Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-11-25

smile for weeks, beamed with exultation.
The shakes seemed but a merry pas
time and soon the quinine seemed sweet
to the taste, and in the barracks which
had SO long been like hospitals, musical
entertainments and soirees were given,
and the days passed swiftly by. when
are we going to Vermont? was the ques-
ton most frequently asked. Soon doubts
arose as to where we should 60, and on
October ed, an order came for US to get
ready and 60 ON board the ocean transport
John Rice and report at Newbern N. q.
Our faces we're long, but we were not dis
appointed much. The 99th New York
regiment went on board first, and about
midnight our regiment marched down by
General Wistar's headquarters to the land
ing, the drum corps playing Z" Are you
not glad to get out of the wilderness 2"
About daylight we were all on board, and
the transport started 1t begai to rain
and the sick boys who were on the upper
deck suffered much IN consequence. At
Fort Mouroe, the Colonel procured anoth-
er transport, and eight companies of our
regiment went on board, which made it
much more comfortable for us all. Com
panies H and X, remained on the John
Rice
The storm increased fast. and waters of
the harbor began to roll US ABOUT uncom-
fortably. We remained at anchor through
the night. waiting for the storm to
abate, but on the morning of the 25th,
we started ocean-ward.
Some enjoyed the rough sea finely, but
as for me, | will say A life on the ocean
wave reads well and sounds pretty when
sung by a sturdy band of marines, but !
could not realize exactly where this fun
came in. don't know but when YES
sci rises up mountains high on towering
wave. and begins to tip so that every
man has to hold on for dear life, with
twenty or thirty horses down below all in
aheap kicking and smashing about, my
lelf looking over the side of the vessel
down into the deep seething, surgpg,
boiling cauldron, feeling, that surely we
shall GO over, is pleasure to some, but
for me, give me dry land or a very small
pond or narrow river. where could swim
ashore or touch the bottom if an accident
should happen. Some expressed will
lingnoss to re-enlist for nine years with
the privilege of going home by land
rather than 60 home in vessel around
Cape Hatteras, The gale was 50 furious
off Hatteras that the vessel had to PUT
out to sea, fifty miles or more,
We arrived at Morehead City on the
10Th, making the passage in twenty
three hours, the quickest ever made by
that transport We landed that after
noon, but as we had the baggage of the
whole regiment to handle over we did not
get ready in season for the regular train,
but an extra train came down in the eve
ming and we got on board and started for
Newbern a distance of thirty six miles
where we arrived about midnight. On
the next day we moved back to Morehead
City and thence back ten and one half
miles to this place which is about as
near nowhere as regiment can get.
Colonel Ripley is in command of the
Post. which is of considerable Importance.
The other eight companies did not arrive,
until the 3Oth.
The first boat they went on, proved
un-sea worthy, and 50 they put back to
Fortress Monroe where they went on
board the transport Maple Leaf, which
brought them through safely. One man
from Go |, fell overheard and was lost.
Our duties here are picket and provost,
with the usual camp labors Of a rcgi-
ment. @ "9 '''D''s wy p
Three companies are detached and are
stationed CD the ontposts. Two compa-
MES of cavalry aud one of heavy ar
tillery are here. Our camp is Of itself
quite pleasant but we are surrounded by
swamps and towering pine trees which
hide all the surrounding country from
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