The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-01
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s EUNk Al MOkN1N0... JAN. 1, 1851.
Address en Gea.s Tisy1 q his Amy.
The follow ee patriotic address has bssn
issnsd By Gen Floyd TO his army:
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Tns campaign in the Western portion Of
tnis state - now, az faras You are concern
ed, ended: At its close 5yca can review il
ountered the enemy ME Months since on his
unopsefucfed march into he interior Of the
STATE. From that time until recalled nom
the neid. you were snGaged in4erpetual war-
skirmiahes were matters Of all bst dailv oc-
eurrence. Nor II tt to be forgotten that Ia.
POROUS ana arduons marches by day and by
nignt were necessary, not only as furnishing
OF bathing she Toe at different points upon tho
marcn OF invasion. And II 10 fact which en-
title You to the warm congratulations Of your
General, and to the thauks and gratitude OF
scenes through which you have passed, you
have proved yourselves men and patriots
who, undaunte BY superior numbers, have
engaged the foe, beaten him In the field, and
6amed and frustrated him in his plans to
sasHrise ycu. Oa NIL oeexesOnS, ~untler All
circumstances, your pa triotism and courage
have never fAltered nor foIkaken YOU With
inadeqDate transportation, often lily clad, !,
and with less than = full allowance II pro.
visions, no private has ever uttered COM
plaint to his General. This fact was crate.
ful to his feelings and if your hardshipe
have not been removed or alleviated By him,
1t mas been beca use Of his inability 10 do So
But your exemplary and patriotic conduct
has not passed unobserved nor unappreciated
by the Government in whose cause we i re
all enlisted. Ii Is an acknO wiedged fact that
ron II do Euvx, o1.
less trouble npon IL than any army in the
field, content TO dare and to do, as becomes
true soldiers and patriots.
Now, at the close OF your laborious and
evenfful cam paign, when you may have
looked forward to a season of rest, your
country has bestowed upon you the dlstin-
guished compliment of calling you to an
other field OF action. That you will freely
respond 70 this all, your past services, SO
surance Kentucky, in her hour of peril, ap-
peais 10 Virginia, her mother, Hnd to her SIS
fers, Tor succor. This appeal is not unheed-
ed oy their gallant sons. The foot Of the 0p-
presSor Is upon her. Trusting in the cause
OF justice, we 60 to her relief, and with the
help OF Him who is its author, we will do
cur part in hurting back and chastising the
oppressor who Is desecratiDg her soil.
SoIolersi your country-your friends whom
you leave behind you-will expect you, in
your new aeid of labor. to do your duty.
Remember that the eyes of the country
are upon you, and That upon your action, in
part, depends the result OF the greatest strug-
gle the world ever saw, involving not only
your treedom, your properly, and your
ilves, bur the fate OF political liberty every
where.
Remembering this, and relying upon Him
who controls the destinies Of nations. as OF
individuals, you need not fear the result.
BY order.
Brig. General JoHS B. FLOYD.
II. b. Deridson, Major and Assistant Adjutant
General.