New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-07
General Floyd to his Army

= HEapdUarrERs sRxy3 OF 4 txawan. !,
so'4isrs Ms o., the Amy o! the ,isFawhs:i 5I 5S3
Ihe campaign IN the western portion Of, this
State IS noW, as far as we are concerned, ended.
Az 1ls close you can review II with pride and AAtis
1actlon. You first encountered the enemy fTs
months since on his unobssructed march into4the
1nterlor of the State. From that time until re-
caied from the field, you were engaged in perpet
na warfare with him.. Hard contested battles and
shirnshes were matters of almost daily occur
renee. nor is, it to be forgotten that laborious
and arduous marches, by day and bv night, were
necessary, not only as furnishing you, the oppor.
tunity OF fighting there, bat of bafiing the foe at
diherent points on the march of invasion, And it
IS fact which entltles yen TO the warm congratu-
iatlons Of your General, and to the thanks and
gratitude of your country, that, in the midst Of
the trying scenes through which you have passed;
you have proved yourselves men and patriots,
VINO, undannted by, superior numbers, have en-,
gagged the foe, beaten him in the field and baf!ed,
and frustrated him in his plans to surprise you..
oh an OCCASIONS under all circumstances, your.
PATRIOTISM and courage have never faltered. nor,
torsaken you. With inadequate transportation,
often lily Clad and with less than full allowance
Of provisions, no private has ever uttered com
plant to his General. This fact was grateful to
his feelings and if your 'hardships have not been
removed or aleViated by him. it has been because
OF his inability to de so. But your exemplary y and
patriotic conduct has not passed unobserysd nor
nnappreciated by the Government III whose cause
we are all enlisted. 1t is an acknowledged fact
tnat you nave made fewer claims and Imposed
less trouble uponit 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, event.
.ui campaign, when you may have lookedforward
10 season CT rest, your country has. bestowed
upon you the, distinguished compliment oil calling
you, to another field of action. That. you viii
freely respond to this call, your past services so
cheertully rendered furnish the amp,est assur-.
ance: Kentucky in her hour of peril appeals to
Virginia, her mother and to her siaters,Eo succor
This appeal is not unheeded by their gallant sons
The foot of the oppressor is upon her.. Trusting in
the causeof Justice we go to her relief; and with
the her,of Him who is its author VS. will do our
part in harling back and chastising the oppressor
who is desecrating her soil. = ~
seldiars: Your country-your friends whom you
leave behind you, will expect yos, in your new
held of labor, to do your duty.
kenember that the eyes of the country are upon
you, and that upon your action, ia part. depends
the result of the greatest struggle the world ever
saw, involving not only yoss freedom, your
property and your lives but the fate of political
liberty everywhere 5I-."--
hemembering this, and relying upon Him who
controls the destinies of nations as Of individuals,
Ne'i need not fear the result. F4e@Js ,.z'l
By order, Brig Gen, JOHN r. FIOyD,
H. b. DAVIDSON, Major and Asst tent Adutant General