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ADDRESS OF GEN. D. H. HILL ON ASSUMING
COMMAND IN NORTH CAROLINA.

ADDRESS OF GEN. D. H. HILL ON ASSUMING
COMMAND IN NORTH CAROLINA.
llEADor AnrEEs. HoLDsnoRo', y. G.,
February 25, 1868.
The undersigned has been pla, eel in
charge of the troops in North C.rnliua.
In assuming command, he would address
a few words OF exhor,ation to his forces.
SOLDIERS: Your brutal and malignant,
enemy is putting forth efforts unexamrcd
i'll the history CT tie wor!d-llaviny failed
TO subjugae you, he is madhenrd with rhe
thirst for vengeance, aud is pushing forward
his foreign mercenarits TO pluu!,r yonr
! property and lay waste your homes. But
his marauding hosts have been 20 often
l,eaten and batlled tha, they are now
. discouraged and denoralze'. Should
! You be able to ch, ok them over wher.
for the next sixty days, the three hundred
thousand whose time expires in May. will
not rc-cnlis'. and the war will end before
July. ShoulI the scnundrel>, hoAcver.
| gau single substantial success at any
one point, tue war will be prolonged du-
ring the entire administration Of Lincoln.
! 1t becomes Il solemn dnty, then to labor
| and fight during the next TWO months. as
we have done before We must make
the war unpopular with the merccn,,y
| van !al- Of the North, by harrassing and
annoying them. We must cut down to
sin feet by two, the dimensions of the
!arms which these llundelcrs propose to
appropriate. You will have to endure
more hardshps, and to fight more ,lvspcr
ate battles than you wru!L have done,
| , roplyc pr,,nnrlu EtI.I ~.
cities. towns and villages are full Of young
and able ho'li' i skukcrs wearing The sem.
blauce of men, who have dodgcd from the
battle field under the proviso'.s of the en-
cmtion bill. The scorn Of the lair sex.
and the co tempt OF all honorable men
have not been abe to drive thes. warI!y
mlScreants into the ranks. So lynr rs
they can tat,en upon the miseries of tic
country, and sh'ltcr their worthless car
caSscs from ankee bullets, they are i'll
=, scuSib!r to shame. But a .ay uf re,ribu-
tinn awaits these ahorti"ns oi humanity
Their own descendants will eXccra,e then
! mcnury, when the finger of sc"rn is nnin
ted and the fannt is uttered lie is Tie son.
or grand son. or grent yrdnd son, of an
crcntpt or crtorHoncr."
~ s'ai, ,i"ii "H'Nt, S'iu!ciS al"l leave
these p"ltroons ylllia;,s tn the cxerrali II a.
rnsterisv. an COMMANDING officers are
hereby cnjolncd to fl,nsh the n.mrs Of
officers and men who distinguish them
selves will be r"commenle fur I,r. ,m,,,on
AMI their NAMES published IN tic principal
papers ol their res, uctive States.
The infautry have to bear tie hruut o
every battle nd to endure special hard
ships IN every campaign. The pos, o
danger and OF suffering Is tue pos, Of hon
or. II or liberty he ever wnr, Vt will i.
dar mainly to the indnmiablc rlu K and
sturdy endurance -: our he,ow Infantry.
TIE Confederate artillery liza, behaved
mo-; mob Y, and tie wun:cr i that. will
inferior guns and ammuni ion, il has hre:
ahlc /" cope successfully Wit, The p emil
armament of the cncny-I has brc., I;
mistake, low Yer, to conieill with tie
ankee artillery. Reserve your fire, a. al
Fredericksburg, Tor the masses of infantry
and do not withdraw your gu. Just whe,
they are becoming effective. 1t is glorious
to lose guns by fighting them to the last
It, Is dlsgracetul to save them 10y retiring
early from the fight
The Cavalry constitute The eyes and
ears of the army. The safety Of the enr;r,
command depends upon :: cir vigilance
and the faithfulne>s Of their reports. The
Officers and men who permit themselves tc
be surprised, deserve 10 die, and the Com,
,nandi"g General will spare no efforts ,c
secure them their deserts. Almost eqrall,
criminal are the scouts, who, through fright
bring in wild and sensational repnrts
They will be court martaed, for COW,
ardice.
M ny cpportunit es will be afforded tt
the Cavalry to harIass the enemy, cut uf
his supplies, drive in his picke's dc
Those who have never been in batt,.., vii
thus he "nated 10 enjoy the novel srn~a
ton OF listening to the sound o lo-tiI,
shot and shell. and those who have Listened
a great way of, will be rIlow,d to cone
some miles nearer, and c"mpa.c tie sen<a
iion caused bv the distant canu"na G will
that produced ~ 'Er rattle oI nl,Skeiry.
ID. II. HILL Maj Grnera4.