. The life and campaigns of U. S. Grant, from his boyhood to the surrender of Lee . may, with a clear conscience, leave them, and turn myattention once more to my special command—the army with which I havebeen associated through some of the most eventful scenes of this or anywar. I hope and believe none of these commanders will ever have reason toreproach me for any orders they may have received from me. And thePresident of the United States may be assured that all of them are inposition, ready and willing to execute to the letter, and in spirit, any orderslie may give. I shall hen
. The life and campaigns of U. S. Grant, from his boyhood to the surrender of Lee . may, with a clear conscience, leave them, and turn myattention once more to my special command—the army with which I havebeen associated through some of the most eventful scenes of this or anywar. I hope and believe none of these commanders will ever have reason toreproach me for any orders they may have received from me. And thePresident of the United States may be assured that all of them are inposition, ready and willing to execute to the letter, and in spirit, any orderslie may give. I shall henceforth cease to give them any orders at all, forthe occasion that made them subordinate to me is past; and I shall con-fine my attention to the army composed of the Fifteenth and Seventeenth,the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps, unless the commanding general ofthe armies of the United States orders otherwise. At four oclock p. m., of May 9,1 reached Manchester, on the James River,opposite Richmond, and found that all the four corps had arrived from 656 LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF GENERAL GENERAL SHERMANS FAREWELL ADDRESS TO HIS FIELD ORDERS-—NO. 76. The general commanding announces to the Armies of Tennessee andGeorgia, that the time has come for us to part. Our work is done, andarmed enemies no longer defy us. Some of you will be retained in serviceuntil further orders. And now that we are about to separate, to minglewith the civil world, it becomes a pleasing duty to recall to mind the situ-ation of national affairs, when, but little more than a year ago, we weregathered about the twining cliffs of Lookout Mountain, and all the futurewas wrapped in doubt and uncertainty. Three armies had come togetherfrom distant fields, with separate histories, yet bound by one commoncause—the union of our country and the perpetuation of the Governmentof our inheritance. There is no need to recall to your memories TunnelHill, with its Rocky Face Mountain, and Buzzard Roos
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