Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-06
From the Seventh Regiment,
CAMP SEVENTH Vt Veteran Vols. I
New ORLEAEs, La, Nov. 8lh, 1864. (

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NEW ORLEASs, La, Nov 6Lh 1861
EDITOR oI FREEMAN Thinking perhaps that
some Of your readers may feel interested in the for
tunes Of the Old Sernth, will, with your kind
permission, write a paragraph for your readers
respecting our regiment.
After our re-enistment, lost February, as Vet
erans, we were continually on the lookout fer
the promised L" thirty days furlough -" but We
we're defined to indulge in hope, until hope faded
almost from sight. At last on the tenth Of Au-
gust, we embarked for old Vermont, and arrived
at Brattleboro the 26th, where We were cordial.
ly greeted and welcomed home to cur frcsides
and friends, By our excellent Governor Smith,
after hich we sat down to an excellent collation.
furnished by the citizens Of the village Of Brat
tleboro, and spread upon tables in the Town
Hall, to which We were invited BY that noble
son Of Vermont, Gen. j. W. PheipS Although
it may seem q late day to make an acknowledge
ment, yet it s, nevertheless, heartfelt when
say. God bless the idd,es Of BradI,Joro for the
cordial courtesy with which they welcomed Us
home, aud their kindness 10 us during our short
stay there. We received our furlough immed-
ately on arri al at Brattleboro, and repaired to
our home to enjoy the society Of families and
friends. Although our patience was almost
exhausted before We got our futlough, yet We
we're compelled to acknowledge shat twas, after
all the best tim3 in the year we could have ha
for our visit. Upon the eIpiration'oi our far
Tough, the Regiment re- assembled at 'Brattleboro
and on the 3O:h Of September. we"agaln bade
farewell to our friends and homes, and started
for New York via. New Haven. = Arriving a
New York, Oct. 1t, we quartered in Battery
Barracks until the 4th Of October, when we en-
barked on board United States Transport " Cas-
sandra," bound for New Orleans, La. After q
fne voyage Of nine days We arrived at our des-
tination. We are now at Tyrrell Press,
Orange Street, New Orleans. one hundred and
thirty three recruits joined us upon our arrival
At this place They having come out the week
beiore) About ono hundred and thirty men are
at Bauancas, Fla, yet, but we are expecting them
to ioin ussoon. We los; about fifty by desortiou
, while a, home Our whole strength is about
Eve hundred and ninety enlisted men and tWen
ty.sx officers. The health OF the men is very
good, and but very few sick, and nOns danger
, ously. We have lost one man since our argisa
: here, Henry NJ. Durrance, Of Rutland, Iiospita
, Steward. lie was general Gvorile and belorsc
: by all. His loss is severely felt.
b cannot close without expressing my feeling
I with regard to the gross injustice that many o
i tho towns Of Vermont, 4 blush with shame t
e acknowledge it.) have shown to their veterel
d soldiers who were in the held and deprive o
a the opportunity of consulting with their towns
u and enlisted relying upon the honor Of tn
|. towns which received credit for them, for tn
d paymcn, Of at least tho samo bounty they pai
u 10 raw recruits at the same time. But in man
e cases they were tady aud humiliatiugly disaI
j, pointed, AID received the poor satisfaction {
lc learning (aiter having re-enls'ug to ths cred
o. of their lowns,) that those same towns ooul
" pay one years subs y and aliens, thousands
ID dollars and yet these raw recruits, when ol
ID ,aiued, are nothing but dissracc to tho town
and " curse to the " cause" am prou
re to ind that the Governor of Vermont has calll
of upon tho State to retrieve her honor, and b
s- lieye the State will do It. Bu. shame and di
to grace rest upon the towns which have turned u
%. cold shoulder 10 their veteran sons. Aud le
e. soms one may think that it Is selhsbncss tn
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