The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 - Confederate States of America |
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Acting Assistant Adjutant-General April April 12 April 27 ARCHER ANDERSON Army of Georgia Army of Tennessee artillery battery Berne Brevet Major-General bridge Brig Brigadier-General camp Capt Captain cavalry Charleston Colonel command of Maj Confederate Danville Davis Department of North DEPT dispatch duty enemy Fifteenth Army Corps Fourth Division G. T. BEAUREGARD Goldsborough Greensborough HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS ARMY HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT Hilton Head Infantry J. A. CAMPBELL J. E. JOHNSTON J. M. SCHOFIELD L. M. DAYTON Lieut Lieutenant-General major-general commanding Major-General Schofield March 24 miles MILITARY DIVISION MISSISSIPPI move North Carolina obedient servant OHIO order of Maj Q. A. GILLMORE railroad Raleigh rebel received Regiment respectfully Richmond River road Salisbury Second Division Secretary sent Seventeenth Army Seventeenth Army Corps Smithfield South SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS SPECIAL ORDERS Third Division to-day to-morrow train Twenty-third Army Corps U. S. Colored Troops U. S. GRANT U. S. Volunteers W. T. SHERMAN wagons Washington Wilmington
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Page 140 - ... the officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 140 - I propose to receive the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 821 - The recognition, by the Executive of the United States, of the several State governments, on their officers and Legislatures taking the oaths prescribed by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 607 - In obedience to your country's call you left your homes and families and volunteered in its defense. Victory has crowned your valor and secured the purpose of your patriot hearts, and with the gratitude of your countrymen, and the highest honors a great and free nation can accord, you will soon be permitted to return to your homes and families conscious of having discharged the highest duty of American citizens.
Page 140 - ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. " GENERAL : I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General. "Lieutenant-General US GRANT.
Page 242 - Government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war...
Page 261 - Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. " Meantime, you are to press to the utmost your military advantages. "EDWIN M. STANTON,
Page 207 - I have this moment received your communication of this date. I am fully empowered to arrange with you any terms for the suspension of further hostilities as between the armies commanded by you arid those commanded by myself, and will be willing to confer with you to that end.
Page 140 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 371 - SIR: I have the honor to submit the following as a report of the part that this ship took in the action of the 13th, 14th, and 15th instant.