The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-28
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A Soldiers Letter--No, 46.
SECOND VERMONT REGIMENT, !
Nov. goth, 1868.


EDITOR FREEMAN We have just returned
from corps review by Gen. Sedgwick, and as
these reviews almost always precede an onward
movement, viii venture to improve the present
opportunity, and write you line or SO, before |
end that have no opportunity to improve.
Our review came off just out in front Of our
camping ground. There was not much connected
with this review different from all other reviews,
and these have occurred 50 often, and have been
so frequently described, that they lon ger excite
the interest that they used to- and we regard them
az matter of course. After ALL review is quite
an imposing affair. The Sixth Corps when it is
all together, artillery and all, makes quite little
army by itself. On these occasions, We brighten
up out guns and our brasses, and brighten up our
selves. so aras ,oap and water and clothes brushes
will do it, and try to make the best appearance
posi- Bile. fancy we had pretty good success IN
that, at this review, and believe old Sedgwick
thought SO too Our regiment happened to be
placed clear to the left of the whole corps, and
when the General aud staff passed around from
front to rear, he had better flank view of our
regiment than he did of any of the rest, except
the regiment clear to the right. We stood IN
close column by divisions, that is, each division
1.-TWO companies) stood in line, ranged one behind
another, and the distance of one company's length
from each other, We we're in open order, the
rear rank of each division four PAGES behind the
front rank, aud in this position tits supposed that
the General and other officers can have the best
possible view of u.s. The other regiments, brig
ades and divisions, were formed along on our
right, in the sane way. We stood in hue, at
straight as chalk work, and looked as brave, as
tidy, and as intelligent, as Vermonters always do
and know Gen. Sedgwick thought our regiment
was capital good one, or else his countenane'
told an enormous flo lie looked satisfied beyonC
measure
After he had passed around and viewed US az
we stooi he took bis position on a convenient
eminence. with a whole battalion of mounted ottl
GERS ranged on either side Of him, among whom
were some forci ,ners with their square top cap
"passed in review" in the same position relative
ly that we occupied as we stood, only we wer'
in " closed order and spread out twice the dis
tance between each division. By the time the
whole corps had stretched itself out far enough
20 double this distance between each regmenta
division, those that started first had got back tC
about where we were, when it came our turn t
start. AT one point we passed over promnen
knoll where we could see the whole circle, and i
was quite an interesting spectacle to witness. Th
whole body was moving along in regular order
keeping time to good music, which gave pecu
liar, undulating motion to the moving column,
and an effect to the view that never can be trans
ferred to the most natural and lifelke pictures
We moved to this place week ago last Mon
day. About that time we we're having som
weather that we called most uncomfortaby cold
We moved from Brandy Station that night,
short distance of between two and three miles
nearly northwest direction. The rebels hav
had their camps all around here. These worthit
had built them some very nice quarters here, a
if they intended to remain here all winter. The
had their log houses &" mudded up" and the
fire-places of peculiarly servlceabe pattern,thf
even we shrewd Yankees have, in some Instance