Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-06-26

John Brown and swe ar. =
more" The effect of these ~
wonderful. In the course Of :.
began to quiet down, and b,a
sion that there would be no N.Y.
was still raining hard, and s, HI
could scarcely see your hand /,
comes an officer and says:
Fall into line, as soc n n, D.,,
In less than ten minutes, ev s,,''
and the men in line, and on IN,
fatal Rdppahannock,
Reader, have you any curio,i,,
that flashed across my mind AIM
vivid as the forked lightning, 4.
those black, gloomy clouds, wbj,S
their torrents upon us 2 Lest I n,
ness, or in legal phrase, crimiD,,'
say but this much: Imagine Won,
predicament, and note your ow,
1t was not long before we fla
passed through piece of wood,
correctly that scene, needs a I'M,
WELD. 1t was at least half
woods. We did not march, butc,
through. First, on our feet in mua
then down on all fours, stumbln'
pitching through cutters, and ma
as well as legs, elbow deep into d,
ously believe there were men wbog
five times in passing through tbOs \
we reached the open fields, and N
myself we would soon reach a ro,,
Portable travelling. We marched N
down 40, through the valleys, swamp,l
till abont eleven O'Clock, when ! ]
and we halted to rest. Civilian, a,
war, and was stupid enough to .,,]
rance by asking the Captain y 4
helped me along through tn M, \
devil we did MT get into road,
The captain laughed heartily and u
never thought of before, and perl]
did, reader, shat military roads a
and baggage trains, not for infantry !
movements of great army Gamma,
roads they would be so strung OUT
l saw the point without any great
at the end of another hours marcb
truthful demonstration of the rem,.l
now in the vicinity of Potomac Cred
81 the railroad had been torn up, d, (
INTO large piles, and the heavens Nj
With the glare of the huge fires. ri Il
'egan to break away, and from the "a
We now halted, looking in the dine
Tres and to the right, we could see II
age wagons and artillery. hvsa
light, to see that immense tram yas|
he heights, the white canvass Of Tie y
ng back the glare of the huge h
Movements of a great army? Ihsp
istory, / have listened to the inters,
t our own brave men, and suppose
dea proximating. its immensely and
is all as nothing compared with d
Ight which the glare of these greal
} view.
But on we went, and still on, near
trough the fields as before mensI
'eiVek, wnen we reached Broos. 4
e halted for the remainder Of
We had marched twelve miles i
70 hours of which time we wer
aghly soaking rain. Wet weary =,
e laid down beside the road and
quiet as lambs" With a rubber n
a. and a wooilen one for recovering. v
r two hours in open air, and slept a
infant.
AT four o'clock We got up, built our
me tea and coffee, in which we soak.l
d took quiet breakfast, after which /,
e LIST Vermont Brigade, and made
'quia Greek, and thence by boat to Il
hen let the Brigade, it was IND
'uld soon take up their march ts
lich l pray they reached in safety and
Such, reader, is my short account
on the retreat" giving you an
rdships of camp life, and how our
unre IT, l have always been proui
ate, but prouder now than ever, "a
at noble men will endure without,I
W cheerfully they obey and suffer 4
3 cause.
., we men and women of yermos
ling to bear your share Of the bs
ribie war, as are the brave men
en- cease your mumurs, for they end
in not, and are now, as ever, rest
for g. God and our native land
gade has a noble record, let it Be
red and holy, and when you read
on the Retreat" remember Il sd
e to proper authority. H. WI
June Is, 1863.