Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1863-04-17
CAMr NrAn OoooquAN VILLAGE, Va. /

APRiL 7th.
DEAR JOURNAL: The Thirteenth has
moved again but b. re speaking Of this,
let us say a word as q QUO condition at the
old camp hear Wolf Run Shoals. We en-
camped there a little more than two months
longer than at any other place. Fortu-
nately it proved healthy locality. have
never seen the regiment looking better, Or
in better spirits than to-day. Whilst there,
the boys drew all The Trash beef and soft bread
that they wanted, and frequently got dried
apples and peaches. II is getting to be a
common remark, Soldering is not very
hard after all.
Few are sick-none dangerously. Not
twenty FIVE able-bodle men could be found
in the regiment who would not re-enlist
rather than see the enemies Of our country
succeed.
Toward evening on the LIST inst. the order
came that we were to move down the river
about ten miles. Between eight and nine the
next morning, the tents iell all over the camp
at the beat OF the drum. There is an ancient
fable to the effect, that famous city OF Egypt
was bull, by tue sound of a musical insttu-
ment. The reverse is true as to our cotton
houses. The order is always sent through
camp at what time the tents are to be taken
down and rolled up for the teams. We
started down the river about nine o'clock
and reached this spot, about a mile and hall
from Occoquan village, little afternoon ~
Soon after, the teams came up with our tents
and before night the boys had them up, and
very comfortable places to sleep on. II wa,
warm, sunny day, and most enjoyed il
much
We had not been here long before it wa,
noised around that the woods were full o
wild hogs" This was too tempting a bal
for some. l had often heard OF the Aeetnes,
of Southern hogs, but had never witnessed
it before. Some, after finding Themselves
out-run, would shoe at them, although stric
orders had been given at the old camp agsins
firing guns. This stTolling. of course, woull
not Just suit so shrewd and good an office
as Col. Kendall, though 1t might be great fur
for the boys Accordingly, soon after dark
when many of them had rolled themselves il
their blankets to sleep the long-roll is bea
quick, quick-besv"as Ne never heard i
before. In AN instant the companies ar,
formed for the fight. The hog-hunters cam,
in quickly only to be caught, and put OF
guard through the night. The Colonel
plan for catching them, cause no little fur
through the regiment But more than one,
dare say, had FRESH pork ior breakfast tn,
next morning
Our camp here is situated in sight of tn,
| Potomac, in "a pleasant open field. We ar,
still doing picket duty, taking the place o
cavalry The rebel cavalry, or " bushwhack
ers," of late had become a little too strong 70
them. But few nights before we came here
they captured twenty Pennsy lyania cavalry
/ We, as yet, have seen nothing of them. DC
coquan village bolote the war was quite
/ thuity place. There was school OF fit,
/ scholars, cotton aud Aour mill, Now thl
school Is broken uP, ,the teacher is in thu
/ Union army the cotton mill burned, and th
flour mill not used citizen came to m
whilst on picket near the village be asko,
the privilege TO use the boats to fish, sayn,
that they would "starye if we didn't lie
them, that he and most of his neighbour
were loyal as any in the North, that thi
war had made him an aboltiouist,' that BIZ
clay in d Richmond prison for his loyalty,
&c Those here, about halfway between 10y
atty and disloyalJy, speak Of those in tn,
Southern army as " Confederate soldiers :
but really Union man here always call
them rebels There arc but few or %
slaves here, The most OF them have run
away This war will finally free them all
and what is more, will crush these prou,
ollgachs, who have most desperately at
tempted to strike down ana assassinale Civ
d Liberty, aud with ITS life. blood glut the in
'euabIe nav OF Despotsm May God hastel
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