Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-09-16
ENOUGH MIMIC WAR
Soldiers Did Not Relish 20.MiIe
Hikes and Little Sleep.
They Were Ready for Duty, However,
and Did Not Refuse to Join In Parade
o.. rrnnedM of the Home Cnnlnn.

and Did Not Refuse to Join In Parade
One Tragedy of the Home Coming.
.They don't catch little Willie on any
moro Trims to Manassas" was the first
remark of one Company l boy when he
stepped off the car at Brattleboro Tues
dav. about 1 o'clock p. m, and this senti-
mont was echoed by most of the others
in a great variety of forcible expressions.
The mimic warfare which had called
for between 20 and 80 miles of marching
over stones on Thursday and Friday, with
hpt two hours sleep for the two days, on
tou of a week of 'gruelling" experience,
ioft the Young soldiers tired and sore.
They suffered also from a lack of water.
The men left camp Saturday and en-
trained but were then ordered back to
camp. on Sunday they left camp about
: entrained at IL, were in the cars all
night Jersey City was reached about
o'clock and the boat left for New London
ohout & New London was reached about
q i'm the morning and three special trains
came into Brattleboro close to each other
between - and / o'clock.
The Company 1 boys marched at once to
their quarters in good order, and as soon
as possible they left for their respective
homes.
Tne regiment arrived at Thoroughfare,
Va Monday morning, Sept. 5. shortly af-
ter midnight, having been on the road
since the previous Saturday. After
marching some distance in the direction
of the camp the dog tents were pitched
for the night, and early in the morning
fine permanent camp was established. AT
that night they were called out for a
forced march over rough roads. They ar
rived in position about $50 in the morning
and remained there until in the after
noon and then marched to Little Bull
Run. where camp was pitched for the
night The next morning the march was
to a position about two miles from Thor
oughfare village to prevent the blue army
from breaking through at that point. At
the termination of the battle they went
back to camp. They were on the Skin
mish line all day Thursday, and then
made camp. At u.30. when the soldiers
had had less than two hours in which to
sleep reveile sounded and as soon as
hurried preparations were made they
were away. This time their position was
first near the old Percy house, and then
they were sent by forced march to the
original battlefield of Bull Run in front
Of the old Henry house. On Thursday
night and Friday the boys marched y
miles and when the exercises were over
they were 10 miles from their permanent
camp. Some of the soldiers struggled
back to the camp over the stony roads,
but many others were so completely eX-
hausted and were suffering so severely
from blistered feet that they walked -FOUR
miles to Gainesville and from there took
the train to Thoroughfare. Some did not
get in until the next day. Company
made a fine record through the ordeal
having 81 of the 40 men who started on
the firing line Friday although some oil
them were in great pain. Many men III
the regiment suffered from poisoning
from ground oak. Lieut. Mosher was dis
abled a part of the time.