Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-05-19

Illuminating IN his hotel. 1T can
be done, sir; it can't be donel'
Asked what he meant, the reply
was, sThey Cant whip old For
rest!" General sherman's reporl
in cipher of this battle was: aHt
Forrest) whipped sturgis fai1
and square, and now I will pu1
him against A. J. Smith and
Mower, and let them try theil
hand" -
In these operations Forrest wat
again badly wounded; but
Notwithstanding this misfortune,
he took the field once more early
the following August. Unable
to ride, he travelled in a buggy
He struck at sberman's line OF
communication, tore up railroads,
destroyed bridges. ard yiaducts,
captured gunboats, burned trans-
ports, and many millions Of dollars
worth Of stores and supplies ofiall
sorts. Well justified, indeed, was
Sherman when he wrote to Grant
in November, 1854: "That devil
Forrest was down about Johnson
vile, making havoc among the
gunboats and transports"
He took part in General Hood's
disastrous Nashville campaign, and
covered the retreat of that general
army from Columbia. This most
trying of duties he dischargedwlth
his usual daring ability and
success. No man could have done
more than he did with the small
force then at his disposal.
Throughout the winter of 1864-5
everything looked blacker for the
,confederacy day by day, until at
last all hope faded. away and the
end came. 1t was a gallant
struggle from the first, and as it
were, a pitched battla between .:
plucky boy and a'full grown man.
The history of both armies abounds
in gallant and chiyalrous deeds,
done by men who fought for their
respective convictions and from q
sincere love of country. If
England has to fight for her.
existence, may. The same so,r!t.
peryade all clasfas hero :.s ii.s:
which inanencsd ihsa .la,s ot :. t;;s
United States. i,oth aa-t2' ed
south. Navy beve at tao he'd
of our goverauvnv us WISE ald iaG-
seeing a patriot as Mr.. Lincoln,
and to lead our mounted troops, as,
able a leader as General Forrest.
The war over, Forrest at once
recognized the necessity of
patriotieally accepting the fact
that the north had won, and that
the south must accept whatever
terms the humane Mr.. Lincoln
might dictate. He published an
address to the gallant men who
had. SO long followed his plume
in battle, and who were not only
psrsonel1y' devoted to him, but
thoroughly believed in him as a
skiliful and an eminent leader.
He reminded his men that the
terms granted by Mr.. Lincoln.
were satisfactory and manifested
"a spirit of magnanimity and
1iberality on the part of the federal
authorities. "Whatever your
responsibilities may be to govern
ment, to society,or to individuals,
meet them like men. The attempt
made to establish a separate and
independent confederation has
failed; but the consciousness of
having done our duty faithfully,
and to the end, will in some
measure repay for the hardships
yon have undergone. The last
paragraph of this famous order
was as follows:
IT 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
pursue. You have been good SOL
diers you can begood citizens"
+Forrest sent this uniform back
to it's owner, who, in his turn,
sent Forrest some gray cloth and
gold. lace to make into a con.
federate uniform.
Forrest had fought like a knight
errant for the cause he believed to
be that of justice and right. No
man who drew the sword for his
country in that fratricidal struggle