Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-05-20

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Hrs6' letter d'ssri'ia- the battle Of May
+ loth. contains the following
The line Of esrthwo-s- captured by Gen Rus.
ssll and Col Upton. IN their gallant chtrre on
] the afternoon OF rue,ity tle I0th instant. would
have been held bud The support which they ev-
f pectei come up IN time The rebels had three
several lines OF ride pits, built parallel with each
other. and constructed in such q manner that
each line could rake the other alysnuseouslv. i
70 were taken by Us The first which WIS taken
had a -1ld emhaukmen' n earth ~ ~ least sis
feet in height. the top oi which was protected
with heavy log, Ike The roof o. = house. which
protected their men completely from our shells
The Top Of the work WIS mounted with heavy
logs, hewn fat and pierced st Intervals with
lo0phoes. like a blockh0use or tIcklde
our officers a-rec that 70 was without evcep-
tion the strongest work Of the kind We have vet
encountered
CHARGE OF me vEnvoNI BsGGADE
Too much cannot be sad in praise Of the gal
liant charge Of the Vermont Brigade. commanded
by Gen. Grant After the line Of rebel works
described above was carried. and their expected
support did not come up, the division Of Gen
Russell not being able 10 remain, owing 10 the
CALLING hre poured into their serricd ranks hv
the second line Of the enemy's rfs-piis, aui be-
Iu imminent danger Of beng cut Oft from the
main line, on account Of their advanced position.
had 10 fall back, and along with them their
prisoners, nearly 1000 in number. Twelve
pieces Of cannon were in the works These hal
to be lett. as they could not be removed and they
hal not with them the necessary implements for
spiking them The Vermont Brigade utterly
refused 10 fall back on the main line, even after
the position had been occupied two hour, and
they had given up all hopes Of being reinforced.
Col Upton rode down 10 them and told them how
dangerous II was TO attempt to hold the works
they we're IN, since their last round Of cartridge
had been discharged n the enemy, and they were
rapidly beng fankei But the b.ool Of the
Green Mountain Boys was up, and they abso-
lutely refused TO bulge single hair from the
held they had vrested from the enemy, and from
the spot where their comrades hal fallen Col
Upton, assisted by some OF their own officers. bv
promising them another charge when tn. had
supplied themselves with ammunition. At last in
ducel them sullenly TO retire. tits a proud thing
for you. Vermont, that the patriotic fire which
burned in your sires' bosoms in 1875 should
burn in that Of your sons in 1854 with 50 bright
q fame.
Carleton" the well known oorrespon-
dent of the Boston Journal, describes the
same affair, N the 10th, a. follows
The Sixth was commanded by Wright after
he death OF Seigwick. The FIRST division was
commanded by Col Upton; the second bv
Wheaton, and the third by Ricketts,. In the
fourth brigade OF Nheaton's division there j. the
"a Rhole Island. 9Th 10Th, and 37th M4ss,-
chusetis. The second brigade Is Green Noun
tam boy, II, 81, 18th, 9th aud 9th Vermont
regiments.
The line did not have 10 move far before II
come upon the enemy-their old enemy which
they had met on the hill at Gettysburg
Il Was past O'Clock. There was a few min
utes OF terrible hshtng. i'll ierceness and intes.
sity surprising even that of Friday afternoon a,
Gettysburg. When the uproar was wildeut
there was checr-s shout, sharper and lou Ter
than the din Of arms. II was not the SAVAGE
cry Of the enemy, but a buoyant, thrilling shout.
Away they went into the storm over the inter
Vening space, With bayonets firmly set. Vermont
leading the charge, plunging into Dale's brigade
of Rhodes division and leading it captive from
the hel1. Ewell poured in his men 10 cover his
Horis. the II Vermont was in posses Oh and
we're determined not to give them up Far in
ldvance Of all the line, lay that regiment.
pouring IL ire uPoa the enemy. They we're 30
ar ahead that Gen. Wright feared TO have them
'emain through the night. lie vas about 10
withdraw them. eve don't want 10 20 back
live u rltions and ammunition and We viii
lold II six months,' said the soldiers.
Gen. Wright rode to Gen Grant. ''Wb,i
hall do - he asked.
'Pic in the men ani bold Il - was the reflv.
zen. Wright went back, but meanwhile los -,me
nsIns they hal been ordered 10 return.
That charge II will o. forever ue.n,r,.,...
We Ho~ seem 10 near that shout, ringing
Ike 4 trumpet blast sbove the thunders Of The
annonAde, aid the crashing Of fifty thousand