The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-06-08
shsrman,s F.rewen address.

well address 10 MS army
HEADo'Ts NIL DIV. Miss, IN FIELD, !
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 30, '65. ! |
Special Field Orders No. rs,
The General commanding announ-
ces to the Armies of the Tennessee !
and Georgia, that the time has como
for, us to part. Our work is done, and
armed forces no longer detain, US
Some ofyou will be retained in serv-
ice until further orders, and now that
we are about to separate to mingle
with the civil world, it becomes apleas-
ing duty to recall TO mind the situa-
ton of national affairs. When but q
little more than a year ago we were.
gathered about the towering cliffs of
Lookout Mountain, all the future was
wrapped in doubt and uncertainty
The armies had come together from
different fields, with separate histories,
bound by one common cause.-the
Union of our country and the gov
ornment of our inheritance. There is
no need to recall to your memories
Tunnel Hill, with its rocky-faced
mountain, and Buzzards Roost Gap,
with the ugly forts Of Dalton behind.
We were in earnest, and paused not
for danger and difficulty, but dashed
through Snake Creek Gap and fell on
Resacca, then on TO Dallas, Kennesaw,
and the heats of summer found us on
the banks Of the Chattahoochce, far
from home and dependent on a single
line for supplies Again we were not
to be held back by any obstacle, and
crossed over and fought four heavy
battles for the possession of the cita-
del Of Atlanta This was tho crisis OF
our history. A doubt still clouded
our future, but we solved the prob
lem and destroyed Atlanta, struck
across the State of Georgia, severed
all the main arteries of life to our enc
nv, and Christmas found us at Savan-
nah. Waiting there only long enough
to fiji our wagons, we again began a
march, which for peril, labor, and re-
suits, will compare with any ever
made by an organized army. Fhe
food of tho Savannah, the swamps o.
the Combahce and tho Edisto, the
high hills and rocks of the Santee, the
fiat quagmircs Of the Pedee and Cape
Fear rivers were all passed i'll midwin
ter with its floods and rains in the face
of an accumulating enemy, and aftcI
the battle Of Averysboro and Benton
vile, we once more came out OF th'
wildernessto to meet our friendsat Colds
boro, and even then we only paused
long enough to reload our wagons
and again pushed forward to Raleigl
and beyond until we met the enem.
sueing for peace instead OF war, ant
offering to submit to the injured law
of his and our country. AS long 1t
the enemy was defiant, mountains, riv
ers, swamps nor hunger nor cold, ha
checked us, but when he who ha
fought us too hard and pcrsistently
offered submission, your Generf
thought it wrong to pursue him tui
ther, and negotiations followed whic
resulted in his surrender, How far tn
operations of the army have contribr
ted to the overthrow of the Confederf
cv and the peace which now dawr
q on us, must be judged by others, nc
f by us, but that you have done all tht
men could do, has been admitted b
g those in authority, and we have
;, right to join in the universal joy tn;
fills our land, because the war is ov(
q and our Government stands vindic'
d ted before the world by the joint a.
r ton of the volunteer armies OF u
United States. To such as remain
the military service, your Gener
need only remind you that success
~ in the past arc due to hard work al
y discipline, and that the same woi
Q and discipline are equally Imperial
: in the future. To such as 90 homo
will only say that our favored countl
. isso grand, so extensive, so diversiti'
d in climate, soil and productions, tn
d every man surely can find homo al
n occupation suited to his taste; ar
a none should yield to tho natural te
= denotes sure to result from our pa
$ life of excitement and adventure
y You will be induced to seek new n
is vantages abroad; but do rot yield
~ the temptation, for it will lead only
death and disappointment. Your Ge
oral now bids you all farewell, and
the full belief that, as in war you ha
been good soldiers, so in peace "
will mako good citizens; and if, untc
tunately, Il new war should arise
>. our country, Shcrman's army will
10 the first 30 buckle on the old arm
;, and como forth and maintain the Go
crnment of our Inheritance and choit
OIL BY order Of Major. General W.
Sherman.
re [signcd] LIN. DAYTON A. A.
- CoLLRcroR's OFFICE, us INT. REV
80 18TH DISTRICT, ONO, M
> ,,t Crcloville. June 9TH, Go
~ =, SlR.--It is tho desire of the Co
- ~ missioner that taxes in the hands
=. the Collectors should be collected a
~ paid into the Treasury before the ex
~ :, ration of fthis month. You will the
~ ~ fore use the utmost diligence in I
~ collection of the taxes in your coun
'' ta Enforce the Immediate payment of
70 t Delinquent taxes, penalty included.
~, Very truly yours,
Nv Nv r NATHAN DENNY,
~ ~ Collector, &c
~ az X. Fritter, Esq, Lancaster, o.
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