The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-06-07
Gen. shernan's Farewell Adj
dress.


The following is Sherman's farewell ad-
dress to his army:
HEADo'Rs MILITARY DISTRICT OF
MISSISSIPPI IN TIE FIkLD,
WARRINGTON. ID. c., May 80, 1865.
Special Field Orders No 16.
The GeneIal commanding the forces 0fthe
Army Gi the Tennessee annOGntes that the
time has ccme for Us to part. Our woik Is
done, AID armed rncmies nn longer DEFY Us.
Some Of you will be- retained in service uu-
Ill further ord r., aud now that We are about
Ia separate to u,inglr with the civil world,
il becomes pleasing duty to recall to mind
the situation Of national affairs when but
little more than year ago, We were gather
I'd about the towering caps Of Lookout
Mountain, and the future was wrapped IN
doubt and uncertainty. Three armies had
come together from different fields, With a
separate history, bound by one crmmon
caust fillhe union of our country aud the
Government of our Inheritance. There i
no need to recall to your memories Tunnel
Hill, with it. Rocky Face Mountain, and
Buzzald Roost Gap, with the ugly forts of
| Dalton behind. We were in earnest, and
paused not for danger and difficulty, hut
| pushed through Snake Creek Gap, and teal
TN Resrca, then on Dallas and X neslw.-
! Then the heats If summer found us on the
hanks nf the Chattahoochie, far tiom nome,
and dependent upon single line for sup
| rlics Iut we were not to bc held back by
any obstacle, aud crossed over and fought
over four hours battle; gained possession
of the citadel of Atlanta. That was the crl-
sis of our history. A doubt still ciouded
our future, hut we had the problem, and de-
stroying Atlanta, we struck boldly across
the State of Georgia; severed all the main
arteries of life to our enemy, and Christmas
found us at Savannah. waiting there only
long enough to fill our wagons. We again
began march, which for peril, labor and
results, will compare with any ever made
by any organized amy. The foods Of the
Savannah. the swamps OF the Combahce
Edisto, the high hills and rocks OF the San
tee, the fiat ouagmiles Of the Pedee ana
Cape Fear rivers, were all passed in mid
winter, with its foods and rains. In the
face Of an accunulating enemy. and after
the bait es of Averysboro and Bentonsvlllle,
we once moro came out Of the wilderness tu
meet our friends at Goldstoro. Even then
we paused only long enough to reload oul
wagons, and pu, he'd on again to Raleigh
and beyond until We met the enemy suelne
for peace inst ad of war, ane Offering TO sub
nit to the injured laws of his and our coun
try. As long as that enemy was defiant
mountains. rivers, swamps nor hunger nol
cold had not checked US; but when he who
t had fought US hard and per>istently, offer
, ed submission our General thought it wrong
) 10 pursue him further, and negotiations fol
, lowed which were attended. a. you all know
by his surrender. How far the operations
, Of the enemy mere contributed to the over
: throw of the Confederacy, and the peace
which now dawns on us must be Judged b!
t other, not by us but that you have dom
: all that men could do has been admitted b,
\ those in authority. and we have right tt
/ ioin in the universal joy that falls on ou
= land. because the war is over and our Gov
5 eminent stands vindcated before the worlC
by the Joint action of the armies Of the U
nited States. Such aS remain i'll the mill
!. tary service, your General need only remn'
: vou that success in the past is due to hare
V work and discipline and that the same worI
t and discipline are cqally important IN tn
t future. TO such as go home, We will onl
:, say that our favored country is so grand, s
/, extensive, 50 diversified in climate, SO ric
It in productions that every man, surely, ca
e find a home and occupation suited to hi
$ taste. and none should yield to natural an
Y pa7aq sure to result from our past life {
V excitement and adventure. You will be III
n vitpd to seek new advantage abroad, but d
.S not Weld TO the temptation, for it viii lea
d only to death and disappointment.
), Your General now bids you all farewell
S and with the full belief that as in war 70
t. have been good soldiers, SO in peace you W
make good citizens, and if unfortunately
J. new war should arise in our country, She
1t mans army will be the first to buck le c
d the old armor and line forth to defend an
n maintain the Government of our inherltanc
y By order of Maj-Gen. w. T. Sherman.
y Signedl NJ DAYTON, A. A. &.