Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-07


British They didn't know we had then'
| springs and they couldn't have helped 1t
| If they had They had to go right between
our vessels, anyhow, and, | tell you, they
| got terrible raking. You would have
| laughed If YOU could have seen our row.
gallcys, They pitched right into the big
British ship, They didn't seem to be bit
afraid What with the broadsides fired
SO quick and these galleys pesterln CT
her, it was awful She stood 1t about two
hours and then hauled down her colcrs.
When she surrendered, they all hauled
down their colors except the British row
galleys. they took to their heels and got
away, everybody was so busy. Holl r?
Wei, | guess | did Fact is, / don't know
what / did do.
well, that was about twelve o'clock
Pretty soon | saw two or three men push
in ont n boat down in Rockwell's Bay.
That was close by, down on the shore near
the hill. | was bound to go on board INC
ships, so | run down and jumped III. IL
was a four cornered boat, and was rowcd
out to the big British ship She was II live
ship / tell yc. She was made OF solid OAK
timber sawed with a handsaw. You coull
see the way it was sawed. The pIan'<tn
was white oak six inches thick. The SIN iii
balls did not go through these pldnk5'
They were Just stuck solid fun of balls
They looked just like some of these new
fashioned mastered houses, plastered on
the outside, where they throw gravel into
the SOFT plaster 1t seemed as II YOU
couldn't git any more balls in. me grar :
shot and rifle balls pooty nearly covered
the planltil, all over. The riggin vas It
all tn pieces. There wasn't any OF IL J. II.
Our folks used chain-shct. That Is, they
bored holes in the cannon balls ana TOOK
two balls and fastened them toEeth"T WIN
a big chain. They cut the Snrouua AM
everything right off. The decks was IN.
most awful sight 1 ever saw. 1t vast
was awful" -
B blood, blood was eVery"hoIt' IL,
decks was covered with arms anu IesS anu
heads, and pieces or hahus anu oo''ieS an
. torn to pieces! | never see any 'hlhS ~ ~
, this world like IT. seemed as IL eNei wv !!
had been killed. They must nav lug III
, terribly before they hauleu ooWh the mas
: 1t most made me SICK! Inc ahhee shIPs
was badly damaged 100 ana iots ol W.
folks was Killed; especially 'neh pr'Vsn
deserterS. lheE iousht WI sc '''"i' "i'y
body. Inc prisoners! 1hes was d" Pu'
down IN the hoiu' . .,..
Long in the afternoon l we,lt asi'o orr,
and got the 1oihs' anu we wen. hoiiV' ~
! had to do the chores ABOUT suil'oH u.
me women was consul pie Scaie"' pu'
= tncN uluh Hiihu ai0ei We ''
glrlsE On, yes thes uieu ioie as "n {
ago IN tne ON! one ieit nv" " on .,,'
: folks. My boy out mere, Is gum VI" 'e'
entN.
= horses We lelt Worrisu aoou' i''ioi'
tod you ne was orderly SCI se"h' VIZ
I knew ne had peen III the hsh' SUM VIII
on SHORE, but not JUST Wieie nor "ha' ua'
happened TO MN w ME the biltiSh VS.
i sels was comm up the iahe 10 the 'aS
the BRUSH army was MAJ dlo''s Wv
' western shore TOWARDS riattsouis' i"es
: got there Just ABOUT the tiiie 'he Ne99eh
: eo' ihto the pay "eHera' nacoi,.o Ioi,
- manued our troops AS we iiae ulilS an1 ~,
\ thousand men, 1t iooheo Is IL me biI '9'
- would nave a pooty easy time oi H. lnel
, seemed to thlnk So anyway ne trouol'
= was the river run right throush fla Us
. burg. our loiks ior'lhea the lurtnei sl'i'
- ana me BRUSH knew iot Oh tteI'l "oul'
q ne kll'eo II 'ney trieu 10 si' acloHH. "
= course they had 10 gu across soilienoV
- ana take our forts 30 'hey pretehueu IT
- oa Hakih an attack III front alohb VI
r. river but tha' was just pnho: WhIi
+ t'ey was preteno'h TO get READY lor "t u
9 III 'he Town. 'ne! sent iot oi SoiNIei /:
= ou' Vi SiSnt III 'he "otus' up A'Ie"'i. u
.. cross tle river at 'he priose or at tle L. II
q III ne ""ouS' ana come uo"h Oh our Ut
ana surprise the Yankees. but our Io-k
# was "dtcnih on en- fa'her toio US az u
G IL III DAY or TWO "hen ne came nome u
+. see now things was gittin on ms com
., p"hS was SEM up tIe RIVER Au S"p'r' T.
:, suaru 'ne prldSe ana the loi"' 1hey 'oo
&c every sinsIe piafk OH the oridBe y
n va ''i NNi"''' No. W.
< hlsh@r up stieail' tnefl' TO the iord' INA
=, was ABOUT three miles up the Au Sapi'
/ mere was JuSt apout Ioot Oh "ater d
It the iord' fH'uer company guaFdsd o.
l. l.ru All uaS' Inc BRUSH ulu not kHov
n theE WAS mere, nut theF dla poOtF q"'il
/ "hen they tried to cross. The woods wa
a. ''lck ana the bls trees ana pushes cam
d rlsh' down To the water edge ana la'h
=. er men ma III thcm. Nheh the bfl,
= '.'Ipcu mo thc water on 'ne other 81 e
!, uieS Shot theih rleht down some OF tl4'i
4 'HopIr" ia the Slreain ana was carr '
il, away ny thc current NOT ono OF our me
J. was Killed TWO or three was hit. Cap
~ blNoll' ne was the cap or the company
= was hit rlGht ON the nrass plate on IL
n S"oru-peIt Whtre II crossed his bre 81
II sl"ue pls ieht, / tseo 20 see IL my
= ser flndlIy thc British had TO go pc
- 10 flattsburg' but rather company sta! e
70 on 3uara un,ll the battle was all over
S me trltlSh trled nara TO get across tn
v river III fIdttSburg, hut they couldn
Il why YOU see All the vermont mills
n was there! 1t was impossible to git acr 5
mat river. remember Uncle Colon'
c Jim Alien set in the grst-mill wind
n lie had Il long riHe. Inc barrel was fly
/ 10y ~, Uni, Nv IN, ,r M's "oo"' eisn Il
/ yyindor and killed evcrv soldier tbat ,,o,r
-. down for water. That was in the morI
M Tag when they was gittln breakfas
C t,uioa -" a''Se" t'@tt .''eie ult'
~ stopped comm down. Well they tnall
give all idea nj ia lut bi, ,l,a