Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-11-15

tho field.
You are having q ? etty sharp politca con.
test in Vermont. Il is Sharper among the citi-
sens, probably, than 1t s, or very well can be,
among soldiers. II viii be dscisir, with US
when election day comes. You hay probably
heard all about the last smashing we gave the
" Chicago machine" as well as the rebel army.
We will smash the machine again, election day,
and the rebel army whenever Elily sees tit 70
pitch in to u.s. What a Irctty fix Sheridan
would have got himself into, II he had cent us
to Petersburgh when he gct started TO- a week
before. he fight was Wednesday, and the
Thursday before We had orders to pack up and
march. The order stated that we must econo-
mile the supply Of rations on hand, as we should
get no more til We 20. to AlfGIndril. As Oh.
ly our corps was to move we Of cours' cOncud
ed that we were booked for City Point or there.
bouts Wemarched all day, and when opposite
the Shenandoah river from Ashbys Gap, orders
came to about lace. Unluckily for Early be
made a slight demonstration in our font that
day and for that fGson we we're ordered back.
Had i been otherwise, it is no vain Boosting on
our part to say that the rcmsinder Of tho army
would have been driven back, and Early would
have been in Maryland Yegods whata hiss,
ing the coppoFbeals woull have set up then.
| tell you what it's, Mr.. Willard, there lie con
siderable truth 10 what heard one Of the boys
say the other day. Ilesaid he stood up for Me-
Clcllau till he got mo bad company and got
almos. the whole army against him, ald since
he has begun to run for President On tho Chca-
no Platform, be believed God Almighty himself,
our victories prove twas down on BIN.
ltIs complained Of considerably in til Di-
vision that newspaper correspondent do Dot
give credit where credit is dc always ard es-
pccialIy in this las: fight. ten Getty seems to
DO unfortunate He doesn't have lot OF iavor-
tie correspondents around bis headquarters, as
great many do aud 80 he aud his command are
not written up 10 distinction as some others are
We think GU. Division saved the dag The
Cops certainly did Any how our Division
held their liue, and only fell back when all on
the right had gwen away, AID the enemy were
almost in our rear Csc. Grant says his CON.
mand, which til Gen. Sheridan came up com.
prised the whole Di;isioH, never was drir,a
back an inch. Thy foil back when the rest Of
the line gave Way OF course. Gen. Getty isl
brevetted Msjlr General l1r what he and his
Division did that day.
But this Is getting to b. an old sIory and
must be dull enough Tor you to read. We are
having line thing ci it here in Strasburg
Gen. Grant is 10 full control 0! everything in the
placs-Milimry Governor believe. According
TO all appearances we are ls likely to make our
winter quarters here as anywhere Col Foster
OF the Fourth Vermont is ACTIN: Provost Mar.
shall. Oar duty will be to guard the place and
to guard ourselves. Provost guard and picket
guard will DO about all VIC shall havs to do
We shall have comfortable quarters and soft
thing Of it geua'Ally il Vs. stay hec But
we found gu. long 1go that il doesn't take long
to dispel any pleasant illusions of tbc future
which we Oy happen to entertain here in the
army.
| wanted 10 wriny you little more about our
loraging, 81, up to Il4rfisonburg and our
march down from that place, Tut it is Legislature
time nov, and you probably would have had no
room for it IN the FIREMAN. Weha1 jis: such
times thcte AS soldier lows % glory in, Shcri-
d.n allowed his boys to do about as they pleased.
II they ddn't live On the is, Of the llni t was
their own iault. There was fat enough there,
aud every man coai help hin'ei Coming
back Sheridan burned every barn and stack OF
hay or grain there WAS in the valley. The
whole valley WAS abbn with tho burning crops
1t wssa grand but melancholy sight. The wo.
men, children and old men looked on in blank
submission. Some deaOuDc11 and some deplored
but She most OF the people said but very little
The punishment was Justly meritei no doubt
but when saw wom.u and children looking
hopelessly on while every thing that they need
for comfort ami susteaance the clmiog winter
was being destroyed, and not u,tering word OF
complaint, or sto,ci'g any malice towards the
desroyer:, thought it there WIS not real mar.
tyr like heroisn Shown by this ,plc there was
a pretty close colnterfel. Of il. Isupposc these
people see peace, tho most Of them, DOLLY through
the success Of the rebel army, and they pray
earnestly for delIvonnca from ths Yankee M.
raudcrs. But they will be obliged to see peace
through another channel ere long. Many of tn
ERNEST eoces'ionlsls diiply fotitude and
faith in their cause that many Yankee, would
do well to initiate. Satan they say ha, got some
honest victories, but J,f Dayi, has got great
many
Yes, Vermont is all right on the election qucs
sion, and 30 are her o1dess You can pus US
down at least ten u one for Ln,jln. You can
Tell this to your coppsrhoid friends tor th,ir
ed ifcalion.
BosroN gave good account of herself at the
late election, re-electlng Mlssrs Rice and Hoop.
cr to Congress the fret by $500, and the latter