Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-01-03

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Gf, bere II on, bom.ryw. No,bina could no,.
sibly be- further from nv ioe,in,,ion. lust now.
than the idea ofle,yio, nj, warm fra and b.ng
hurried ont 10 III, nieket line to reno an attack
or to make o,o. r. ,. we won't worry obout III,
picket line. for there are brave bows ont there
bat we will give them cur symp,thy and remem.
Der them. Perhaps the next cold night we may
be there ourselves.
A few n ghts ago there was brisk little skr.
mish on the picket line in front Of the Second
Corps, ilst to our left. The enemy charged out
and captured three posts taking the pickets prso-
ners, except enc or two wh3 escaped in the dark
ness. It was very dark sht and the rebels
we're clear on to our line before they we're seen.
Our men were oyerpowered at once an had to sur.
render Before assistance ,ould reach them they
we're back again to their own line. One man was
killed and one wounded. Eleven or twelve were
taken. These sales are f,eouenrly made. but
they seldom amount TO ANYTHING. on either side.
A few men killed and wounded and few picke.,
taken is all. The picksts are within speaking
distance Al soma noints and M otbsrs tbev are not
At niobt The yidettes Of both srme, are advanced.
in some plscss 10 sbbin fifteen or twsntv,od, Of
each other The robel n,,rol came oronnd ,,t
niebt,-,o heard one Of our p.csew say.-vi,bin
few feet Of him in front of their yidetes riding
alorr as r,reles,.y n, # thew wer. nat within A
thousand miles Of an enemy with (. loaded mus
ks, instead of hsic, within n store,s tbrov of ora
Our nicket. had orders nat 10 fire miles. the enc
nv came upon them in direct assanlt and the
rebel piekets s,v tb.y have IN. same order. about
firing on Us.
We oecupy The old quarter, lef, BY the Fifth
Corps, have nj yet ascertsi4ed our exact geo
graphical position, bot to make headloug guess,
should ~ that We were about halt a dozen miles
fr m Petersburg, in southwest direction and be-
tween the Weldon aud Southsids Railroads OF
to our le't the line bends around to our rear so
that the enemy are on three sides Of US and but
little ways ef But few rods from he'e the
rebel camp can be seen in plain view. They arc
within good she.ng distance OF For, Wheaton.
Directly 10 front oius WOOD inlerysnes and shuts
them on. from view. The opening where they
are seen is on direct line with our own army
here, lnd a, first sight would suppose that they
were another corps Of or own army. ! don I
believe that am lao only fellow that Inquired
what orps that was out there, before had be
c '"' '' '''''s1 WIZ" I've SITUATION mere OF
'ua' 'u' 'ue ''''' one 'Dl' was su''''au 10 ne'r
''' rep! ''A' 1t WAS one o' 'eoefa' 'oosl' T. S.
! III .s"' nave "O'.''u ''' ,'n's o' smoke CURING
w 'V" '''' I'-"'' '''' '''u 0u's' az 'D'e''
'''' ''''s Ds'"se" vs.
we have been here no" about ten days We
landed at 'i'y font' OFT The boat, week ago
last Monday. Niy Pom! has become remarkably
settled IN her habits, during the last five months.
Everything there is now done quietly and 10
order and the amount OF real business is not
small. There seems TO be no particular hurry or
hustle, but everything goes 90 IN regular clock
IKE order You i-ei at on'' that there ha
master mind there, somewhere. The transports
come quietly into dock, and are met by the rail-
way tram winch runs along the wharf, so that
supplies can be taken from the transports and
loaded directly on to the cars, aud then they are
ready 80 be sen. up 10 the front. Immediately
The engine whistles, and of goes that train to
give room i)r another
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nsor Hancock, ,a,jo, Tbi, station +, on Grants
now military roil,o,5 which b,,rcbe. off from the
other. obopt five miles from Civ Point Gen.
Grant ba, a network of railroads, which o,n.
meet with every corps, and almost every brigade.
In short time e1pec. they will issue rations to
US on the pickle, line, from the cars. They run
almost out there now. Railroads are made very
easily here. About al there is to do, is to Law
the sleepers, and pin down the rails. always
,vppossd an IRON horse was yery p,r,icohr about
the eyenness Of the ground over which he had to
travel, but he seems to have become like the rest
Of u.s. by military necessity, adapted to almost
ANYTHING. have seen him climb up pretty
steep hill with his load, aud 20 steadily down it
as well. To ride over these roads on long train,
would be hlrdv pleasant for hstidious people,
where the .wells and depressions in the reads are
continuous. and where the cars will settle together
and the next moment fetch you Jerk that will