Smyrna times., 1865-06-07

G0, Sherman 10 his M1,-- Words at Part
mQ--I Rerie,r Of tie Pust-the Future oJ
the Army
Cen &arman has issued the following or
der to his army, dated Hdqrs. Military Divis-
ion of the Mississippi in the field, Washing
ton, May 3Oth 1865:
The General commanding announces to the
armies Of the Tennessee and Gp0r@ia 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 service until
further orders; and now that we are about 10
separate, to mingle with the civil world it be-
comes a pleasing dutyto recall to mind The sit
uation of national affairs
When but little more than a year ago we
were gathered about the twining cliffs of Look
out Mountain, and all the future was wrapped
in doubt and uncertainty, three armies had
come together from distant fields, with separate
histories yet bound by one common cause, the
union Of our country, and the perpetuation of
| the Government of our inheritance.
| There is no need to recall to your memories
| Tunnel Hill, with its rocky face mountain and
Buzzard Roost Gap, with the ugly forts of Dal-
ton behind. We were in earnest, and paused
not for danger and difficulty, but dashed through
Snake Greek Gap, and fell on Resaca then on
to the Etowah to Dallas, Kenesaw, and the
OI
ChattahoOchie, far from home, and dependant
on a single road 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 citadel Of At
lanta, that was the crisis of our history. \
doubt still clouded our future, but We solved
the problem and destroyed Atlanta, struck
boldlv across the State of Georgia, secured all
the main arteries of life to oHr enemy, ana
(thriStnaC found us at Savannah.
Waiting there only long enough to fill our
wagons, we again began our march, which for
neril. labor and results will compare with any
ever made by an organized army; the foods OF
the Savannah, the Swamps Of the Cambahee
and Edsto, the high hills and rocks ofthe San
tee the fiat duagmires of the Peedee and Cape
Fear Rivers were all passed in midwinter, with
its floods and rains, in the face of an accumu-
lating enemy, and after the battles of AvOrs-
boro' and BrentOnvllt, we once more came
. out of the wilderness to meet our friends at
GoldSLoro.
Even then We paused only long enough tC
rnt new clothing, to reload our wagons, and
, again pushed on to Raleigh, and beyond, unit
I we met our enemy sueing for peace instead OF
! war. offering to submit to the injured laws Of
his and our country-as long as that enemy
was defiant nor mountains, nor rivers, MOI
swamnS. nor hunger, nor cold had checked us
but when he who had fought us hard and per
sistently offered submission: your GENERA
thought it wrong to pursue, HIM further, anG
e negotiations followed Whlch resulted as you al
know in his surrender.
How far the operations of the army contribu
: ted to the overthrow of the Confederacy, to the
: peace which now dawns on us, must be iudgec
+ bv others not by us but that you have done al
, > fiat men could do has been admitted by thos,
- in authority, and we have right to join in the
+ universal Joy that fills the lano because the wa
!. is over and our Government stands vindicate,
is before the world by the joint action of the vol
n untecr armies of the United States.
2, 10 such as remain in the military service
le your General would only remind you that sue
re cesses in the past are due to hard work and dis
= ciplinc, and that the same work and disciphn
to are equally important in the future.
10 Such as go home will only say that our fs
'' vored country is SO grand, SO extensive, so d
versiGed in climate, soil and productions, ths
every man can surely find home and occup'