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Frank Malcom letters, 1865
1865-05-25 Page 03
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pass off to the satisfaction of all. I am told by those who witnessed both reviews that Shermans Army, marched better and was a much finer looking set of men than the Army of the Potomac, - we had all of us Drawn new Clothing & fixed up a little, and I flatter myself that our sunburnt hands & faces did not make an unfavorable comparison with the white Caf Gloves & pale faces of the Army of the Jerries, The Differance in the two Armyes is this, they have remained in Camp & Lived well. we have marched fought & gone Hungry, Ended the war and now they are not willing to admit that we are soldiers, call us Shermas Greasers Slouch Nuts & &c. (& say they ended the war they Took Richmond) when evry sane man Knows that if Sherman had not made his Campaign in the Carolinas that Richmond never would have fallen it was Sherman and Sherriden that did the work with Genl Grant to Advise them. We moved out from Review yesterday afternoon to our present Camp.
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pass off to the satisfaction of all. I am told by those who witnessed both reviews that Shermans Army, marched better and was a much finer looking set of men than the Army of the Potomac, - we had all of us Drawn new Clothing & fixed up a little, and I flatter myself that our sunburnt hands & faces did not make an unfavorable comparison with the white Caf Gloves & pale faces of the Army of the Jerries, The Differance in the two Armyes is this, they have remained in Camp & Lived well. we have marched fought & gone Hungry, Ended the war and now they are not willing to admit that we are soldiers, call us Shermas Greasers Slouch Nuts & &c. (& say they ended the war they Took Richmond) when evry sane man Knows that if Sherman had not made his Campaign in the Carolinas that Richmond never would have fallen it was Sherman and Sherriden that did the work with Genl Grant to Advise them. We moved out from Review yesterday afternoon to our present Camp.
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