The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-22

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march, and had to be brought along 10 ambulan.
lance, who had always been equal to any emer-
gency before. | saw some feet there that night
that if they had been on me, | should consider
had done their duty faithfully, and if 1t lay be-.
| tween me and them which should carry the other,
should hardly have had the heart to ask them
to carry me any further. Bstered and raw, every
nerve was magazine of pain, and every step ex'
ploded them. But without written permission,
no one was allowed TO fall out, and it would never
do to give whole command almost, the right
to struggle. We marched only about ten miles
that day. crossed the Potomac on pontoon
bridge and bivouacked this side till Sunday morn
ing. At early dawn we started again towards
Canada. We marched up to the east of tie
Sugar Loaf Mountain, over ground familiar to the
regimrnt, as this same road had been passed over
before on similar expedition last fall We
passed through PoolesyiIle and Drainsville, and
that night camped at HyattsviIle, making march
of twenty miles or more. The next day we
marched thirty miles aud stopped at Sans Greek.
Tired as the boys were they had strength enough
left to ransack the village and purc ase everything
eatabe, from mnce pie to a loaf Of brown
bread, including chickens, hams, eggs etc. The
stores we're drained of all groceries as fast as the
goods could be handed out and the money recev.
cd for them. Farm houses were besieged and
everything that extravagant prices could buy was
bought, and even then there was hardly half
mouthtul apiece. When all other resources be-
where flour and com meal could be had out of
which we made cakes and buildings in the most
approved primitive style. Probably the most Of
US manufactured supper out of material not ex
presSly mentioned in the army regulations. But
the time consumed in this was so much extract
ed rom what we needed for sleep, and much
since we started had been an extremely stngy ell
lowance. At last we lay down in the bright light
Of a full moon, and soon were unconscious Of
pain or WEAKNESS ia our refreshing slumber. How
bright and beautiful the moon shone that night
AS looked upon that pure, silvery orb, | could
half imagine how her light would become dim
med with sorrow were she conscious Of the cruel
desoaton being enacted under her light. Per-
haps it was so, and for very grief she had bid her
face behind cloud, for before morning it rained
quite hard, and when some Of the boys awoke
they found to their surprise that their blankets
were soaking wet
We were generally allowed till six o'clock to
dry oar blankets and get our break fast that morn
ing, when we were ordered forward again. Weak
ant weary, stiff and sore, we plodded along
taking the Baltimore pike, which there runs par
ael with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to
RidgevlIe, when we turned to the left little and
took road directly north through Winchester
10 within about mile of Manchester. w CALI
ed it that we had travelled twenty ght miles. At
night We were put on picket. To this we had nc
objection because We fauced we could forage ,
a little, and the thing wasn't impossible but that
some good Union lady might be induced by the
tempting display of greenbacks to bake US loaf
Of bread. Our hard tack and pork were at dis.
count there, good, legitimate bread aud butter
having the preference. Besides there was law
sh abundance of cherries large, ripe and lucious
although they grew without cultivation, and o.
these we partook as much as we pleased. That
night and the next day we pcketed there, and i,
seemed the most like living and enjoyment of any
thing We had seen for long time, though must
confess, the vacant stare of my purse, was some
times little annoying. Not all the citizens there