Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-05-12
A Soldiers Letter-No 90.
CAMP NEAR WHITE OAK CnUncH, Va, ,

E Last week every possible preparaton was mad
for such an event. tbs usu,l ord. ri. wero ro.d
some more stringent and particular than eyar he
fore. The order in regard to s,rogol.po was rea,
by the adiutant to each companv sen,r,telv he
sides being read, according to u,ya custom. O,
dress parade, twice. Gfea, stress VA, aid upot
the importance of preventing practice 10 deoor
alizng and weakening 10 the army. Repimenn
and Company officers were to be held responsible,
and, besides other punishments threatened lsaye
Of absence and furoughs would be withheld from
those regiments where struggling va, permitted
The order in regard to rations informed o.
that wo must each Of Us carry eight days' ration
Of bread, coffee and sugar, three days ratons O
meat-the remaining five days raons of mea
were to be taken along on the hoof. This wal
making far greater provision for ourselves thar
had ever before been required Of us. and seemed
to bode heavy htgu.ng loads FOR our backs, Of
else extreme de,tjuton 10 The matter Of blankets
and extra clothing. We were not exlcIy order
ed, but very strongly advised, to take only our
rubber blankets, and leave our woo.len ones IN
the care of the Qluerml,ler Everything e,e
excep. change Of Undertaking, must be left
Oace before We bad been ordered to send off ia
Washington everything worth saving that could
possibly be dispensed with in summer campaign
We thought We had been remarkably seIfsacr
hcng and had stnted ourselves TO the lowest nos
slJie extreme, but this order pressed us down on.
other notch. Some sent of their woo.en J.an.
Aet, oad even their dress col,s,--their oyercoa,.
had becA sent off before. Tney saved nothing
but their rubber blankets and their blouse coats.
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than c,r f,r by,,or. ara fr,i,,.p,n wound he
made ,be subject Of earnest debate. bu, the oues.
tjop. e how can We get along without them 20 was
confronted by one .,ir more ipsxor,ble u How
,,, ve carr, ,beco ~ Tfueo,ly teew ubsrs No
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II r,ired H.o, del.c. and m,rrbing ,be rex, j,,
was ,oc1er,d ;,,,r,c,;c,lIe I, would be re
r,,ro., ,pe.,no,g ,o p,de,,,ls "a iall ,,ba, we
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again.
The BOYS were never in better spirits or in
better health than now, and they we're never in
better condition to endure the h,ieues of march
than at the present time. Bu, ver few of the
men are an the sick list. and those that are are
r,o.,lv recrpi,s vbo ore NOT vet mly acciim,,ed
rhe hoy. q, f.sl tbeir o,,. 50 a. tho saving il. inn.
r,o0.sl, mayor b,y. seen the Time when the
bov. would engage in all manner of athletic
sports with such eager relish as now There i.
none Of lha. thin, gloomy, woebegone expression
TO be seen in the faces Of the men that was Wis,
BILE upop almost every ooun.enance a, the end ol
last summer campaign The BOYS never ielt more
bod.h than they do now, and they never enloved
themselves better. We can get up sham fight
tba,mi,ht look a little rough to some of cur
mder acouantances at home, perhaps. but it
passes with US as good, earnest BOYS play Rough
as the Second boys have the name Of beiug-and
rough customers we certainly are, to those who
are foolish enough to proclaim themselves our ad.
yersares--a quarrel among ourselves is an uu-
heard of thing and difficulties quite unknown
Almost perfect equanamity and good feeling ex
ists throughout the entire regiment. Our guard
house remains empty, or in fact we have nc
guard.house at al.-.rhe apology Of a thing we
once had having become totally ruined and de-
moalize for want of use and care. The whole
;,s,i,uiion il nearly obsolete. and putting mer