. . ehistory of the Shermanbrigade, whose purpose isto present a full, faithfuland true narrative, I am notdisposed to pass oyer theinsubordination thatm m openly mani: ind -^. ~jfj which came 90 near to lent expression, during theearly part of the voyage toNev ins. It was the most exciting occurrencebetween the great jambo-ree in Hast Tennessee andour final discharge. Nodoubt there are some whowill say that our boysought to have cheerfullyobeyed orders, submittedquietly to their hard fate,and gone right along without any fuss. From
. . ehistory of the Shermanbrigade, whose purpose isto present a full, faithfuland true narrative, I am notdisposed to pass oyer theinsubordination thatm m openly mani: ind -^. ~jfj which came 90 near to lent expression, during theearly part of the voyage toNev ins. It was the most exciting occurrencebetween the great jambo-ree in Hast Tennessee andour final discharge. Nodoubt there are some whowill say that our boysought to have cheerfullyobeyed orders, submittedquietly to their hard fate,and gone right along without any fuss. From a strictly militarypoint of view, there can be no doubt of the correctness of thisproposition; to such an argument nothing can be said in to the regulations governing the armies of all civilizednations, under no circumstances is insubordination who seek by such mean-, to redress real or fancied griev-ances are punished by the severest penalties. This is the purelymilitary view of the matter. If considered from any other staud-. DANIEl. IK. CORPORAL, COMPANY C, SIXTY-FIFTH, i865.] THREATS MADK. point, every advantage of the argument was with the all believe that the order demanded of them a sacrifice that as severe and unjust as it was unnecessary. None can blamethem for the rebellious feelings they entertained, and yet itwell for the turbulent ones, and for all concerned, that they didnot carry out the threats which they so freely made. The officersshared, in a great degree, the feelings of the soldiers, but theycould do nothing else than enforce obedience to orders. Hadthey done otherwise, theywould, themselves, havebeen liable to trial by court-martial and the severestpunishment. Under thecircumstances there wasbut one thing to do andthat was to go! They didgo, and scores of the braveveterans of the Fourthcorps, who had beenthrough nearly four yearsof fire and blood and suf-fering, died at New Orleansor on the arid plai
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