The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 6
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6 OPERATIONS IN N. C., 8. C., 8. GA., AND E. FLA. (OCNAP. LI.
and sent out without delay. Send 300 or 400 contrabands to work at
unloading boats and cars.. If the wagon trains are kept moving stead-
ily the army can be refitted before the railroad to Goldsborough can
be used to advantage..
M. C. GARBER,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISsISSIPPI,
In the PField, Goldsborough, T. C., March 24, 1865.
Colonel GARBER,
Quartermaster, Kinsvwton:
Your telegram in reference to forwarding supplies is received, and is
exceedingly satisfactory. Go on as you have, dispatching trains sent
you. More will be sent, which you can load and send out to us. Gangs
of laborers will be sent you by the next train.
The water transportation will be kept in use.
L. M. DAYTON,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldeborough, N C., March 24, 1865.
To His Excellency FREDERICK F. Low,
Governor of California:
DEAR SIR: It gave me great pleasure on my arrival here yesterday
to receive your letter* of January 2, and I shall convey to the army
the thanks of the people of California by the very language in which
you have so well expressed them. I do not believe a body of men ever
existed who were inspired by nobler impulses or a hohlier cause than
they who compose this army, and yet I know that each individual of
it will feel a new pride when he is assured that far off on the golden
coast of the Pacific, hundreds of thousands of our fellow.citizens have
hailed our progress through this land whose inhabitants had well-mnigh
brought our Government to ruin and infamy. I think when the tidings
reach you of our more recent march from Savannah to Goldsborough
you will find it a fit sequel to the Atlanta campaign, and we shall spare
no efforts to make it also the precursor of yet another, which we pray
may be final. Accept my personal thanks, and know that it was in
California we learned the art of making long journeys with safety, to
endure privations with cheerfulness, and to thrive under the most
adverse circumstances, and these have enabled us to make strides in
war which may seem gigantic to the uninitiated. I bid you all to be of
good cheei, for there are plenty of brave men still left who are deter-
mined that the sun, as he daily reviews our continent from the Chesa-
peake to San Francisco Bay, shall see a united people, and not a bundle
of quarreling factions.
1 am, with great respect, your friend and servant
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General, U. 8. Army.
* See Vol. XLIV, p. 17.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/6/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.