Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1864-08-12
Our armp Correspondents.
THIRD VERMONT BATTERY.
CAMP MAR PzrERsBURe, July 81


DEAN JouRNAr s--This Battery, which per- /
formed duty on the extreme left OF our lines
fot the PTS; week, is ngain in position in the
front Of Bnrnsdes Corps. There has beer
no casualties with the exception Of Peter Mi
NOR slightly wounded in the head, since my
last.
Aura Lyford, Amos r. Porter, John Sher-
man and Gaylord h. Smith have been added
20 our list Of sick. As a general thing the
boys are in better health than several weeks
since, probably caused by the donations from
the Sanitary Commission. From them we
have received, for the company pickles, on
ions. dried apples and potstoes---while can
ned fruit, fowl, &c, have been contributed to
our sick. The Commission are doing much
good, having perfected their plans to such a
degree that supplies regularly reach the sol
der.
It. Vaughan has been appointed and COM
missioned Commssary OF Subsistence with
the rank Of Captain. It is expected he will
soon leave us.
Capt. Start, Lieuts Phillips and Wright
are in the enjoyment Of good health and are
still with us.
1t is necessary that we should have some
twenty or thirty recruits, and IL there are any
Montpelier boys who have thought of enlist
ing let me advise them 70 try the light artil-
lery arm Of the service. They will find it. as
regards duties much easier and more healthy
branch than the others, and chances Of enter
ing this arm they must remember are slight.
Now il you do not wish to DIN us yourself,
advise your friend. When he has chance
for comparison, he will not forget you.
Petersburg lie doomed. The North soon
will be grsuhed to know that all the move
ments or gigantic raids" of the enemy, do
not in the least disturb Or effect The plans Of
our commander. Not many days will pass
without serious fighting. ] notice by extracts
from the Richmond papers that the soil and
situation Of the country would prevent Grant
from undermining their works. Perhaps so.
Our guns still keep up continuous fire upon
their forts and city and cassons and maya
zines are constantly exploding inside their
liues--so much for the result. Our curpt
(9th,) are firing incessanty, and in fact, does
about all the lighting. Although the 18Th
corps stll runs the Petersburg Express"
and drops the 80 Founders 10 different por-
tons Of the city, yet their lines are still some
distance from the city ami no very serious
fighting very often ensu 3. The I'd corps,
which have been he'd in reserve ever sirce
the contracting Of our lines, on the departure
Of the 9th corps for Maryland moved yester-
day to our left, for purposes yet undevelop.
ed have visited the entire length of the
lines, with the exception Of those OF the 10Th
corps, which lay at Bermuda Hundred, and |
should judge every thing working admi-
rable. We are strongly fortified and cannot
be driven by the enemy, while our position is
so near theirs that we can at the same time
act upon the offensive. he miles of fortf-
cations and the many forts which we have Ia
ken have been leveed to the ground by "a.
tgue parties. Regiments OF engineers are
constantly at work making gdbionS, which are
sort Of basket; are filed with sand and us
ed as protection TO our cannoners and sharp
shooters
monster mortar, throwing a hun
dred pound shell, is in position a, the railroad
station. which returns the shells sent by the
rebel batteries from the opposite bank of the
Appomattox. Many heavy guns are already
in position along our lines.
1t. w + Martin of the 17th Vermont,
visited us to-day, Fred. r. Bedford, militia
~ telegraph operator at City Point, visited
us lesterday-both Of whom are looking in
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