Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-11-30
sherntan'S Orders for 5tis
March.
SPECIAL FiELDORDERS-NO -
lIEApQUAKFERs MILITARY DIvIsIoN

SPECIAL FIELD OEDERS-NO -
lIEApQUAHFsRs MILITARY DIVISION
OF u MI--i>>irFi. Is IHE FILLp. :
kiNs~Io> u, Nov. 9TH. 1861
/. For The pirpn-r ni military ,.i.er
atlrn~ This array J. diN'drd iuin two
wins: viz III" ri-hi wing Nain,
General @ 4 H,war,t commanding.
The Fittr,,Ih aud Seventeenth rOTr~.
the leii wing MAJOR ~ticreral II. W Slo-
cum commanding, thu Fourteenth
and Twentieth corps
III. Tn" habitu order of marrh
will be. whenever practicable. b> four
roads. H. nearly parallel as p"s~ihlr.
and cnnv-rstng III points hereafter Ia
lee irii"aE,"i IL nr'ipr~ The %r1vuir.
Brig,iirr tirnrFal Fitzpatrick rnmman-
ding. WiIi RECEIVE special uri'r~ trnup
the Cenmqnder-ir-Chie;
III fh-r- will To- ~ ..n-rII trains
hfSupp'je-, hu! ais.h cnrps sill have it.
ammunition aud provision trains. IL
trihutcd h%ahituaily is foiioNS: Behind
each regiment sho1ld follow one wag-
ou and one ambulance; behind each
brigaic should follow "a dur prrnoriio7-
of ammuniti"H wagons. provision Ea1-
ons aud ambGianc..S in r:ise IL iI:,
yer, each array corps Sh9uin CHAM
this order at uarrh hy having an al
vance AMI rear brigade unaHvamh.re
10y wheels Tue separate nlumns xi!;
start hat.ituaIiV at SaV-H ! VI, ana
make aunnt fifteen hours p-" day, IA
less othsrwi~ fX.i IA urier-
~ The army will forage !it,e,iiiv
on the country during Ihr march ru.
this cad, each brigade comma der will
organize a good and sufficient fitraynr
party, under The command oil one ar
more discreet officers who will gather
near the route travelled cor or forage
of any kind, meat OF any kind, vege-
tables, CJrn meal, or whatever is need
ed by the command; aiming al all
times t. keep ia the wagon trains at
least ten DAYS provisions for the COM
mand aud three days forage. Soldiers
must not enter the dwellings, of the
Inhabitants or commit any trespass;
during the halt or a camp they may
be permitted To gather turnips, pota-
toes AMI other vegetables, aud drive
in their camps To regular foraging
parties mast be- entrusted the gather
ing of provisions and forage at any
distance from the 70 al Travelled.
V. To army corps commanders is
entrusted the power To destroy mills,
houses, cotton gins. g. anu tor them
this general principle is laid down: In
districts and neighborhoOds where the
army is unmOlested, ~ i~estructi n of
such property should be permitted.
but should guerriIlas or bu~shwhackers
modest our march, or should the inhab
itants burn bridges, obstruct roads, or
otherwise manifest local hostility, then
corps comnanders sh mid order and
enforce a devastation more or less re
lentless, according ~ the measure If
such hostilIt
VI As for horses. mules, wagons.
81, ~hei"hgins t. the inhabitants, the
cavalry and artillery may appropriate
freely END wlth6gt hmIt; discrnnina
ting, however, 6etws,n the rich, wh"
are usual, h ,Stiie. ani t',a pIr nr
Industrious. Usually hsn;rai dr trIe ID
ly. Foraging parties my llsD TAX
mules or mars = ~ rep.d+a tn lii't
animals Of tiIrir trains. T g. serve ~
PACK males f,r IN c-Gi nitt, &c mig
AIDES. "a ell I"fag - at whatever
kind, the parties Engaged will retr.iu
from abusive nr threatening language.
aud may, wheu the off .-r in comnIh
thinks proper. give written certificates
of the facts. bat u" rrceipJS airl The,
viii endeav,,Efl leave with s4c!, run
liz q rraspnatl- p 'rtilr t,r their main
tenanoa
VII Negroes sOh, nry tbi,-b nj red
dai caa IL Of SerUtce 10 the sepsEdt chi
umns may be taken aloHy; hut each
army commander will bare 10 m,nt
that the question of sappIi-si- a very
important on, and that Ms hr-i itty
i t. see re ti,nss VIVA hear ata.,
VIII Fns organization u nee
of good pioneer battalion tor each
corps, composed. ii possible, OF negroes
should be attended 10 This battnl-
ion should follow the advance guard,
should repair roads and double thom
if possible, 80 that the COLUMNS will
not be delayed after reaching bal
places. Also, army commanders should
study tue habit nf giving the artillery
and wagons the road, and marohin
their tronps TO assist wagons in AS
cending steep hills Or bad crossings
of streams
XL. Captain o. N. Poe, Chief
Engineer, will assign to each wing Of
the army q pIntoon train, fully equip.
ed aud organized, and the commander
thereof will see to It's being properly
protected at all times
By order Of
Major General " { SHERMAN
L VI DAYTON, Aid de Camp