Raynors HCA 2016-10
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Document Secretarily Signed, “Head Quarters Mil. Divn. of the Miss., In the Field Washington D.C. May 30th 1865. Special Field Orders No. 76.” 4pg. Countersigned by Horace G. H. Tarr Captain and AAA General, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps. (Hooker’s Corps) May 31, 1865. This is brigade-level manuscript copy of Sherman’s farewell message to his troops and orders for their triumphant march, the Grand Review, through Washington, D.C. In small part, “The General Commanding announces to the Army of the Tennessee and Georgia that the time has come for us to part. Our work is done, and armed enemies, no longer defy us. ... And now that we are about to separate and mingle with the civil world, it becomes a pleasing duty to recall to mind the situation of national affairs, when but little more than a year ago, we were gathered about the towering cliffs of Lookout 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. ... We were in earnest, and paused not for danger and difficulty, but dashed through Snake Creek Gap and fell on Ressaca [sic], then on to the Etawah, to Dallas, Kennesaw, and the heat of summer found us on the banks of the Chattahoochee, far from home, and dependent on a single road for supplies. Again we were not to be held back by any obstacle, and crossed over fought four hard battles for the possession of the Citadel of Atlanta. That was the crisis of our history. A doubt still clouded our future, but we solved the problem and destroyed Atlanta, struck boldly across the State of Georgia, severed all the main arteries of life to our enemies, and Christmas found us at Savannah. ... Your General now bids you all farewell, with the full belief that as in War you have been good soldiers, so in peace, you will make good Citizens, and if, unfortunately, new War should arise in our country, “Sherman’s Army” will be the first to buckle on its old armour and come forth to defend maintain the Government of our inheritance and choice.
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