The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-06-09

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The following is Sherman's farewell ad-
dress to his army:
UEADo'Rs M1L1rARY DIsIR1cc OF
MISSISSIPPI, In THE FIELD,
WAsuISGToN, d. & Nav 80, 'G5.
Special Field Order, No. 7G.
The General commanding the forces OF
the Army of the Tennessee announces that
the time has come for US 10 part. Our
work is done, and armed enemies no Ion.
ger defy Us. Some of you will DE retain
ed in service Until farther orders, and now
that we are about to separate to minglo
with the civil world, it becomes pleas
ing duty to recall TO mind Tho situation Of
national affairs when, but little more than
year ago, we were gathered about the
towering caps of Lookout Mountain, end
she tu:nre was wrapped III doubt and un
certainty. Three armies had come to-
ge!her from different fields, with a sepa-
rate history, bound by one common cause
- the Union Of our country and the gov
eminent Of our Inheritance. There is no
need to call to your memories Tunnel
Hill, with lis Rocky Face Mountain, and
Buzzsrd Roost Gap, with the ugly forts
of Dalton beyond. We were in earnest,
and paused not for danger and difficulty,
but pushed through Snake Creek Gap,
and fell on Resaca, then on Dallas, and
Kenesaw. Then the heats of summer
found us on the banks Of the Chattahoo
chic far from home, and dependant upon
a single lire for supplies; but We were
~ to ho lll. ] Ion hp l,st
crossed over and fought over four hours
battle; gained possession OF the citadei Of
Atlanta.
That was the crisis of our history. A
doubt still clouded our future, but we
solved the problem, and destroying Allan
ia, we struck boldly across lbe 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 fll our wagons. We again Oe
gan a march, which for peril, labor and
results, Will compare with any ever made
by an organized army The floods Of
! Savannah. the swamps Of the Combahee
and Edisto, the high hills and rocks Of the
Santee, the flat quagm!res Of the Peedee
!
midwinter, with It's floods and rains. In
the face of an accommodating enemy, anG
after the battles Of Avery ysboro and Ben
! tonsvlle, we once more came ou: Of the
wilderness to meet your friends at Colds
boro.
Even then we paused only long enough
to reload our wagons, and pushed OF again
/ I),ln n, at I la
enemy sueiog for peace instead Of war, and
offering to submit to the injured laws of
! his and our country. As long as the en-
erny was defiant, mountains, rivers,
swamps, nor hnnger nor cold had not
checked US; but when he who had fought
US hard and persistently, offered submis.
sion, your General thought it wrong to
pursue him further, and negotiations fol-
lowed which were attended, as you all
know by bis surrender
How far the operations Of the enemy
( here contributed to the overthrow Of the
Confederacy, and the peace which now
dawns on MS must be judged by others,
no: by us but that you have done all
that men could DO has been admitted By
these in authority, and we bave right to
join in tie universal Joy That falls on our
! land because the war is oY er, and our
government is vindicated before the world
bv the Joint action Of the armies Of the
United States,
Such as remain in the military service,
your General need only remind you that
success in the pas. is due to hard work
and discipline, aud that the same woll;
and discipline are equally important in
the future, To such as 90 home, we will
only say Chat our favored country Is SO
Grand, so extensive, so diversified in eli
mate, so ich in productions, that eyerq
man, surely, can find a home and occupa.
ton suited to his taste, and none should
Weld to the natural tendencies sure to re,
suit from our past life of excitement and
adventure. You will be invited to seek
new adventure abroad, but do not yield tc
the temptation, for it will lead only tc
death and disappointment.
Your General now bids YOU all farewell
and with the full belief that as in var yol
have been good soldiers, so in peace yor
will make geod citizens, and if unfortu
nately new war should arise in ou,
country. Sherman's army will be the frs
to buckle on the old armor and line fortt
to defend and lnaintan the Government 0
: our inheritance and choice.
By order Of Maj. Gen.
w. T. SHERMAN.
(Signed) NJ. DATroN, a. 4. G
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