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Regiment: 6th Wisconsin Infantry
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Historical Figures: Lysander Cutler
Head Quarters 2d Brigade
1st Division 1st A.C.
August 14, 1863
General Order
No 39
Officers and Soldiers of the 2d Brigade:
Having tendered my resignation and the same having
been accepted by the President it becomes my duty
to take leave of you as your Commanding Officer:
In doing so, I have no words of censure or of
mere flattery to address to you: Since I have been
your commander, you have been required to perform
much fatiguing, arduous and dangerous service: The
alacrity and patience with which you have performed
your marches, and your willing submission to a
strict discipline, have met my entire approbation.
The fearful list of killed and wounded, tell how
well you have fought; no words of mine can add
to the eloquence of that record. The cause in which
you are engaged, is one of the holiest which ever
engaged the efforts of man: It is not merely to
crush a wicked and unprovoked rebellion, but to
settle the question for the ages to come, whether man
is capable of self-Government, whether freedom shall
live or be blotted out in this deluge of blood. Falter
not in the path before you, trust in God and the
justice of your cause, and whether you add your
names to the bright galaxy of those who have sealed
with their blood, their devotion to their country, or
live to return to your homes when this unnatural
strife is ended, your names will stand high up;
on the records of your Countrys Glory; which those who
have been the instigators of this unholy war, and their
more despicable sympathizers in the free North, will
be handed down to positively with all the odium which
justly attaches itself to those guilty of the blackest
crimes against humanity.
It is painful to part with those who have
trusted and honored me so much: I do it with feelings
of affectionate regard for you all, and with entire
confidence that no act of yours will sully the good
name you bear, or bring any dishonor to the flag
of your Country.
L Culter
Brig Genl
Hd Qrs 2d Brigade
Aug. 14.1863
Brig Genl Cutler –
Genl Order
No 39
Farwell Address
