The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-09
Gen. Sherman's Farewell.

Gen. SheTman'S FareWell.
General Shcrmans farewell order to
the armies of Georgia and Tennessee
is promulgated. The following is a
copy of the order
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION J /
Or THE MISSISSIPPI, IN TIE FIELD, /
WAsmNoToN, d. c., May 30, 1865. ! I
Special Field orders, No rs.
'The General commanding an
nounces 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 ser
vice until further orders And now
that we are about to separate TO min
gle with the civil world. it becomes n /
pleasing duty to recall to mind the sit |.
uation Of national affairs when, but lit /
tie more than a year ago, we were
gathered about the flowning cliffs of
! Lookout Mountain, and all the future /
was wrapped in doubt and uncertain
ty. Three armies had come together
from distant fields with separate histo-
ries, yet bound by one common cause
the union of our country and the per
4 petuation of the government of our
inheritance.
"There is no need to recall to your
memories Tunnel Hill, with it's rocky
faced mountain, and Buzzard 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 Gap, and
fell ON Rosacca. Then on TO the Eto-
wah, to Dallas, Kennesaw, and the
heats of the summer found us on the
banks of the Chattahoochie, far from
home and dependent on a single road
for supplies. Again we were not to
be held back by any obstacle, and
crossed over md fought four heavy
battles for the possession of the cita-
del Of Atlanta.
+ Chat was the crisis of our history.
A doubt still cloudod our future, but
we solved the problem and destroyed
Atlanta, struck boldly across the
: State of Georgia, severed all the main
4 arteries of life to our enemy, and
= Christmas found us at Savannah.
Waiting there only long enough to
fill our wagons, we again began n
march which for peril labor and re-
: suits will compare with any ever made
by an organized army The floods OF
Y the Savannah, the swamps of the Com
= bahee and Edisto, the high hills and
rocks of the Santee, the fiat quagmires
of the Pedee and Cape Fear Rivers
j. were all passed in midwinter, with Its
/. floods and rains, in the face Of an ac-
s cumulating enemy, and after the bat
tie of Ayorasborough and Bontonville
we once more came out of the wilder
/. ness to meet our friends at Goldsbor
d ough. a
Even there we paused only long
s enough to get new clothing, to reload
our wagons, and again pushed on tC
" Raleigh and beyond. until we met oul
T. enemy, sueing for peace instead o
e, war, and offering to submit to the ia
,e iured laws OF his and our country.
n CAS- long as that enemy was defiant
nor mountains nor swamps, nor hun
u ger, nor cold, had checked us, bu
sc when he who had fought MS hard an,
e persistently offered submission, you
,e General thought it wrong TO pursue
"a him further, and negotiations followed
which resulted as you ali know in hi
= surrender, How far the operations o
t, this army have contributed to the over
l. throw of the confederacy and th'
peace which now dawns on us, must b.
g Judged by others, not by us, Blu
- that you have done all that men coul'
-e do has been admitted by those in an
N thority, and we have a right to join il
ic the universal Joy that fills our land
"a because the war is over and our gov
/. eminent stands INDICATED before thu
= world by the joint action of the yolun
CT teer armies of the United States
r, 80 such as remain in the militar.
le service, your General need only ne
M mind you that the successes in Tia
past are due to hard work and disci
. pline, and that the same work and dis
u cipline are equally important in tn
OF future.
be 10 such as go home he will onl
~ say that our favored country IS 5
grand so extensive, so diversified j
er climate, soil and productions, that eN
cry man can surely find home an
be occupation suited to his tastes, an
no none should yield to the natural imp,
tence sure TO result from our past Ill
no of excitement and adventure.
or ''You will be invited TO seek new nc
Pr venture abroad, but do not yield I