Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . ests thus far. I know myviews on this point have ever been regarded as extreme,even verging on insanity ; but for years I had associatedwith Bragg, Beauregard and extreme Southern men, andlong before others could realize the fact that Americanswould raise their hands against our consecrated govern-ment, I was forced to know it, to witness it. Two yearswill not have been spent in vain if the North now, byanother magnificent upheaving of the real people, againfill the ranks of your proven and tried regiments, andassure them that, through good report and evil repo
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . ests thus far. I know myviews on this point have ever been regarded as extreme,even verging on insanity ; but for years I had associatedwith Bragg, Beauregard and extreme Southern men, andlong before others could realize the fact that Americanswould raise their hands against our consecrated govern-ment, I was forced to know it, to witness it. Two yearswill not have been spent in vain if the North now, byanother magnificent upheaving of the real people, againfill the ranks of your proven and tried regiments, andassure them that, through good report and evil report, youwill stand by them. If Ohio will do this, and if the greatNorth will do this, then will our army feel that it has acountry and a government worth dying for. As to thepoltroons, who falter and cry quits, let them dig and raisethe food the army needs—but they should never claim avoice in the councils of the nation. Another vigorous letter was called out by an order fromthe Adjutant General, under which all regiments which. BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. MORALS AND MANNERS. 2$$ had been depleted more than one-half were to be consoli-dated by reducing the number of their companies, andmustering out the supernumerary officers. This wouldhave made many gallant regiments consist of only two orthree hundred men each, and indeed such was the actualresult in many cases. Against this order Shermanprotested strongly and with effect. On one occasion a lady complained bitterly of somealleged misconduct of the soldiers, and this prompted himto write a long communication on the subject of armymorals and discipline. Mrs. Z , he said, has fallen into a common error in saying it was useless to complain of a whole regi-ment to Brigadier-General Smith or Major-General Sher-man. We naturally demanded more specific complaintagainst incendiary acts than a mere vague suspicion thatthe did all inquitous things, when twenty other regi-ments were camped round about Memphis, six thousandvagabonds and
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