Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-07-28
Our War Correspondence.
From the Tenth Vermont Regiment.
CAMP IN THE FIELD

Mr.. EDITOR I'll have often wondered how
your friend "AnttRebel", of the veteran Second,
found time to pen such long and interesting
communications as have always appeared at regu-
during the severest marches of the brave corps to
which he belongs and although material for such
has not been wanting in the career OF the 10th
since il commenced the present campaign, must
confess that have neither the time, patience, nor
ability to collect and arrange it, and cohe It with
the peculiarly fascinating style Of expression that
character.zes all his correspondence. However,
having a moment of leisure this beautiful after
noon, will devote it to advising your readers Of
the whereabouts and welfare Of certain Vermont
Regiment which has for nearly month been on
the constant but unfruitful skedaddle" in search
of glory.
A day or two after my last, dated on Mary land
Heights, that position was evacuated and the
principal part Of the troops which had held i! were
sent to Frederick City and attached to the Sd
Division Of the 3d. Sckles' old Corps, now COM
msnded by Maj Gen. French. This Corps suf-
iered severely at Gettysburg, especially the Sd
Division, which, have been told, sustained loss
Of 1900. At present it is composed almost en-
tirey Of Regiments which, like the 10th, have
been doing picket and garrison duty only since
they entered the SERVICE and have learnt how to
meet the hardships Of war by lessons which have
not very seriously thinned their ranks. Conse-
quently the Division is probably the largest in the
service. Certain am that have heard as many
as hundred soldiers Of other Corps remark, as
we passed their camps, that one Of our Regiments
was as large as their whole Brigade. heard it
last evening, in regard to the 10th, when only
nine companies were present, the other one being
on duty as Brigade Rear Guard. Our Brigadier
is Gen. Morris, formerly Colonel Of the 9th N. Y.
Artillery.
From Frederick we went to Frederick June
ton; from thence back through Frederick, the
Middleton Valley, over South Mountain, camping
for night near the old battle field, and up to the
front in the Boonsboro Valley. cannot give you
the dates Of our progressively that we camped
very near Hagerstown Tuesday night, and We'd
nesday morning, it having been discovered that
Lee had eluded our grasp, we commenced the
retrograde movement towards Virginia, making
fifteen miles before dinner. Our haste proved
needless, however, for owing to some delay in the
stretching Of pontoons we did not get across the
river until last evening" crossing at Harper's
Ferry and passing through the town at about l |
2. NJ. 1t isl hard looking town. Nearly every
house is deserted and windowless. Co. b. under
the superintendent of their musical instructor,
Jack Hubbard, gave the few inhabitants who re-
NAMED, a slight touch Of Old John Btown,"
which probably convinced them that there was at
least one Regiment in the service that appreciated
the importance Of the tragedy there enacted, as
one Of the chain OF events which led to the out
break Of the rebellion. Our Regiment made
some twelve miles on the Warrenton road before
noon to-day, and is now camped for the night.
The weather has been stormy good share OF
the time since we left Poolesyille, Nd, rendering
our campaign more uncomfortable than under
other circumstances but still | think the incl
dents of the march, the constant shifting oil
scenery. and more than oil else, the consciousness
that we were after the southern confederacy
(which has not much the start of us) combine to
tighten their hardshps and render life in the field
quite as acceptable to the boys as doing picket
duty on the Potomac.
The Provost Mar hal Of the Division keeps q
pretty sharp lookout to prevent and punish petty
depredatiOns, but in spite Of him the boys manage
lowell, never mind what-boys t1iI do SO, and
l won't peach" Alta farmhouse near which
our regiment halted for rest to-day, some Of the
boys entered the dairy.house, whereupon an ur-
chin Of tender years and innocent aspect made for
the house, double-qurk, shouting as he went
Mother, mother, the damnedl Yankees are
stealing all the ham," An elder sister hearing
this appeal for rsinforcements, rushed forth in pur-
sui! Of the enemy, armed with a butcher knife,
and the soldier, finding himself obliged to act up.
on the defensive, abandoned his supplies, aud
avoided an engagement in which he would IN.
doubtedly have been defeated.
The whole army appears to be in the bes. Of
spirits, tho rather bitter 10 their denunciaton oil
the generslshp which allowed Lee to escape from
Maryland. "a The victories in the southwest, how.
ever, are some consolation, and the news Just re.
ceived Of the capture Of Charleston, is greeted
with enthusiastic cheers. Strong hopes are enter
tanned of seeing home by next Christmas.
We have seen any amount of gray back
prison ers, or Johnnies, as the boys call them,
Of late, and | mus, say that they are a ragged,
dirty set. Three companies Of the regiment, who
we're sent to guard a thousand a. Baltimore can
also testify to their being pretty thoroughly sup.
piled with live stock.
Tomorrow We continue our march toward
Warrenton.
It's getting dark and must close.
Yours, Pr.