Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-02-12
Correspondence.
Rambles OF q VeTmORter.
.WISon sTrH Va. D c.

here for eral days, looking over III,
old battle fields and adjoining towns II
is rather a pleasant place, p il has
nothing IN particular 10 recommend her.
self to stranger except being q place
where several battles wcie fought, unl by
having a Hu:uu sul hci cemetery loca.
ted here
The Union Cemetery is on the same
grnaiI here the rebels made their last
stand in the eight or,h, 9th of Sept. '64
1t is just out Of the town. anil faces the
Berryv,lle pike. It seems to he fllirg
place Tor the biavs i,llows 70 lay, for here
they aiA down their lives. and from here
the enemy were driven. Sleep on noble
eomrads. guard well your trust. never
more eau hy.lra treason pollule this sa.
cred soil. There are $500 soldiers bari ID
here. Every grave has head board
painted white, with the mans name, com.
rany and regiment put on it; it they were
not known it is marked unknown Nrxr
spring the government Intends putting up
stone in the plu'e of boards Here are
l4S Vermont hoyS lur.e +, II from my old
regiment the lllh Il is enclosed with
a stone wall laid IN cement, aud has II
pretty stone house where a family live.
aud takes care Of the cemetery aud ctnr-
tain visitors. Adjulaing it, on the South.
is the rebel cemetery, which is called
'S'onewull." There is no. as many buried
ia this, for many we've carried to their
homes aud buried In the center is u
mound. perhaps lwenij feet across, with
Il hoard monument. on which this is writ.
ten :-"Sl5 URknolcn and uarccorasi
deGa lae LeRcaih his mound." A ciizcr
told NE he knew there was over 1900.
have been out to.Aay over the field
where was fought that terrible battle uj
the 18th Of September aud | have not
seen a'p!acc since | came here, that look,
as natural. wcndcr now more than ]
did then, how as many came ut as Ihcrr
was There was two sections OF Col Tonp
kiu's battery, immediately in cur front,
aud tie ht,lc breast works they threw W
are plainly visible nov. The first charg
was made through piece Of brush wood,
on a side kill, facing the enemy, for ubouJ
50 rods, then down through small ru-
vine. After resting here few moments
we crossed larger ravine; across the
head Of this, not more than :hrty rods
distant were stationed some Alabama
troops, whose fre raked US len&lhways oI
our lines. We lost more men in going this
ten or fifteen rods. than all the rest Of the
day. there being over one man in every
fire killed or wounded. The second charg,.
was made across level piece Of land,
east Of the town.
A person cannot go any great distance,
without meeting vita some sad memento
Of the war On some ridge you will sec
the ruins Of AN OLD fort, and vn another i
rife pit running, perhaps, for miles, and
now aud then what is left Of an old stone
or brick house houses that we're oncc
almost palaces are now nothing but bleak
and .lgeary walls. When | see one pt
these naked walls, with their open doors
ard windows. -: can think Of nothing but Il
Skeletons head with its opened mouth aud
eyolcss sockets.
We Of the North have suffered 10 con-
sequence OF The llie war. bat nothing III
comparison with the South 1t fairly makes
ones blood run COLI to hear some OF these
union people tell of their suferngs Truly
the curse Of slavery has come upon Us,
and It's Sins will be visited upon the third
aud fourth generations, and it is between
these where the real emTly exists.
| talked with many confederate soldier
and they do not seem to cherish any i'll
will towards the soldiers that fought
against them. | did not talk with Il per
son, but what said they were glad slavery
was dead, but some thought the govern
nicnt oughr to pay them in part for ther
slaves.
The coored people dc not make as en-
erge,ic and thriving citizens as some ex-
pectcd, aud do not think this generation
eve. will They have been kept unner
50 long aid been used to being cared for,
that pow they have their freedom they do
not make the best use Oft They dowcll
until they have earned IA few dollars and
they viii not work amy more until that is
spent.
The children are going to school and
are said 70 bemakiag good progress with
their studies. q. W. D.
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