Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-01-25
NUMBER 10.

toward our lines. Comrsds at their left
6red also and started some of the cavalry
yidetts from the position. 1t il easier 10
commerce picket firing than to stop IL,
aud for several minutes shot we're rapidly
repeated along the rebel front. They
were heard~in our camps. and in one
regiment the long-roll was sounded.
That made the alarm general on this side
of the lines Regiment after regiment re -.
peated the call of danger and soon all was
commotion throughout our lately quiet
great city of camps. The rafting con-
tinuous roll of the drums sounded up
and down our front Turn out here !"
Turn out, lively, all of you" called
half fdressed and half-awake officers az
they hurried from their log cabins and
repeated summons to their half awake
and halfdressed men already hurring
from their log huts. New recruits were
thoroughly frightened as they started up
from dreams of home to hear the confus-
ing din of thousands of voices and the
rattle and clatter of the still-rolling
drums. Old soldiers concluded very
speedily that there would pc sharper pick
ct firing if there was any serious trouble
on the line, and so were in no degree
disturbed as they FASTENED to obey orders.
Not many minutes had passed before
there was brustling line of battle with
in our works from right to left as far az
the alarm extended. All this while, the
Johnnies on picket hearing the long-roll
and listening to the sounds of hub-b bub
were laughing at the success of their joke
and jeeriDg the Yankee pickets of the
timidity of their friends in camp Our
out post men who knew the original of
the affair were provoked at the extent Of
the scare, and some of them vowed re-
} venge By and by the excitement died
away. All being quiet again ON the
vidette line the regiments broke ranks
and the men returned to their huts 70
finish their dreams
, An hoar later some Of the eavalrymen
were heard to say Now. let's start up
the Johnnies to pay for the scare Of
theirs" Word went along the line. and
fire was opened by our videttes. With
a musketry volley, our men raised yell.
That started the alarm over the lines
In the camp of the Johnnies "ths drum
did beat ut dead Of night" First from
e one regiment then from another; far up
towards the Charles City road, and away
D towards the river sounded the peal Of the
long-roll and arousing all who had slept
before. Then there was hurring to and
fro among them. Any new recruits they
8 had from the cradle or tbe grave were
B disturbed in dreams Of their former
@ home. Their veterans bad chance 50
speculate on on the probabilities Of u
fight. Their officers were out halfdrss.
+ sed and half-awake, and soon their lint.
of battle bristled along their works from
: right to left. This time the laugh was
among their out~itted pickets. 1t was
we'll towards morning before the Johnnies
had chance to break ranks to return to
their huts and finish their dreams.
Our BOYS felt that they we're quits with
the Johnnics but were not satisfied about
the first scare They thought it was
hardly warranted by the circumstances.
: A fair-faccd youth not more than nine
teen, although re.enlisted veteran sol.
: dier said on his return to camp the fol.
lowing morning as if his pride was touch
ed by the alarm of those he defended.
. You needn't have sounded the loug-roll
. in here, Didn't you suppose we could
i keep lack the Johnries till you held y
: turn out in the reglar wayf We could
ha' held line of battle for three hours
if you'd ha' wanted us to-" Old soldiers
enjoy a joke but they don't want H.
carried too far.
A REBELS OPINION OF ARMIsa THE SLAVE.
A Johuy reb from Georgia regiment
G came out from his front to cut wood two
: days ago, and approaching toe, near our
lines was brought in by our pickets--
k just for joke you know. Being taken
t before the general he was asked: "Are
vnn a nrisoner or a deaerter q ..Woll LIN