Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-03-30
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CoMRADEs: shis DAY relinquish command
i over you, and win seoa leave ibis department
! I applied to be relieved and ordered eiseThers
This wss not because of any dissatisfaction with
you No commander was ever more sincerely
attached 70 his officers and men Fou have de-
served shat attachment Il viii live 10 my
hears as long as heart shall beat
Ner was the appiestion based op the belief
that your feelings were unkind towards me,
personally or officially I havs never sought
your good viii, except by ths honest discharge
Of my duty. The consciousness Of that has
msde ne feel myself entitled to your friend hip
and eonfdeneei and there has been not ing
heretofore to justly doubt that they were fully
given ne. II there had been, the memory Of It
would be effacad by your Spontaneous and nm
| bought manifestations Of affections at this time
Of our parting.
! Saying what have thus said, you viii be sat
is6ed if I refrain from all aHusi0n to the tTue
causes Of my departure Perhaps there will
be e time when they may be considered, and
then honest men and patriots viii do ms justice.
I em content 70 wait
| CoEhrades. my heart is too full to say more
May God bless you, and enable you always tc
serve your country worthily.
7 c. HINDMAN, Major General
Official r G. NEwT0N, A A. G..
In the same column of the Little Rock Trat
Democrat in which we find the foregoing, the
following is published
HEADQUARTERS ARTuLERY CANT,
NssR LITTLE ROCK, March 4, 1868:
The editor of the TrHs Democrat will please
publish the following:
The officers Of the artillery corps Of Hind
mans division, Tfans-AIississippi army, whose
names appear below, understanding that cur
esteemed commander, Msior-Geners Hindman,
has been relieved of his commsnd in the Trans
Mississippi army, desire to express 0ur high re-
gard for him as 5 patriot and as su officer. We
believe it due to him that we mske this public
expression, while misrap presentation and calumny
are endeavoring to blacken his reputation.
To the officers and soldiers Of the army who
have shown Themselves proficient and attentive
20 their duties be has endeavored to be just end
kind. To the incompetent and derelict he has
been, as he should bsvs been, IS severe as mili-
tsry law.
If this army has failed TO accomplish the re.
suits that were anticipated the cause Of the fail
ure we believe Is MOTTO be found il the inespscty
of General Hjn6mEu.
There is o tribupsl upon which General Hind
man may safely rely for vindication, aud from
whose verdict thera is no appeal, that of the
good Officers and true soldiers Of his command
Signed
Is. Williams, adJatant artillery corps Lieu
tenant J. n, Smithe
Capt w D Blocker Lieutenant Jas. Cook,
Lieutenant J. H Zimmerman Lieutenant Ed.
Vissrt, Assistant Surgeon T. S. Harris.
CAPITALS John g. Marshall, Lieutenant F.
S. Williams, Lieutenant W. R. Douglas.
Captain G B Etter. Lieutenent ]. G. ATnstt,
Lieusensut ". R Jacobs, Lieutenant E. c.
Delongey, Surgeon j V johnson.
Captain G. B Tilden, Lieutsnant E F. Chap
psll. Lieutenant A. A. Lasseur, Lieuteusnt J.
G. Hougb, Surgeon Thomas Cayeusugh.
Lieutenant ". S Hughey, Lieutenant w. A.
Miller.