Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-06-05
From the Eleventh Regiment.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
May %, 1868.

DEAR OLD Boss Just now there i
nothing very urgent for me to busy my
self about, so will occupy few mo-
ments in writing you a short letter.
cannot write you any alarming news, fo
the simple reason that it has long since
All dried up in the negroes wool.
You have already had the account of oul
recent "bloody" advance on Cliffburr
barracks, and our equally bloody "leaI
to The rear" You did not get the name.
of the killed, wounded and missing.
shall not attempt to enumerate them now
They will, no doubt, be recorded some
future dark night, in terrible red history
| do not wish you to think, by any means,
that the 18th is entirely banished; Oh
no, not by long lire Of artillery. We
are as la-bore-us and patriotic as usual.
came off guard this morning, and am
therefore excused from duty to-day.
Opposite me sits A. B. Sergeant, sew
ing up peculiar rent in a pair of blue
pants, beside him sits Mr.. Mason, our
shoemaker, who has just been pegging
away at an old boot, but has laid it one
side, and now holds canteen in his
hand, probably meditating upon the
pleasure of a good draught of pure cold
water Leonard Fields is filing and
shaping to fit his finger a bone ring
which he intends to finish before Friday
Corporal Joslyn sits upon his bunk,
quietly watching himself wink in look
ing glass, which he holds in front of his
moustache. And / am writing it down
for tue want of something better.
We have had fine weather for the
last week. The last rain we have had
was a week ago yesterday. 1t came
for about two hours by the hog trouth
full, which gave the grass and grain a
good start. i saw some rye the other
day that was headed out in good shape,
also some wheat, to-day. Since warm
weather came on, crawling serpents of
different specimens and numerous guam
titles appear, from 2 to 7 feet in length.
The black, COW, and copperhead, snake,
the famous didicaana with 40 stripes
around the tail, and streak of light.
ming across the back. We often run
across swapping turtle, "green back
ed" old fashioned bull frog, weighing
from to pounds; the ancient polly
wog, the grasshopper, the grey winged
butterfly, the humble bee, the tar-nosed
hornet, ard many other wild animals
that | will not now stop to name. Blu;
the board l am sitting on complains Of
a severe aching, and 1 must let it rest.
Afternoon.
How does recruiting go, up there in
Orleans? Are there any more able
bodied men left who are anxious to Join
the army? Ifso, they will be of course
anxious to join good regiment. There
is now being raised for this regiment, two :
new companies. Recruiting offices will :
soon be opened to fill up the old compan- {
les. II there are any in Orleans County
whose hearts glow with patriotic fire, who t
would like to enlist in a company where
he boys are all from your own county, c
md many of them old acquaintances- n
u as good company as there is in the d
egment-where the officers show no f
but who respect every man c.
hat acts the part of a true soldier, as a g
enIleman. Now is your time. 1t would ST
e useless for me to say more in praise o
f Capt. Rice, as you already know that e.
better Captain can neVer BE- found CO
The same can be said of Leutenants oil
Horse and Wright Then watch your I
pportunity, and when recruiting office W
opened to ill up company F, "iump ri
ITO the wagon and all take a ride" to is
aid office. IfJohn puts his name down. W
acob and Isaac will go and do likewise. 4.
'erhaps it will be well to say irthere are he
ny who enlist with the intention of
ping nothing but raising cane, and do =.
3 they d--m please, by the time they 90
ave lain in the bomb-proof a few months. -,
it'll ball and chain attached to their ..
g, they will conclude that their first ~
ought was mere nine months calcu. 81
ton E. II. WEBSTER. III,
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