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fliiuiHiu f mman. VOLUME III. MONTPELIER, VERMONT. SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1863 NUMBER 748 m poctrj). New England's Dead. Ob ! chant a rtquieru for the brava, ths brave who are no more, Xs England's d&l ! ia honored rest, they sleep on hill ami shore, From where the Mississippi nW, in freedom, proudly rolls. To waves that sigh, on Georgia's Isles, a death-hymn for their souls. Oh! first of all, thy noble blood by traitorous hand was shed ; It dyed the streets of Baltimore- New England's heroes bled ; And still the mystic number " t hree " will lite for aye in soiitf, While history tells with glowing pea of Putman, thaw snJ Strong, Immortnl names ! Oh, nobis three,'' a nation's heart will throli For yt who fell, in manly prime, for Freedom and for God ! And women's eyes grow dim with tears, and manhood bows Its head Before thy leels of valor done, New England's honored dead. But not alone for those who die a soldier's death of glory ; 1 many a brave, heroic soul has sighed its mournful story, Down in the sultry swamps and plains where fever's sub tle breath Has drained the Ufa blood from their hearts and laid them low in death. memory is yours, oh! ye who murmured no complaint, Whosaw Hope's vision, day by day, grow Indistinct and faint : Who, far from home and loving hearts, from all ye held most dar, Have died. Oh ! noble, unknown dead, ye leave a record here. New England ! on thy spotless shield, inscribe thino hon ored dead, Oh ! keep their memory fresh and green, when turf blooms o'er their head ; And coming nations yet unborn will read with glowing pride, Of those who bore thy conquering arms, and suffering, fought and died ; Who, foremost in the gallant van, laid life and honor down Oh ! deck with fadeless bays their names, who've won the martyr 's crown. ittisccllann. (Our War Correspondence ) A Soldier's Letter- No- 40. Pougiikkepsie, N. Y., Sept. 12, 18 S3. Editor Freeman. The past few weeks have fuund our brigade more scattered than perhaps at any time before since it was created. The 4th regiment remains at New York, the 3d is at Newark, N. J., and tbe 5th and 6th are at Kings ton, some seventeen or eighteen miles from this place, there were vague reports of a little dis turbance there yesterday, but they need confirma tion. I believe it is generally allowed that we have kept pretty good order here in New York since we have been made the instrument of ex ecutive authority here. Hitherto our regiment has seen nothing but peace and good will, and it seem not unlikely that we shall go back to the war without having a chance to show the New York copperheads our remarkable prowess. It will be just as they see fit to hat it it is ft mat ter of perfect indifference to us. We came here a week ago to-night a little af ter midnight. There was no opposition shown as we quietly took possession of the town, and no attempt has yet been made to dislodge us. don't know whether it was especially intended that we should land at that unseasonable hour, a day sooner than we were expected, but it was very convenient for our friends, and enemies too j it saved them the trouble of a reception There was no demonstration of any kind. Not s drum was beat nor a brickbat thrown Wt marched quietly by the barracks built for the 150th N. Y. S. V., just east of the city, ind appropriated tnem fbr our comfort. Th daily Eagle 'arid next morning that we marched through tbe city in i very soldierly manner, our closed tanks anot quiet behavior giving efjdhce of tie dfaclpUoe bid acquired during two years active service. We ' had no idea that we were behaving so remarkably well till we saw it in the newspapers, and we im agine it must have taken an "eagle's" eye to have discovered it. The same paper went on to give a very flattering account of the " roll of hon or " that the " war scarred veterans " of this reg iment had by their bravery won. It gave a short history of our career during the war so far; of the thirteen battles we had fought, and compli mented us upon our personal appearance. (We had blacked our shoes that morning according to orders, and have drawn our new clothes as I told you before, so I expect we do look first rate. The ladies say we do.tind their opinion is worth every thing in sach matters.) The daily Poguhktep sian tried to puff for us a little but it came far short of the Eagle. This excited their envy and they turned upon the Eagles enthusiastic re porter and showered upon his unsuspecting head a scorching tirade of criticism. His grammar and rhetoric was wickedly ridiculous, and to close, the Poughkttpsian thought if the brave Green Mountain I3oys could stand such a fire of ungra matical stulf as that, we certainly deserved greit credit. Well, Mr, Pougliktepsinn, we think we can stand it. We have no objection to being spoken of in that style, at)d even if the reporter should fib a little when facts run short, we believe we could Btand it all very well. We sincerely wish the Pouyhketpsian to be relieved of any further distress in this matter on our account We have had the finest of weather since we have been here, and we have finely enjoyed it. A number of the soldiers telegraphed for their wives as soon as they got here, and as the papers said next day, " many had already arrived, and happiness beamed upon the countenances of all." A great many had their parents and friends frtm Vermont come here to nee them, so that coming here was almost as gratifying as a furlough. Our Colonel, one of the finest of men, gave these men priveleges to be absent from cm; all that they could reasonably ask for. As for our new A lent that we had received at New York just in eusou to occupy for a day anrl niht.were brought along here, some of the married soldiers pitched them just outside of the rump and gave their wives tt practical instruction to a soldier's life in real camp style. We never lnve been in. a camp that has seemed so cheerful and pleasant as this one. So many n-ally dressed ladies and gentle men so courteous and civil, mingling constantly with us, it makes the soldier forgtt his roughness, and the wholesome restraints of civil society are strongly felt. We drill here two hours each day ; a company drill in the forenoon and battalion drill in the af ternoon. The order specifying the hour for these drills and the hour for dress parade is published every day in the daily papers, and large numbers of tbe citizens are always present to see us per form our military manaeuvers. Every afternoon as the hour for drilling