Nebraska advertiser., 1864-09-29
sen. Bherman's rellT 10 HOOD.

Washington, 2I.-Ihe following is the
reply of Sherman to Hoods charge of
studied ingenious cruelty"
General l have the honor to ao-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of
this date, conserving to the arrangements.
I proposed to facilitate the removal south
of the people Of Atlanta, who prefer to
90 in thai direction. / enclose you
copy Of my order, which viii, ] am satls-
fed, accomplish my purpose perfectly.
'You style my measures as unpreCe-
dented, and appeal to the dark history of
war for a parallel, as an act of ''studied
and ingenious cruelty" It is not unpre-
cedented. Gen. Johnston wisely and
properly removed families all the way
from 12r.isUlr ,iv-,r.. see no reason why
Atlanta should he excepted. Nor is i
necessary TO appeal 70 fne dark Aisssry
Of war, when rscsnt modern examples
are so handy. You, yourself, burned
dwelling houses along your parapet. l
have seen to-day so houses YOU rendered
uninhabitable, because they stood IN the
way Of your posts and men. You defen-
ded Atlanta on 4 line so close to town,
that even cannon shot, and many musket
that oyershot their mark, went into habi
taions Of women and children. Hardee
did the same al Jonesboro. Johnson did
the same last summer al Jackson, Miss.
7 have not accused you of heartless cru
eI.v. ] merely instance these cases Of
recent occurrence, and could enumerate
hundreds of others. and challenge any
fair man to Judge which Of US has heart
Of pieiy for the families Of brave people.
/ say 1t Is kindness to the families Of At
Ianta to remove then at once from scenes
which women and children should not be
exposed to. Brave men should scorn to
commit their wives and children to rude
barbarians, who thus, as you say, violate
the laws Of war. as illustrated IN the pa
yes Of its dark history.
In the name Of common sense. / ask
you not to appeal to just God in such
sacriIigeous manner. You, who, in the
midst of peace and prosperity, plunged
the Union into q dark and civil war who
dared and badgered Us to battle insulted-
our flag, seized our arsenaIs and forts
that were left IN honorable custody, seiz-
ed and made prisoners of war the very
guardians sent to protect your people
against the Indians and negroes, long be-
fore any overt act was committed by the,
to you, hateful Lincoln government You
tried TO force Kentucky and Missouri IN
to rebellion in spite Of themselves. You
faisifed the vote Of Louisiana. You sent
privateers to plunder unarmed ships you
expelled Union families by the thousand;
declared, By an act Of your congress, the
Confscation Of all debts due northern men
for goods
you may talk thus to the marines but
not to me, who have seen these things,
and who will this day make as much
sacrifice for peace, and the honor Of ihe
south as the best born southern among
YOU IF you must be enemies TO Us, fight
it out as we propose to-day; and do not
deal IN such hyPOcr1tical appeals &c God
and humanity. God win Judge u il due
time, and viii pronounce whether il vii
be more humane to fight with q toTr full
Of people At our back, or remove them,
in time, to places Of safety smsnE their
own friends.
TSlgned,1 w. T. SHERMAN.
$4,000 worth Of hay was recently