Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-23
TIE ATI4NT.d E-YILES.
CONTINUATION IF THE CORRESPONDENCE EE"
TWEEN 0ENrRAls HOOD AND SHERMAN.

The following ia y continuation Of the CO:
rcsrnndence between General Hood, coli
handing tho Array Of Tennessee, and nisj l
General Sherman, commanding United States
forces at Atlanta
llpQgs. MILITARY DIVISION or
THE MISSISSIPPI,
In tho Field, Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 9, "a
Oanersl J. L. II ,"D, Commanding Army O
Ttansssse-- Confederate army:
General: HAYS tho honor to Acknowledge
tho receipt Of your letter Of this date. at the
hania uf hies:ra. Ball anil Crew, conseatirp
to the arrangements hal proposed 10 tGni!,'
late tho r.n,yai Soul. If the people OF Atlai'-
IA, " 10 preIsr to go in that direction. tn
close you copy ot 10y o'ders. which Will,
ava satisfied. accom- rlish LILY purpose perfectly
Yau style tho measures proposed "unprec
denied" and appeal to the dark history Of ".
for y I,arsl.el ss eI, net of STUFFED Md il
raninrs crnalty." II is not unprecedented
for OerSFAl Johnston himsslf, very wisely and
rrorarly, removed tho families all the VS. J
from Dalton dawn, and sse no reason why
Atlanta should he excepted
Nor ~ it necessary to appeal to the DARK
history If war. when recent and modern es
hmrles ars gu handy. You yourself burned
dwelling houses along your parapet, and
aave saen to-day fifty houses that you have
rendered uniuhabitabIo btclusethey stood in
the .1ny Of your forts and mon. You defended
at!.,i,. nn linz b. close tn town that every
Cannon shot. und many muskat balls from onr
line # inynst,asnt that 0vershot their mark,
wan, ,n,I ihs kabitations Of women and chill
aran. GsnhrGl II ardse did the same ut Jones
horo, and General Johnston did the same las!
Summer at jackson, MiasiSsippi. have not
accused YOU uf haartless cruelty. but msrely
Instance there cases Of very recent occurrence.
ard could 90 On anil snumarate hundreds OF
o,hars and challenge any fair man tn judge
which ,i us has the heart o: IitT Tor the FAM
iiiss Ct hTa,d paoPlr.
say ihs, il in II bn,iG5ss 10 tlIere families
If Atlanta 10 remoya ID; n BGw, ut 0nuc Ii ON
,ha sosres that women and children sinnl
not IL syrossi 10, and the "brave paopie"
shnu;d =onrn 10 c3mu1it their wives and chill
dren 70 the ruis bsrbarianH who thna a YHn
saw. violate the laws Of war, AS illustrated III
tho rpr.s nf its dirk history.
In the nnu,e nj common eenss / ash VIII not
+, ,;,ra3l 10 a inst 1od ia sucs . Haorilsgonl
manner. You, whn in tho midst OF peace an'i
nT,efE. Nv Ekf5 pIunEot f"N''l iaso ""'
iark end .cruai war wh3 dared anil badgere,i
IL to battle, insultad our fig, ssizsd Our ar
s.rals and fctta that ware lett in the honorable
custody Of peaceful ordnance sergeant, and
qc;z.d and made prisonors of war the very gar
4tianns ssnt tn protect your people against
and Indiana.
Long before any nvart aot was committed ny
lhs. Oil hateful I.inoln Government, you tried
10 force Kentucky aud Missourtinto rebsllii'n IN
srito of themselves. falsi6sd the vote OF LoEl
sana. turned lnose your pirates to plundor Ia
anufd shipa, expelled Union families by thou
RaniE, burned their homes, and declared ~
not OF your Congpa5 the oontiscatlon OF al
dch.s due Northern mon for goods had and "a
ceiyad.
Talk thus 20 marines. but not to me, who
have saeu thess things, and who Will this day
mako az much sacrifice for the peaae aud honor
ff tie South as the best born Southron among
VOC. Ii wa must be enemies let us be men,
ard fight it out Is ws propose to do, and no,
deal in such hypoaritioal appeals to God and
humanity. God will Judge us in due tine,
and He will prons uaoe whether It will be
more humane tu tight with q town full OF wo
,acn aad tie families If brave people at our
hacks or To remove them in Tina to PLACES OF
safety a,.Ong their nHn irisndd Ghd people.
| Inn, very respectfully,
Your o5edient ser7ant,
(lienc,N W. II. SHERMAN,
Major Genera,
Official C,iv:
EYH B. WAnf, 4. II. G..
GsH3g.L sBzRuAN's LETTER CONCERNING TIE
IylLIr.
H:tDQUARTRRS- MILITARY DIVISION
Or TEE MISSISSIPPI.
In Ii, Field, Atlanta Ca. Sept. 10, 1861.
Sreeial Field Orders,
No. 20.
]. Pursuant to an agreement between Ger
j. p. Hood, commanding the Confsderatt
iora:s in Georgia. and Maj. Gen. W. T. Sher'
man, commanding ehis army. truce ia here
hy declared to exist from daylight of Monday,
Ss,t 10Th, until daylight Of Thursday, Sept
o2i, haiGE zen 10y fol! dl7s, at the point OF
| this Macon Railroad known ss Rough and
Really, and the cnaDtIy Tound about for q
CIRCLE Of tSo t2) miloe radius, together with
tie roads leading to srd fram in the direction
OF Atlanta md Lsvsjov station. respectively
Tor tho purpose of afs-ding the psople 81
Atlanta safe means Of removal to points
South.
II. The Chief Q1srtermsster- at Atlanta,
OIL. E,stan, will afftfd all tho people of At
lauss, who elect to 20 South, oil the facilities
he GIN sAare to remove them comfortably and
T. A. A. r.r,k I'D D. J.