The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-14
Sherman to his Troops.
Sherman to his Troops.
Gen. Sherman, about to leave for the
West, issued the following address to his
army:
HEApo'Rs MID. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In THE Firm

army:
HEApo'Rs MID. DIV. OF THE M1ss,ss1Prl,
In THE FIELD,
Washington, D. c.. May 80, 1865.
The General commanding announces to
the armies of Tennessee and Georgia that
the time has come for US to part. Our
work is done, and armed enemies no longer
defy us. Some of you will be retained in
service until farther orders. And now
that we are about 10 separate, to mincle
with the civil world. it becomes a pleasing
duty 10 recall to mind the situation of
national affairs, when, but little more than
year ago, we we're gathered about the
twning cliffs of Lookout Mountain, and
| all the future was wrapped in doubt and
uncertainty. Three armies lad come to.
gether from distant fields, with separate
histories. vet bound by one common cause
the union of our country and the per-
petuation of the Government of our inhe.
ritance. There is no need 10 recall to
your memories Tunnel Hill, with its
Rocky Face Mountain and Buzz ,rd Roost
Gap. with the ugly forts of Dalton be-
hind. We were in earnest, and paused
not for danger and difficulty, but dashed
through Snake Greek Gop, and fell on
Resaca, then on TO the Etowah, to Dallas.
Kennesaw; and the heats of summer found
us ON tho banks of the Cha,tahoochee, far
from home aud dependent on n single road
for supplies. Aguin we were not to be
held back by nny obstacle, and crossed
over and fought four heavy battles for the
possession of the citadel of Atlanta That
was the crisis of our history A doubt
still clouded our future; but VIC solved the
problem, and destroyed Atlanta. struck
boldly across the Stale of Georgia, secured
nll 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 m organized
army. The floods Of the Savannah. the
swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the
high hills and rocks of the Santee, the Fat
quagmres of the Pee Dee and Cape Fear
rivers. were all passed in mid winter, with
Its floods and rains, in the face of IN ac-
cumulatlng enemy; and after the battles
of Averysboro and Bentonsville. we once
more came out of the wilderness to meet
our friends at Goldsboro. Even then we
paused only long enough to get new cloth
ing. to re load our wagons. and again
pushed on to Raleigh and beyond, until
We met our enemy. sueing for pc ace in
stead OF war, and Offering 10 submit to the
injured laws of his and our country. AZ
long as that enemy was defiant, nor noun
| Ia1hs, nor rivers, nor swalnrs. nor hunger,
nor cold had checknd us; but when he
who had fought hard and persistently Of
fered submission. your General thought it
wrong to pursue him farther and negotia-
tions followed, which resulted, AS you all
know, in his surrender. How far the op..
rations of the army have contributed to
the overthrow of the Confed eracy, of the
peace which now dawns upon ia, must be
judged by others. not bv us. But that YOU
have done all that men could do, has been
admitted by those in authority; but we
have right to join in the universal ioy
that fills our land because the war is over
and our Government stands vindicated
before the world by the Joint action of the
volunteer armies of the United States.
To such MS remain in the military ser.
vice, your General need only remind YOU
that successes in the past are due to hard
work and discipline, and that the same
work and discipline are equally importan t
| in the future. To such as 90 home. he
will only say, that our favored country is
so grand. 50 extensive, so diversified in
climate, soil and productions, that every
man may surely find home and occupa.
tion suited to his tastes; and none should
yield to the natural impotence sure to re.
suit from our past life of excitement and
adventure. You will be invited to seek
new adventure abroad but do not Weld
to the temptation, for it will lead only to
death and disappointment.
Your General now bids you all fare
we'll, with the full belief that, as in war
you have been good soldiers, 30 in peace
you will make good citizens; and if, unfor.
tunately, new war should arise in our
country. Shernan's army will be the Fl rst
to buckle on the old armor and come forti,
to defend and maintain the Government OF
our inheritance and choice. Bv order of