Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-27
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February -, 1853
The undersigned has been placed in charge Of
| the troops in North Carolina. In assuming
command, he would address few words Of ex-
ortation to his forces
Soldiers Your brutal and indignant enemy is
putting forth efforts unexsmped in the history Of
| the world. Having failed to subjagete you,
he is maddenel with the thirst fer vengeance,
and is pushing forward his foreign meree-
naries to plunder your property and lay
waste to your homes. But his msUauding
hosts have been 90 often beaten and bsffled that
they are now discouraged and demoreLized.
! Should you be able to check them everywhers
for the next sixty days, the three hundred thousand
whose time expires in May, viii not re-eHlst and
| the war end before July. Should the scoundreis,
/ however, gain a substantial success ct any
one point, tbs war wil be prolonged daring she
entire administration Of Lincoln. It becomes q
solemn duty, then, to labor and to ight during
the next two months as we have never fought
before We must make the war unpopular
with the mercensry vandals of the North by
harrassing and annoying them every way We
must cut down to six feet by two, the dimen-
sioBs Of the farms which these plunderers
propose to appropriate. You VIII have to en-
dure more hardskips and TO fight more desper-
ate battles than you would have done, weEe your
ranks properly filed. Our cities, towns, and vii
lagos, are fun of young and able-bodied skUlk-
eTs, wearing the semblsnce Of men, who dodge
from the battle field under tha provision of
the exemption bill The sc0rn of the fair sex,
snd the contempt Of ell honorable men, have not
been able to drive these eoWsIdly misereaDts
into the ranks So long as they can fatten
upon the miseries of the country, and shelter
their worthless csrcases from Yankee bullets,
they are insensibls to shame. But day of ret
tributon awaits these sboTtions of humanity
J
Org, when the finger Of scorn is pointed, aud the
taunt is uttered, he is the son, or great grand
son. of sn exempt or extortioneg."
Do your full duty, soldiers, and leave shOss
paltroons and villains to the execratioa of pos
terity All commanding officers are hereby en-
ioined to furnish the names Of officers and men
who distinguish themselves in pitched battles
and skirmisEes Those so distinguishing them
selves will be recommended for promotion, aBd
their names published in the principal papers Of
their respective States.
The infantry have to bear the bruat Of every
battle, and to endure special hsrdships 10 eyeIy
campaign. The post Of danger and suffering is
the post Of honor. If our liberty be ever won,
it will be due mainly to the indomtsbls pluck
and sturdy endurance Of our heroic infanhy.
The Confederate artillery has behaved most
nobly, and the wonder IS, that with inferior
guns and ammunition, it has been able TO cope
succeS8iuiiy WHO tn6 SpieAQlQ hltl4lellh FOt blS
enemy. It has been Q mistake, however, TO
contend with the Yankee artillery Reserve
your fire as at Fredericksburg, for the masses
of infantry, and do not Withdraw your gnns
just when they are becoming effective It is
glorious to lose guns fighting them TO the last
It is disgrsceful to save them By retiring early
from the fight.
The cavalry constitute the eyes and esrs Of
the army The safety of the entire command
depends upon their vigilance and failhfuiness Of
their reports. The officers aud men who permit
themselves to be surprised deserve to die, and
the commanding general viii spare no efforts to
secure them thsir deserts. Almost eqUslly Grim
inal are the scouts who, through fright, bring ia
wild and sensational reports. They VIII ba
eourtmartislsd for cowaTdice.
Many opportunities win be afforded the cav
airy to harrass the enemy, cut off his supplies,
drive in his pickats, etc. Those who have never
been in battle will thus DO enabled to enjoy the
novel sensation of listening to the sound Of hos
tile shot and shell, and those who have listened
great way eff win be allowed to come some
miles nearer, and compare the sensation caused
by the distant eannonade with that produced by
the rattle Of musketry. d II. HILL,
Major. Genera