The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-17
FROM ALLAN r A
The COngratulatory Order in Full
from the General Commanding.
DEPoPULATIoN OF ATLANTA.
Correspondence Between Gems.
Grant and Sherman.
GRANTS sHoTTED SALUTE
General ShermRn's COngrntuIatory
OrhNr 20 IIia ArmN.

GenerRl ShermRn's COngrRtuiRtOry
order TO HE Army.
HEAuQvARIERs NILrARY DlyIsIoN or tur
MIssIssIrw ~ THE FIELD, ATLANTA, Ga, Sep.
tcmbpr S.-The officers aud soldiers Of the armies
of the Cumberland, Ohio, and Tennessee have
already received the thanks of the nation, through
its President and Commaudcr-in- chief, aud (.
now remains only for him who has been with
YOU from the beginning and who intends to stay
all the time, to thank the officers and men for
their intelligence, fidelity, and courage displayed
in the campa 5n Of Atlanta.
On the 1T OF May our armies were lyingin gar
risOn, seemingly quiet, from Knoxville 70 Iluuts-
VILE, and our enemy lay behind bis rocky faced
barrier at Dalton, proud, defiant, and cNuItug.
He had had time since Christmas to recover from
his discontinue on the Mission ridge, with his
ranks hlled, and new commauder-iu chief, Sc
cond 10 none in the Contederacy IN reputation
for skill, sag city, and extreme popularity. All
at CnCe our armies assumed life and aC-
ton, and appeared before Dalton; threatening
Rocky Face we threw ourselves upon ResaCa,
and the Rebel army only escaped by the rapiiity
OF rs retreat, aided by the numerous roads with
which he WIS familiar, and which were strange
TO us Again he took post I'm AllatoOua, hut We
gave him no rest, and by circuit towards Dal-
las, and subsequent movement TO AckwOrth, we
gained the Alatoona Pass. Then followed the
cventiul battles about Kcncsaw, and the escape
Of the enemy across Chattahoochec river.
The crossing of the Chattahoochee and break
ing of the Augusta road was most handsomely
executed by US, and will be studied rs an exam
pic in the art Of war. At this stage of our game
our enemies became dissatisfied with their old
and skilful commander and selected one more
bold and rash. New tactics were adopted. Hood
first boldly and rapidly on the 20th of July, fell
on our right az Peach Tree creek, and lost Again
on the 22d be struck our extreme left and
severely punished; and finally, again on
the 2Sth he repeated the attempt on our
rtsrht nd hnN efgnn btN Ina rio
fed; for since that date he has remained
on the defensive. We slowly and gradually
drew our lines about Atlanta, feeling for the all
roads which supplied the Rebel army aud made
Atlanta place Of Importance. We must COuCede
to our enemy that he met these efforts patiently
and sknfully but az last he made the mistake we
had waited for so long, and sent his cavalry to
our rear, far beyond the reach of recall. Instantly
our cavalry was on his only remaining road, aud
We followed quickly with our principal army,
and Atlanta fell into our possession ms the fruit
Of wc-cOnCertod measures, backed by brave
and confident army. This completed the grand
task which had been assigned us by our Govern
mt mt, and your General again repeats his per-
sonal and official thanks 70 all the officers aud
men composing this army, for the indOmitable
courage and perseverance which alone could give
success.
We have beaten our enemy on every ground he
has chosen, and have wrestled from him his own
Gate City, where were located the tOlndres,
arsenals, and workshops, deemed secure on ac-
NoullL VI lltlI ulHlduto llpul Oui DA'Ct huu llt
seemingly impregnable obstacles intervening. n o.
thing is impossible with an army Ike this, deter
mined to vindicate Government which has
rights wherever our flag has once flOated, and is
resolved TO maintain them nc any and all costs.
In our campaign, many, yes, very many Of our
noble and gallant comrades have preceded Us TO
our common destination, the grave but they have
left the memory of deeds on which u ttDn can
build a proud history. Mcpherson, Harker
McCoOk, and others dear to US all, are now the
binding links in our minds, that should attach
more closely together the living, who have to
complete the task which still lays before us in
the dim future.
ask all % continue as they have 20 well be-
gun, the cultivation Of the sOllierly virtues that
have eunobled our own and other countries
Courage, patience, obedience to the laws aud
constituted authorities of our Government; tde-
lity 10 our trusts and good feeling among each
other each trying to excel the other in the prac-
tice of those high qualities, and il will then re-
quirC 10 prophet to fOretell that our country will
in time emerge from this war purified by the fires
of war and worthy its great fonudcr-WhShing-
ton. w. T.. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.