Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-04-26

drive them off and threaten so shoot them !
if they did not stop bringing stuff to the
Yanks. Sometimes when there was no
officers around, the guard would let them
walk along beside their beats, and when
they saw one of their countrymen they
would toss over loaf Then the Yankees
would pitch into the Dutchman and take
it away. If he got taste he done we'll.
Sometimes the officers would come around
with loaf of bread to have little fun.
They would break it up in small pieces,
and make motion as though they were
going to throw it one way and get the
men started and then throw it in another
direction. The boys would run after it
like dog after chip, when you throw
it into the water. This would please them
beyond measure; they would grin from
ear to ear; would laugh and shout and
stamp their feet as though they had gained
victory. ... q. ...,r s..
There was one thing that we needed
here very much that we did not get but
very little of. That was wood to do our
cooking with. The boys would 60 round
and gather grass, bones, the soles of old
boots and shoes, and would even gather
horse and cow manure and dry it to burn
to do their cooking with.
While we were at Charleston, from the
18th of Sept. to the 4th of Oct five of
our boys from Orleans Go. were laid in
their graves. Chancey Webster, died
suddenly Monday the 10th day of Sept
Charles Foster of Bloomington died the
next day. L. H. Sulham died Mon
day the Goth. Charles Brooks died Sat-
urday. October l, and George Varnam,
Monday the 4th.
Corporal w. H. Chamberlin and Geo.
Twiss were left when we came away, and
probably died shortly after as they were
very bad off. Chamberlu was badly
swollen with dropsy. and Twiss was run
down with the diarrhea so that he was a
mere skeleton Of skin and bone. 1t was
hard for us to look upon our comrades
in such condition and we mad no means
Of helping them; but we had to do it.
Our feet were every day sending shells
into the city. How often did our boys
remark 81 wish | was where that shell
came from" They came through the air
with a whiz-z and a bang, that sounded
good to us. They generally burst high
in the air, and the pieces scattered in
every direction; but sometimes they
would go so low that we could hear them
rip through the buildings and then burst
They often set fire to buildings and We
could see the flames and smoke, and heal
the fire bells, and the rumbling of tht
fire engine. We often heard of damage
dome, and sometimes people killed by oul
kshells. They looked pretty when they
came over in the night with their lone
fiery tail streaming behind. Sometimes
when we heard them smash through thu
buildings we would say, "How are yol
Charleston ~ and the rebs would say
Damned Yankees"
We could buy things here cheaper thai
at Andersonville We could get loaf o
soft bread at first for thirty cents, afte
/ wards for ten cents salt two and sometime
J three spoonfuls for five cents. red pepper
cent apiece, sweet potatoes hv
cents apiece, tobacco ten cent
9 plug, Sergeant Bailey. Georg
aud William Ranger, each had pal
Q that they brought from Andersonville
Q that belonged to the detachment, so "
r could get water out of the wells aud was
ourselves and clothes as often as we liked
But we did not wash our clothes very oi
0 ten for we would have washed them al
0 to pieces they we're SO rotten, and then "
y should be without any. We had rain
very often and many had to sleep in tn
1 water if they slept at all
e April 9Th 1865.
e FLORENCE, s. g.
i Tuesday, October 4th, we packed U