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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 112 (search)
hat I am not a friend of the negro as well as the white race; I contend that the treason and rebellion of the master freed the slave, and the armies I have commanded have conducted to safe points more negroes than those of any General officer in the army; but I prefer negroes for pioneers, teamsters, cooks, and servants, others gradually to experiment in the art of the soldier, beginning with the duties of local garrison, such as we had at Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez, Nashville, and Chattanooga; but I would not draw on the poor race for too large a proportion of its active, athletic young men, for some must remain to seek new homes and provide for the old and young — the feeble and helpless. These are some of my peculiar notions, but I assure you they are shared by a large proportion of our fighting men. You may show this to the agents of the other States in the same business as yourself. I am, etc., W. T. Sherman, Major-General. Official copy: L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 117 (search)
blic, and organize at once guards and patrols to carry it into full effect. By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman. L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. headquarters Department and Army of Tennessee, in the field, near New hope Church, June 4, 1864. Tle campaign, covering over one hundred days of actual battle and skirmish. My Aides-de-Camp, Major J. C. McCoy, Captain L. M. Dayton and Captain J. C. Audenried have been ever zealous and most efficient, carrying my orders day and night to distantacks through a difficult country of over a hundred and thirty-eight miles in length, without confusion or trouble. Captain Dayton has also fulfilled the duties of my Adjutant-General, making all orders and carrying on the official correspondence. All the corps, regiments and batteries composing the army may, without further orders, inscribe Atlanta on their colors. By order of Major-General Sherman. L. M. Dayton, Aid-de-Camp. By command of Major-General Thomas. Robert H. Ramsey, A. A. G.