IS Directions for lst
Srgcants
GENTLEMEN You will circulate this petit
ton through your companies, aod give every
man an opportunity to sign it DO it with neat
ness and dispatch as it is desirable that the Gov
ernor should receive it by April 9TH. Letter the
companies and separate them by blank line.
Transfer from A to b, and SO on alphabetically
The Orderly of Co. X, will transmit by some
sure means to It. Albert Clarke, Co. 6, 18th
Regiment, V. V. NJ"
/ I0h his ErcaiencG Eeierik HolJrook, Governor
Of VgmOHt:
"The petition Of The undersigned non.com-
missioned officers, musicians and priyates Of the
2nd Vermont Brigade, respectfully represents
That, whereas under the call Of tie President Of
the United States for 100000 nine months troops,
we were raised by your Exccllency as the quota
Of Vermont, according to the law thereof and in
q manner by your Excellency determined That
your Exceency held out inducements to us tC
volunteer in order to save the State from the dis
grace Of draft and hence postponed from time
to time the draft which had been proclaimed
That the most Of US enlisted under Recruiting
Officers Of your appointment and subscribed pa.
pers emanating from the Office Of your AdjutanI
General, which represented to us that our term
Of service was to commence the day Of enlist.
ment That after ensting we quit cur busines:
and repaired to our several places OF rendewou,
and began to drill, in the months Of August and
Septemberi That, as socn as ordered we repaired
By regiment to The general rendezvous at Brsttle
boro and were SO mustered into the service Of III,
United States That our Muster-in. Rolls wer,
not dated back, as we think they should hav,
been, to some day when the draft was ordered
or to some day that would approximate justc,
to Us according to cur enlistment, but that they
oil bear date when we were actually mustered
That it has been decided by your AdJutanI Gen
eral that the date Of those rolls decides our tern
Of service, thus making us serve nearly twelve
months, when We volunteered for only nine AnC
setting forth to your ExceIiency that the MAORI
ty OF US are farmers by occupation, and that con
sequen,ly our interests and those of the Stat
all aun,r vsrv r,uch ;g tpa cart M hon,. t;t Tr
lyi And representing too, that many Of US
nearly or quite haf-are dcsirous of enlstinI
as volunteers under the late law Of Congress, ant
believe that we olnnot do it so adyuntageously
we are obliged to wait here as above set forth
W do therefore, in view of the aforementioned
acts, knowing !Orr E1cellency to watch for you
soldiers as father for his children, humbly peti
+ ton and request your ExcelIency to solicit at th
War Department for discharge for US that shal
= do US justice according TO our enlistment
We have the honor to be, with high respect,
Your ExceIlenoys oh't humble seryt.
, "TulRrEENTu REGIMENT
! ." Co. A, has no signatures. Capt, Lonergar
objected to his complny's signing, because tn
longer he can stay the better he is suiied.)"
" Co. B, seyeniy-two signatures
".Co. c, five signatures"
"Co. D, has no signatures, (rhe petition ha
been duly circulated through the company an
they don't see the point.0"
: "Co. +, seven signatures
Co. +, has no signatures, (The petition ha
been circulated through the company and no on
3 wished to sign il)"
"Co. g, six signatures"
"Co. II, thirty signatures"
+ "Co. !, has no signatures (We don't see tn
A point, We are acquainted with the originator
+ aud think he ought to be discharged, as he wish
ed to, so as to &c: command Of "a negro brigade
- that being his deshe. Co. are not sick of ,hei
bargain, as the honorable gentleman thinks the
are They enlisted to serve their country, y,--uC
for o6c, and to serve their time hononbly-nC
# to be signing papers to bring disgrace on the
l. names also on the regiment or its noble Colone
Q who has given the originator blowing ul
bu, still he persists that his petition shall 20 /
i make hero Of himself who has earned alread
. the name Of Gen Pcacock.l
: : "Co X, has no signatures"
!. So endelh the petition as regards this reg
!. ment--0nly one hundred and twenty namei
We are not disgrced as regiment The IT
marks alter each company, enclosed above in pr
I renthesis, were remarks put on to the original,