Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-12
HAGooD's BRIGADE
To the Men In; Hagooa's Brigade in.
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"A LARGE number of officers and men, of the !.
Ia Brigade, captured at various times during
ats long ld arduous service, are, or SOON will be,
III this State upon theusual parol furlough.
very considerable number of the com rnand are,
also, in the State absent withaut ploper Leave. A
very considerable number of the command are,
also in the State, absent without proper leave. A
minority of the whole is in the field. In thc
present inter rupted.oonditon of communication,
both within he State, and from the State to the
army, Gen. Johnston has thuughtit it necessary to
adopt sor other thnA,th usual means ts secure
the prohipt return of these merto their standard,
and bas ordered me to repair to South Carolipa-
to give my personal efforts to this desirabloSend
II will be seen by the orders annexed that q
pardon is announced to those who avail them
selves of this opportunity, and that General Loo
solemnly declared that no general amnesty will
be again granted. ss4.izs. =. = y
My Headquarters will be at the terminus Of
travel on the Charlotte and Columbia Railroad.
at present this is BlackstoclSs. Members of tSe
Brigade absent without leave will report at once
to ne as That point to be forwarded to their CONF
mands, or will report when more convenient, to
the enrolling officers of their respective districts,
to BE- by thee, forwarded to my Headquarters.
They will bring with them all rifles and nccoutre-
ments in their possession.
Exchanged men will report as above Us soon as
they hear Of tharexchauge, and if not exchanged
at the termination of their garol surlough, viii
report to ME instead of to the parol camp at Rich
mond.
Our regiments have @ sufficient nuMber on the
rolls to save each fr0Hl consolidation. They are
not fn- the present to be consolidated, and your
speedy return will ensure the Continuance of
your service in tho organizations to which you
cd Il * daot IN
| serve. Among the absentecs are sSmo who, in
moment of weakness, oppressed with tho tolls of
war, or perhaps Influenced by exaggerated ae-
counts Of the suffcrings- and trials Of the dear
ones ut hone, have fa3len eff from, their standard
and sulied q glorious and hard won record. Let
these men return and blot. out the memory of
| their weakness by again standing shoulder to
shoulder with their batte-scarred comrades, nn- .
dor Johnston and Lee, on such fields rs We have
before, and will win again. The great number of
absentaes without leave from tho brigade are,
however, those who, coming nome on proper leave,
have allowed aspirit of sloth to overcome them,
and Insignificant reasons TO detaIn them from
their duty. Let these men recallsth spirit that
| animated them when almost .sio gle-handod thoy
held tho myrmidons of Butler at bay, at Walthal,
until tho arrival of Beauregard'sarenging army.
Think on your triumph at lDreWrys your SER
! vices ateCold Harbor; at Bermuda Hundreds;
the sizty-scven days in the trenches on the APP
| pomettox; the bloody but glorious Sunday on
the Weldon road; tho Richmond lines; Fisher
! Anderson, Town Crock, kinstsn, Bentonsvillc.
4 Will you Let such history terminate inglorious
ly. and the verdict of postcrity be, that the men
who made the record perishcd in the making, and
the degenerate survivors were unable even to
sustain the weight of glory their more gallant
1 comrades had already won2.
To the returned prisoperI hayen nothing to say,
but to naine tho rendezvous. The man whose
captivity is oftencat owing to tho very manhood
/ which carried and kept him to thefrent on retur-
ming from the insults and indignities Of North
ern prison, cannot sit patiently by the ashes Of
his desolated home, with the wall of outraged
women and foodess children in his ex,. while
! fair blow may be struck for freedom and ven
geance. - S'
Soldiers Of the Brigade--comr ades of so many
| Gelds-you have never failed me before. Rally
once moro TO your colors and let US again fling
their tattered folds to the breeze where they have
SO often foatcd, first among the foremostin onr
April G, 1855. JOHNSON HAYGooD,
Brig. General.
H'pos ARMIES OF THE'CoN. STATES,
February 1lth, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS
| No. 2.
leAs-,s.5.e.:ssa1z. ssss
Dy authority OIL Inc PreeldeDtot the C0ntede-
rate States, pardon is announced to such de-
sertcrs and men improperly ubscut, as shall re-
turn to thevommands TO which they belong with
in the shortest possible time, not exceeding twen-
ty days from the publication of this erdcr, at tho
headquarters of the department in which they
may be.
! Those who may be prevented by interruption
Of communications, may report within the time
specified to the nearest edrolling officer or other
officer on duty. to be forwarded as soon as prac-
ticable, and upon presenting certificate from
such officer showing compliance with this To-
quiremeut, will receive the pardon hereby Of
fered.
Those who have deserted to the service of the
enemy or who have deserted after having been
once pardoned for the same offence, and those
who shall desert, or absent themselves without
authority after the publication of this order, arc
excluded from its benefits. Nor does the offer Of
pardon extend 10 other offences than desertion
and absence withou. permission.
| By the same authority, it is also declared that
no general amnesty will again be granted aud
those who refuse to accept tie pardon now Offer
ed, or who shall hereafter dcscrtor absent them
selves without leave, shall suffer such punish
ment US tine Courts may impose, and no appi-
cation for clelnency will be entertained.
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RE. LEE, General.
OFFICIAL.
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