The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-16

reached IL, anu 10 was detained here one
day. On the goth they reached Marion.
Ala, and finding that nothing had been
done towards bridging the Catawba, q staff
officer Was sent by railroad to Selma fGr
pontoon-boats, and the division commander
was preparing to move on. when nm order
came from General Forrest telling him OF
the enemy's movement on Tuscaloosa,
and ordering him to halt md await
orders. This caused n delay OF one
day, when General Taylor, at Selma,
hearing of it, telegraphed orders for the
First division to move to Plautersville.
Before the division could reach Planters
vile, orders came from General Forrest to
nave to Randolph, about twenty miles fur
tbcr north. Before the division could reach
Randolph, Forrest had been driven from
there, and It turned to Plantcrsyille again.
The Ochmulgee swamp bad now to I've cross
ed, and Armstrong; brigade was five hours
In going one. mile across it. When this
brigade had gone over, it was utterly i'm
passable TO the artillery and Starke's brig
ade; and these, under the direction OF q
neighborhood guide, were moved to cross
ing five miles above, and after working all
night got over about daylight the next
morning, and moving rapidly reached Sell
ma just in time to see it burn.
Forrest, moving with Jackson's division,
heard OF CroHton's movement on Tusca-
loosa, and changed the march Of this diYis-
ion by that place. Jackson yallantly met
and defeated CroXtoD, but by this move
ment was thrown so far out OF his line Of
march that it was impossible for him TO
reach Selma in time to assist in its defence,
and it fell. The fall Of Richmond soon fol-
lowed the fall OF Selma, and the Confederate
flag went down to rise no more forever.
HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS. ,-.
It has been said that Forrest was unedu-
Gated, and this is true; but his ideas, when
properly clothed in correct language. were
pointed and strong, AID he was exceedingly
tenacious that his own ideas, and not those
Of the writer, should be expressed by those
who wrote for him. His strong and touching
final address to his troops, though shaped
by another, was bis own creation, and he
felt all that the language imported when be
said "CiYll war, such as we have just passed
through naturally enaenders feelings Of
animosty. hatred, and revenge. It's ourduty
to diyest ourselves OF all such feelings, and,
as far as in our power to do SO, to cultivate
friendly feelings towards those with whom
we have SO long conteDded and heretofore
SO widely differed. Neighborhood fcuds,
uUilljOSltlcs, Va
should be blotted out, and when you return
home manly, aightforward course OF
conduct will secure the respect OF even
your enemies. Whatever your RESPONSE
bilities may be to Government TO society,
or to individuals, meet them likemen
/ have never on the field OF battle sent
you where I was unwilling to go myself,
nor would l now advise you to course
which I felt myself unwilling to pur-
sue. You have been good soldiers. You
can be good citizens. Obey the laws, pre-
serve your honor, and the Government to
which you have surrendered can afford to be
and will be magnanimous." Like the cause
he loved, he is dead. In coming years, when
the bitterness. OF strife has passed away,
when the mystic harp, whose chords con-
meet the graves Of the dead with the hearts
OF The living, shall vibrate The music Of re.
stored Union, and some blind old bard shall
sing the praises OF American heroes, while
eager children listen TO their deeds OF yalor,
the story Of none will awaken loftier feel
ings OF emulation than
Forrest, the wizard Of The saddle.