, 1864-07-12
l1IPOIkTANI'L I'LETTETk FROM
GENERAL SHERMAN.
military Instructions for Georgia
and Tennessee.

The following letter Is published to the
people of Tennessee and Georgia, living
within the limits, Of the Department of the
Cumberland, for their information, as ex-
pressing the sentiments of the Department
Commander:
HEApqrAn1Ens NIL. DR.. OF TIE M1ss,,l :
In THE FIELD,
BIO SuAsTY, Ga, june q, 1s6'.i
Gen. Bu11Tidgt, Commanding Dirtsion Of GY.:
GEHEnArThe recent raid OF Morgan. and the
concurrent ACTS Of men styline themselves Con-
Even So On ~ ID Southern estate Rights theory,
vote and their actions, ha7e adhered to their ale
giaDce to the National Government, and The South
would now coerce her out OF our Union and into
which 80 much stress Was laid at the outset Of the
war and which carried into rebellion the people
Of the Middle or Border slave States.
But politics as de, these acts Of the so-called
partlsan Of guerfl A. are nothing but simple muir:
der, horse stealing, arson, aud other wei-dehned
crimee, which do not eound as well under thelr
true name, as more agreeable ones Of warlIke
NOW, before etastng on this campaign, I1oresaw
it, as yo1 remember. that this very case would
ariee, ind asked Gov. Dramlette to at once Or
gaulze IN each county a small trustworthy band.
under the sherias, and at one dash arrest every
man In the community who was DANGEROUS to II:
| and also erers fellow hanging aDoul the towns,
villages and roads who had honest calling,
the materials out Of which euer!llas made up
but this swscping exhtbltion Of power doubtless
been 60 eli secured tnat public eaiey Is lost sight
in gs and H. tns i
everything else. and will 60 right straight to an
arcby and the derii, If somebody don't arrest our
| We, The military, must do 1t, and we have right
and law on cur side. All governments and com,
munitiee hare right 70 guard against real and
even supposed danger. The whole people ol Ken;
real danger, let few innocent men should be
1st. Yol may order all your Post and District
Commanders that euertl;as are not t1oldiers, but
| Wild beasts, unknown to the usaee!' OF war: 10
be recognized az eoldiers. they must be enlisted.
enrolled, o1cered, uniformed, armed aud equipped,
bT recognized beliigefent. power, and must IL dc.
tailed t!orn main army, be OF sufficient strength
| with written orders from some army commander,
he ., Fs IS bce
rent power but deny their right to our lands. ter
rItories, rivers, coasts, and MISUNDERSTANDING
t1y, IT, Vie Were G;as and customs are more ID accord.
ance with tt A. oen Ideas and pre{adites. -.
I'd. r. uoser se.ng insu{ac,eat 70 protect
alehs arc vis iRa a.1a,s asnofs fhe ~ military steps
in. and 10 rghtiul, Constitutional and Lawful Un.
| der this law everybody can be made to ''stay q
theJ wont do that, can be sent away where they
musf kc4p heir honest neighboEs In lear Of dau-
| ger, robbery and insult
ID, Your Military Commanders, Provost Mar;
ebaie, and other agents, may arrest all males aud
females who have encouraged or hafborr1 gcerillaE
| and robbers, and you may cause tdem to be col
/ lected in Lonle 1ille, and WHEN sou have enough
esy three or four hundred-I Will cause them to b
sent down the Mississippi, through their guerilla
gauntlet and by ea,}ine ship send them to land
| where they msy take thctr negroes and make col
| ony with IGWs and tntuTr Ut thetf OWL. II they
| Won't live IN peace in such garden as Kentucky
| WHY we Will eeDd them 10 another II not hettel
land; and surely this world BE- kindness to them
and Gods h,tsaipg to Kentucky. -
vfeh Sou to he careiul that no personalities at
mixed up in this. nor does fuii and geneloni
s'Ioye o. county' ''of the south," OF their statt
| or country form caufe of banifhment, but tha
| deyIlth spirit which will not be satisfied, and Ina
H,akee wnr tie prete1t OF murder, nrton, the!t II
all Its etades, perjury, and all the crimes o1 nana1
| nature.
NJ own preference WAS, and II, that the civil an
thpfitIcs til Kentucky would and could do this II
that State; hut Il ey will not, or cannot, then VI
must, for It must be done. There nnst be q
"tnft 10 etrife" and the honest industrious peops
| Of Kentucky, and the whole world, will be bene
fted and rejoiced at the conclusion, however a.
rTed at.
Iuse no concealment IN saying that do not OF
| fect to men or women having what they ca
ttSouthern feelng, If confined to lore OF conntr1
ant Of peace honor and security, and cyen Httl
| family pride, hut these become 'c1imes" when eI
larced 10 mean lore ofmurder, OF war, desolatioI
famine, and all the ho1Id attendants Of anarchy.
lam, With respect, your friend.
[SIeuea] ". T. SHERMAN, Major General.