Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-02
THE EVENING STAR.
GEN. SHERMAN's FAREWELL AD-
nR ERS.

General Sherman left an Wednesday for
New York and the West. The following Is his
farewell address 70 bis army:
HEADQUARTERS, MIDDLE DIVISION OF THE
MISSISSIPPI, IN The Field, WARRINGTON, ID.
o., May 80, ls65-SPRcIAL FIELD ORDERS,
NO N;.Ine General commanding announces
to the Armies ef the Tennessee and Gsorgts
tbattae time has come for us to part Our
work 10 done, and armed enemies no longer
DEFY Us. some OF you will be retained in ser
vice until further orders. And now that we
are aoont to separate, 70 mingle with the civil
world, II becomes pleasing duty 70 re call 70
mind the situation of national affairs when, out
nttle NJ ore than year ago, we were gatnereo
about the twinlng cliffs OF LOOKOUT Mountain.
and all the future was wrapped in doubt and
uncertainty Three armies had come together
from distant fields, with separate histories. yet
bound together by one common cause.-The
upton Of our country and the perpetuation of
the government OF our inheritance. There is
no need to recall to your memories Tunnel
Hill, 18th its Rocky Face Mountain, and BuZ
gard Reost Gap, with the ugly forts of Dalton
behind. We were in earnest. and paused not
for danger and diffc ulty, but dashed through
Snake Creek Gap. and fell on Ressacca, then
TO Etowah, TO Dallas, Kennesaw; and the
heats of summer found us on the banks of the
Chattahoochee, far from home and dependent
on single road for supplies. Again we were
crossed over and fought four heavy battles
for the possession of the citadel of Atlanta.
That was The CT isis OF our history. A doubt
still clouded our future; but we solved the
problem, and destroyed Atlanta, struck boldly
across me State of Georgia, secured all the
main arteries OF life to the enemy, and Christ
mas found Us at Savannah. Waiting there
only long enough TO I'LL our wagons, we gain
began march, which for peril, labor. and re-
suits, will compare with any ever made by an
organized army. The floods of the Savannah,
the swamps Of the Combahee and Edisto the
high hills and rocks OF the Santee, the fiat
quagmires OF the Pedee aud Cape Fear rivers,
were all passed in mid winter, with its floods
and rains, in the face of an accommodating
enemy; and sffer the battles of Ayprashoro
and Bentonsville we once more came out of
the wilderness to meet our friends at Colds.
boro. Even then we paused only long enough
TO get new clothing, to reload our wagons,
and again push on TO Raleigh, and beyond, till
we met our enemy, sueing for peace, instead
OF war, and Offering to submit to the in Iured
laws Of her and our country. As long as that
enemy was defiant, nor mountains nor rivers
nor hunger nor cold had checked US; but when
he who had fought us hard and persistenly
offered submission, your General thought it
wrong 20 pursue him further, the negotiations
followed which resulted, as you all know, in
his surrender. How far the operations OF the
army have contr buted to the overthrow of the
coniederacy, of the peace which now dawns
upon MS. must be judged by others, not by us.
But that you have done all that men could do
has been admitted by those in authority; and
we have right to join in the universal joy
that nils 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 as remain in the military service
your General need only to remind You that
successes In the past are due to hard work
and discipline, and that the same swork and
dicipline, are equally important in the future
To such as 60 home, he will only say, that our
favored country is so grand, so extensive, so
diversified in climate, soil and productions,
that every man may surely find q home and
occupation suited to his tastes; and none
should yield TO the natural impotence sure to
result from our past life Of excitement and ad.
venture. You will be invited to seek new ad-
venture abroad, but do not yield to the temp.
tasion, tor it Will lead only to death and dis
appointment.
Your General now bids you all farewell,
with the full belief that, as in war you have
been good soldiers, 80 in peace You will make
good citizens; and II. unfortunately, new war
should arise in our country, Sherman's army
will be the first to buckle on the old armor and
come forth to defend and maintain the govern
ment of our Inheritance and choice.
By order of Major General w. T. Sherman.
L. M. DAYToN, Asst Adi't Gen,l.