Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tribute 10 tIie Army
SPEECH AT ST. LOUIS

SiEECh Al OI. lOlls
The second annual meeting of the Society
of the Army of the Tennessee, which occur
red last week in st. Louis, was a grand
affair. The principal address was delivered
5y General Sherman, who was enabled to
| be present by the kindness of General Anger,
who volunteered to represent him a. an In.
dian council at Fort Laramie. We make
! some extracts from his speech:
| 1T was not for all of us to celebrate that
| day--Juy 4, lS63--in wine and rejoicing,
| for some of us had to content ourselves with
water taken from those dirty ponds which
jackson poisoned by the dead carcases of
fleeing army but Others of you did behold
| our flag arise on that white court house
| in Vicksburg, which had so long been the
| target for our artillery and that other scene
/ of exquisite interest, when every gunboat
and every steamer came pouring out from
nook and cove above, and from the dark
waters of the deadly Yuzoo, and hurried
J down to that levee where for so long time
! they had been strangers.
Il have often thought in my dreams of
the 'Luniinary,' bright as fairy, decked off
with her flags, and steaming down the tur-
! bid waters of the Mississippi proclaiming
! to the world that that great river was again
free, and that her waters went 'unvexed to
/ the sea-
but the end was not yet Our comrade
Army of the Cumberland, far away in the
mountains of East Tennessee, called for
. help and we had to go. Through forests,
over river, through mud and over the rocks,
we paused not till Lookout Mountain with
! its rebel batteries frowred down upon us
and upon our beleagured comrades in Chat
tanooga. You remember / was summoned
ahead of you to meet General Grant in
Chattanooga, and | recall my feelings as,
standing with him on the parapet of Fort
Wood, he pointed out to me the circing
ycbecamps, with their pickets walking
their posts in clear, broad daylight close up
to our lines. then realized that our troops
were closely besieged, and that our general
unacclstomed to such close quarters, only
awaited your arrival to cut the Gordiar
knot and set his army free.
$50 impatient was he, that after receiv
ing his orders | FASTENED back to meet yor
at Bridgeport, pulling an oar myself one
bright moonlight night down these thirty
miles of river, and without allowing you
moments rest ! hurried you forward. 1ol
know the sequel; how we masscd behinc
those hills, and laid that pontoon bridge
below Chicamauga at night, and hastil,
marched to the top of Mission Ridge, tn,
prolongntion of Bragg's line of investment
Clearly, there was not room for us both aDt
, one of us had to quit. We had not th
, remotest intention of going, and Bragg fel
into every trap which our general had Sc
) for him. He drew from his centre as agains
, us to such an extent that Thomas, with til
E Army of the Cumberland. burst ou: of hi
old ntrenchments, and swept the rebe; hos
t off that Mission Ridge and paused not til
the broken fragments had escaped beyon
, RinGgold Gap, leaving US masters in tn
t Tennessee valley.
: Il have always wished tha
. some artist like Bierstadt or Kaufman
D could have stood at my side on KenesaS
/ that beautiful October morning, and hXe
on canvass that beautiful picture Of the va:
forest at our feet, with its light autumne
D foliage, and the long lines Of soldiers poin
: ing towards Dallas, whilst in the far, off di
J. tance was Alatoona, begirt with the whit
smoke the rebel assault, and the occasion
!. al glimpse of the little signal flag throuG
a an embrasure, which told me, through Il
skillful officer by my side, that Corse W,
|, there, and consequently that the place WI
c safe.
e "Or better still, that a Beard or Hea
could have caught that gorgeous picture
is we rode out of Atlanta that beautiful NOR
ing in November and turned to look at A
N lanta smoulderiug in its ruins, whilst lor
y, lines of soldiers, with their white toppt
lie wagons, were starting they knew n
ct whittier, and the whole air resounded vii
le that favorite anthem q! John Browns so
s. goes marching on taken up from the bar
as by the marching columns as by CONNIE
ne instinct.
* "Or who will attempt the scene VIII
,h Hazen's old division, after long weeks al
ito months periIous marching down to the ST
O. walked with colors flying, aud dressed
IS. brigades on the centre, right into Fort n
ir, Alister, and the loud shouts of his m
at reached US across those rice fields, and We
NJ carried back to our main camps, telli
to them that our feet was gained and til
m Savannah's fate was sealed Applause.
IRE = 4 "Do you suppose any one can {
ut scribe to me the bitter anguish OF that n
nd ment when Mcpherson, who had just ]
Ike me in Joyous health, was brought back
IFS laid dead at my feet that terrific yell WI
ok the Army of the Tennessee learned Il
he their noble commander, whom they loved
it well, would never again be seen in life, a
He that to them was consigned the dread tt
to of revenge2 =
ely sand last of all, when at Raleigh, the
my tidings came, and hung over US all for d
like pail, that Mr.. Lincoln,' ,'our beloved l
ich sident, had been assassinated by the COW
1ne villain Booth. Ever now l tremble WI
think what might have befallen the 7
way pie of Raleigh, had not our men been Il
has schooled in the terrible lessons of a blo'
ng. war. Oh! how We had all looked forw
hts, to that day when he should como tortl
,ry, meet Us, with his tall form aud beam