Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-07-10

WHITE HoUsr LANDING. June 27. l-o5
E3tors Free Pres:
We left camp near Williamsburg on Thur
day last Our regiment (the 1921 y. Y) re-
ceiyed marching orders Tuesday at 5P. NJ
We struck our tents and packet our kuap>acks.
which were sent back that night to Williams
burgh We reserved each our rubber anil our
wooden blanket, so that when We marched We
could go in light marching order We drew
four days ntions. 7 had the curiosity to weigh
the articles carried by each man when we march
in this way and found them to weigh about 81
pounds
We lay in our camp waiting for orders hour
ly, expecting to leave. till Thursday morning at
O'Clock. when we lcfl Our II Lieut.. whom
we had left sick at Yorktown, here joined us.
In marching cur regiment was placed in the
advance. There was battery and few caval-
ry only in front Of Us. We marched At pretty
rapid rate to keep up with the battery. The
land along the route was sandy. The timber. oak
and pine. There were but a few buildings,wc pass
ed one little collection Of four or five houses which
was called Blrhamsyille. We passed also few
fields Of grain, large part having been cut
and left out in stocks
About 10 O'Clock VIC encamped for the night
in a thick woods near the road, having marched
about L miles. The other troops on this road
here passed us and had an opportunity of see
Ing who we're with us,
IOur correspondent gives list Of the regi-
mcnts which We omit.-EDs.J
We made tents Of our rubber blankets, and
though it was very rainy we spent quite a COM
Portable night. We were again on the march a
little after nine O'Clock next morning. Wepasscd
a good many corn fields, one containing | should
think about 40 acres, some of it appeared very
well but most of it rather poor The soil was
light and poor, some of it is red clay, similar to
what is found in Northern Virginia Much of
the land is covered with timber, but has evident
ly been once cultivated. 1t was probably crop
ped till it was exhausted.
We passed New Kent Court House, which is
but a cluster of FIVE or six buildings, and soon
turned short to the right and marched a mile or
two 10 Cumberland, landing on the Pamunkey
river, near which we camped with nearly all the
regiments that preceded US. While We were
resting near New Kent C. H. the llth Conn In
fantry with two batteries of regular artillery
came up. They told Us that they left Yorktown
Thursday morning
We marched this morning about five miles
over very muddy road to this place The
land was low and mostly clay soil. Here our
troops are camped on a large meadow covered
mostly with clover, which has quite a familiar,
home appearance. Quite a large body of troops,
some say Is 900, have been landed here within a
few days, and it is said that another body Of
troops has been sent up the Chickahominy.
1t seems probable that We are to meet some
where and advance on Richmond
A small body of rebel cavalry are said to have
left this place this morning.
A woman at one of the houses near where VIC
siaid last night told one of the men of our CON-
pany that there was force of L, 600 rebels
near here, aud that four Of them staid at her
house the night before; that they said our COM
ing was quite unexpected; that they were hem
med in and did not know how to escape from US
unless they could get across the james river.