Litchfield enquirer., 1864-07-07

MR. EDITOR Your suggestion is good one. By writing down some of the leading events of the Great Campaign in va., can tell once for all, the story which so many seem to like 90 we'll to hear. ..
 Like your correspondent of last week. car scarcely beareo travel it over. again even ir thought but f. ed,s De endured since the reality has been.
 During our long march, the idea of regular rest, and meals was absurd-indeed Night seemed to be ignored, and both Day and Night were one continuous march, so that we could take "no note of time but from its loss."
 Let me give the Marching Order'' of Hea- vy Artillery Man. Knapsack with dress coat, woolen-blanket. shelter-tent, a change of clothing, portfolio, toilet-material, Bible, tactics and what not inside-outside, rubber blanket and overcoat in a roll-a ponderous pack-haversack with six days rations-can- teen-cartridge box with forty rounds (the usual supply) and equipments, sixty rounds of cartridge additional and-hsdJy siege guns on the shoulder-too heavy! Aman would stag ger at the outset, but on the march from Belle Plain to Frederioksburgh the thing corrected itself, and the ground was strswn with cloth ing which the Sanitary Commission recovered. This march seemed bad enough, but it wasn't so much as the text to the discourse.
 We camped in front of and among tho par allels on Marylan Heights, where Hooker and Sumner charged in vain, and next morn ing started for the front, after dsspatching as we supposed (and as proved too true to many) our last letter home. Reached Gen. Meads's Headquarters, near spottsylvania c. H., in the P. M., reported, were assigned to 2d Brigade, lst Division, 9th Corps, and moved ct oRce to the advanced works.
 Details of 20 men from each Company were at work all night on breastworks, and in the morning third line stretched of, far as the eye could reach.
 The great flank movement was going on troops were passing all night in our rear, and we were soon to be the extreme right, and were preparing to hold it. In the P. M. our administers were driven in, and it seemed as if Lee was about to throw his great left arm around us and fold us upon the centre.
 A whole brigade of Rebs charged upon q our batteries briskly asked them what they wanted They didn't say. but left. At night fall we moved out by the left, and next morn ing the Rebs opened furious cannonade upon our position, called Meid Hill, and finally car ried it in a charge, easily, as nobody had been there in several hours "We were marching on"l
 Of the fatigues, faintness, hunger, thirst bllstered feet, dust and heat of these marches which wasn't much after all compared with what followed, will not speak-( it might dis courage our young men from enlisting or make them unhappy in view of the draft impending, further than to say, that it brought us a last to Milford, on the North Anna where we effected crossing in the face of the enemy who tried to gsbble up brigade or two after we were over, but thanks to OUT prompt and terrible batteries, were severely punished.
 We advanced and occupied 8 fortified line extending past an estate of one of the F. F V's-Mr. Fontaine and family evidently left very suddenly just before, and the contents ot their valuable library were quito interesting as we layathere watching for Rebs, who never came after all. Here Maj. Rice was wounded and while lying here with active skirmishinl just in front, dark cloud ovsrhung us, ane very suddenly, just in front of the bresstworl were seen huge balls of fire ploughing up th' ground, and instantly thunder-peal whiel was deafening shook the earth. Hancock ane Burnside had been laundering all day on ou1 left, aear Hanover Junction-but this one re- port frem the air seem to proclaim that "Hea ven was angry at the work of man and seat . bolt to stop it."
 Next day we destroyed some ten miles Q the Virginia CeRtral R. R., lay in line of bat tie all night, and in the rain next morning re crossed the North Anna and rested for the day preparatory to one of the grandess, roughes marches in history. cannot give details you have no space for them-but wish t. speak word of agreat army in motion. Fe' persons can witness the spectacle unless the. belong to it, and no one Can ever imagine hol vast is tho exhibition unless they witness it 1 Why, a single Division seems to fill the coun- try, and m Army Corps with its masses C en-batteries-suppiy oftrains, ar,bulances Cavalry, etc., as 1t goes swarming over all th' roads and by-roads, and through the field and woods, really does cover the entire are, within the horizon. At least the whole of it i seldom under the eye at one time. Imagin several of these Army Corps in motion at once and then the opposing army similarly organ ized pursuing parallel route of few mile on our right, and you can approach on idea o the race through Va. But enough of this fol one week. Ifyou wish it, I may be able t, give some incid snts of the battle and thing generally at an other time.
 And now may I be permitted to offer few observations, personal in measure, very like ly indiscreet, and ill-timed; but as mak, myself responsible for them would be indulg | ed
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