Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-08
Sherman's Farewell.

The following is Sherman's farewell sddres
to his army: s.' ,..tas lsti ISIS. =
Headquarters Military District of Mississippi J
In the Field, Washington D. G., May 80, '65. I
Special Field Orders No. rs. IL
The General commanding the forces of tn,
Army OF the Tennessee announces that thu
time has come for us to part. Our work il
done, and armed enemies no longer defy US
Some of you will be retained in service INIT
further orders, and now that we are ubout tc
separate to mingle with the civil world, it be-
comes pleasing duty to recall to mind the
situation Of national affairs when, but little
more than year ago, we were gathered about
the towering caps Of Lookout Mountain, and
the future was wrapped in doubt and uncer.
tainty Three armies had come together from
different fields, with a separate history, bound
by one common cause.-the unisn of our coun-
try and the Government of our inheritance.
There is no need to recall to your memories
Tunnel Hill, with is Rocky Face Mountain
and Buzzard Roost Gap, with The ugly forts
Of Dalton behind. We were in earnest, and
paused not for dangerand difficulty, but pushed
through Snake Creek Gap, and fell on Reseca
then on Dallas, and Kenesaw. Then the heats
of summer found lis on the banks of the Chat
tahoochie, far from home, and dependent up
on single line for supplies; but we were not
to be held back by any obstacle, and crossed
over and fought over a four hours battle;
gained possession of the citadel of Atlanta
That was the crisis of our history. A doubt
still clouded our future, but VIC had the prob
lem, and destroying Atlanta, we struck boldly
across the State Of Georgia; severed all the
main arteries of life to our enemy, and Christ
mas found us at Savannah, waiting there on
ly long enough to fill our wagons. = We again
began a march, which for peril, labor and re-
suits, will compare with any ever made by an
organized army. The foods of the Savan
nah, the swamIis of the Combahee and Eds
to, the high hills and rocks of the Santee. the
Hat quagmircs of the Padce and Cape Fear
rivers were all passed in midwinlcr, with its
floods and rains. In the face of an accumu.
latlnS enemy, and after the battles of Averys.
boro and Bentousville, we once more came out
of the wilderness to meet your friends ot
Goldsborol Even then we paused only long
enough to reload our wagons, and pushed on
again to Raleigh and beyond, until we met
the enemy sueing for peace instead of war,
and offering to submit to the injured laws of
his and our country As long as that enemy
was defiant, mountains, rivers, swamps nor
hunger nor cold had not checked us; but when
he who had fought us hard and persistently,
offered submission, our General thought it
wrong to pursue him further, and nego-
fiations followed which were attended as YOU
all know by his surrender How far the
operations of the enemy here contributed to
The overthrow Of the Confederacy, and The
peace which now dawns on us must be Judged
BY others, not by u.s. but that you have done
all that men could do has been admitted by
hose in authority and we have right to Join
IN the universal JOY that falls on our land, be-
cause the war is over, and our Government
stands vindicated before the world BY the ioint
lctlon OF the armies Of the United States
Such as remain in the military service, your
General need only remind you that success in
he past Is due 70 hard work and discipline.
md that the same work and discipline are
equally important in the future. 20 such as
70 home,a we will only say that our favored
country is SO grand, SO extensive, so diversi-
led IN climate, 80 rich in productions that ev-
ry man, surely, can ind home and occupa-
ion suited to his taste and none should Weld |
natural inpalina,a sure to result from our
'ast life OF excitement and adventure You
fill be invited to seek ew,advantage abroad,
ut do not yield to the temptation, for it will
cad only to death and disappointment. aa
Your General now bids youall farewell, and
'ith the full belief that as, in war you have /
cen good soldiers, 50 in peace you will make
pod citizens, and if unfortunately new war
hould arise incur country, Sherman's 8 ' army
~ bel the first to buckle on the old armor
nd line. forth to, defend and maintain the
ioyernment ofrour inheritance and choice.
by order Of Maj. Gen. w, T. SHERMAN
rvs lSigned] gaa has NJ DAYoN, A. A. Ga