arrives, a stream of car riages of all descriptions begin to pour in until at four o'clock there is quite a concourse of peo ple collected in camp and on the hill-side that overlooks tbe parade ground belo. The boys take pride in drilling before so respectable an au dience of spectators, and I know Col. Walbridge was rot dissatisfied with our drilling oa the last occasion ; his sanies of approval told us plainly that he was not. It has been some time since we have drilled any before, but we believe we have not quite forgotten how. We gave our audience some practical illustrations of a few of the manoeuversjon a battle-field. The Colonel de ployed one Company as skirmishers in front of . . - . i. j j the regiment and ordered inem to ne uown ana load and fire. They went through with all the motions as we have been instructed in such things except actually firing loading on their backs, then turning on their face, fire, and immediately reload. The skirmishers being sorely pressed, he ordered them to fire in retreat, while the regi ment Dehindupporting tnem pitched m a ft w vol ley and then charged. With1 ihoat, not quite o full of energy perbap?fi one We gats on a Kllf .nmCllU.'n lit. I. I r , 1 . . UU OUlUV.imJg lt, C rUHUt.U IOrWara QOuble . ouick. when at the fiommand Hnam " . .u .u.. l .i u . . ... P m i ' " " , " n 1 1 c prostrate in an instant. Asoon as the enemy' vol ley of shot and shell sent to annihilate our charge was supposed to be fairly over, we got up and re sumed operations once more. The ladies laughed and the children shouted with delight. It was fun for them, and for us too on this occasion, but we have seen these 6ame manoeuvers performed when the attending circumstances made the oper ation a little less pleasing. Were it not for that part we take it our drafted men would more ac quiescent. The draft here now is the all prevailing topic. But little seems to be said or thought of anything else. It is now just completed. The city draf was made last Monday. The conscripts here sub mitted to their fate with philosophical coolness. They had a grand evening parade that night and seemed to feel highly elated at the distinguished honor Uncle Sam had conferred upon them by taking them into his protection or sending them to protect him. The draft here as everywhere falls very hard on some. One young man with a wife and three little children who had just built him a new house and was commencing a prosperous business was elected to go. It seemed worse than death to him to be torn from his interesting fami ly and have his business prospects ruined. He was too much in debt to pay $300, and if he went to war there was no chance for him to pay for bis house. Surely this is a" cruel war." I saw women returning from the Provost Marshal's office, when the names for the city of Hudson were drawn, their eyes red with weeping, having I suppose heard the name of some of their dearest kin an nounced at the fatal wheel. I saw other young men who said their names were drawn, and I felt heartiy glad of it. They could go to war as well as not. But these were the very ones that were going to make the disturbance. Three young fel lows whose names were drawn told me in conve r- satinn of their plans for escape. One had lost h in front teeth and he expected to be exempt because he could not bite off a cartridge; another had had a very lime hip years, before and since the draft it was worse than tver, he expected to be exempt on that j the third had a rich father-in-law that he expected would pay his $300. It is needless to say that every one of these fellows if they were now in the service would have to stay there. Some declare that old Abe shall never get Uncle Sam's clothing on them at any hazard. They calculate probably to fight the law or flee from its tDforcement, but they are making a very sorry calculation. They are fighting against their coun try and against their God fighting in the service of Satan and Jeff Divis and they are fools if, they think they shall win in the end. Occasionally a man of principle.evinces a determination to go and do his duty the best he can. God bless such men. Unless a man has patriotism of the most exalt ed kind, a high sense of duty and an undoubting faith in the righteousness of our cause to lean back upon in his hour of trial, he has" a poor sup port. It is only tbe man that truly loves his coun try, acd believes that ve are fighting for God and humanity, that can cheerfully submit to his fate when drafted. It is utterly impossible' for any others to do so. Standing target for the rebel minniee, is one of the most uncomfortable positions a man was ever placed in, as I can tell you from experience, and we do not wonder that some men pray to be excused when tbe country calls for such work. But the man who has resolutely made up his mind to do his duty like a worthy American citizen, who scorns to pay his $300 or plead disa bility, all honor to him. We ask your hand. With you we will willingly, gladly fight side by aide, and when this dark cloud of war has passed away,and the clear sunlight of peace shines out once more to gladden our beloved country, we will walk this blessed land of freedom with proudee step and a nobler heartrom the consciousness that our own efforts ' contributed to rescue the country from ruin and disgrace when traitors in arms: plotted against it. But the1 poor copperhead', whose soul is in his pocket, we nrtd not wonder that be resists the world that he should do so, and we will have an cnanty possible for him. Anti Rebel. 1 q -S f m i Wno fired at the Negro's Dead Body P According to a Porthnd cotemporary, none of the Maine batteries are very much inclined to father the following transaction : It seems that a day or two after one of the reb el raids near Washington, a regiment of infantry with a battery of light artillery, was sent out to hunt up the raiders ; as they edvarced they es pied what they took to be a company of rebel in fantry throwing up entrenchments near a wood about half a mile off, across a valley that inter vened. No Booner were they espied than the pieces were unlimbered, and a round of canister given, which, Btriking in their midst and wound ing several, sent the rest at double quick to the rear and out of sight. On advancing to the sup posed breastworks it was found that it was after all the funeral of a poor contraband whom his sable brethren were committing to his last home. anu mat tne snot naa not only knocked over the corpse, but wouned several of the mourners. 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