Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-21

Close OF the Campaign an Western
VirrtnIa..AddreSsa and General Or
derS ofC+en. ROssorans TO the Troops.
We received yesterday from General
Rosecrans copies of the suhjoined address
and general orders to the troops of his de-
partment:
oaeer, and Soldiers Of tie Department of
Western Virginia:
You have closed an arduous campaign
with honor to yourselves aud satisfaction
to the country. None but Those who have
been with you, as have, can fully aPpre-
ciatc your trials and privations-
Your triumph has been three follower
your own ineXperieuce, the obstacles of
nature and the rebel forces.
When our gallant young commander was
called from US, after the disaster of Bulls
Run this department was left with less than
fifteen thousand men to guard three hundred
miles of Railroad and three hundred miles
of frontier. exposed to bushu0hackers and the
forces of Generals Floyd, Wise and Jack
son. The Northwestern pass into it was
fortified nd held. Cheat Mountain secured,
the rebel assaults there TictOriOusly re-
PEELED aud tue Kanawha Valley occupied.
march of one hundred AMI twelve
miles, over bad roads, brought you upon
Floyds entrencbed position, whence the
rebels we're dislodged aud chased TO Sew
ell. Finally your patience and watchiugs
pot the traitor Floyd within your reach
and though by precipitate retreat he es-
capped your grasp, you have the substantial
fruits of victory. Western Virginia be-
rlouKS to herself and the invader IS eXpell-
ed from her soil Iu the name of our
Commander-in-C Chief, and in my own,
thank you.
But, the country will expect,-your
Commanding General eKpects,-stlll more
from you. campaign without defeat,
without even check, must be ecilPSeo oY
deeds of greater lustre.
To this end now call upon you Cor your
own future honor TO devote yourselves with
euergy aud zeal TO perfect yourselves IN all
that pertains to driI, instruction aud dis
cIpline. Let every officer aud every SOL
der Oe emulOus t. teach and learn the hr-
iugS, light infantry drill, guard duty, c"m-
puuy discipline, and police.
Your Comma nding General proposes to
procure for you everything necessary TO
prepare you for your coming work, and
will soon organize bOards Of examiners,
who will rid the service Ofthe disgrace,ani
soldiers OF the incubus, OF incompetent and
worthless officers, who hold the positions
and receive the pay without having tue WIN
or capacity to perform the duties OF their
Remember, you are fighting for your
country, for your flag, for your homes. >.
Your enemies are inpl"cable in their
hatred of you there is no measure OF
fnlSehuod to which they have not resorted'
to hlackvn your go"d n%nle-anq lne,F lcn .I
even in solemn proclumatiOns, to calnmnl-
ate you, charging you with crimes you alb
hor-from these men you have nothing to
expect. You must prepare to teach them
not only lessons of rnagnanimity and tor
benrance towards the undrmed and defence
less. but to thrust their culumnies and the'I
ooastings down their own tr"itorou;
| thruAts.
Let not moment be lost in your prepa'
rut.ous for the task before You.
w. S. RosEcRANs,
Brigadier General, D. S. a.
r,,,u,.,JiU,T Dent of Western Va.