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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 62: leaving Charlotte.—The rumors of surrender. (search)
g to confer. The treasure trains, without halting, moved on to Washington, Ga. Mr. Armistead Burt and his wife received us in their fine house with a generous, tender welcome, though fully expecting that, for having given us shelter, it would be burnt by the enemy. There we remained for a few days resting, and in painful expectation of worse news, It came, as we feared, all too soon. The following letter was received, and a despatch announcing General Lee's surrender. Augusta, April 21, 1865. Madame: Herewith I send despatch just received, and which I hope will reach you promptly. I send you copy of despatch announcing the suspension of arms. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, A. D. Fry. A specimen of wild rumors is appended to show the cloud that covered us with thick darkness. Cokesbury Depot, Saturday Afternoon, 2.30 o'clock P. M., April 22, 1865. Mrs. Davis. Madame: I have the honor, in compliance with my offer, to writ
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 18.113 (search)
cy would not be well received. The terms were not approved by President Johnson, and General Grant came to Raleigh. A copy of the memorandum of the 18th was sent to General Grant on the 20th. On the 24th Grant reached Sherman's headquarters, bringing the announcement of the Secretary of War that the negotiations were disapproved by President Johnson. Grant's own reply to Sherman was delivered at the same time as follows: headquarters, armies of the United States, Washington, D. C., April 21, 1865. Major-General W. T. Sherman, commanding Military Division of the Mississippi. General: The basis of agreement entered into between yourself and General J. E. Johnston, for the disbandment of the Southern army, and the extension of the authority of the General Government over all the territory belonging to it, sent for the approval of the President, is received. I read it carefully myself before submitting it to the President and Secretary of War, and felt satisfied that it could not p
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 21: closing events of the War.--assassination of the President. (search)
ee days, Colonel Lafayette C. Baker, the Chief Detective of the War Department, who had been at the head of the secret service from the beginning of the struggle, returned to Washington, and skillfully formed a plan for the service of justice in the matter. Men were designated as the accomplices of Booth, now known to have been the assassin of the President, and cavalry and police were sent in pursuit of them. Booth was overtaken in Virginia, below Fredericksburg, concealed in a barn. April 21, 1865. He refused to surrender. The barn was fired, and the assassin was shot by a sergeant named Boston Corbett. Payne, who had attempted to kill Mr. Seward, was soon arrested, with other accomplices of Booth, and some of them, with a woman named Surratt, whose house, in Washington City, appears to have been a place of rendezvous for Booth and his accomplices, were tried, by a military commission, for murder, and hung. July 7. Others were imprisoned. The persons hung were David E. Herro
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 59: (search)
Steamer Cumberland 153,461 29 18,943 50 134,517 79 Key West April 21, 1865 De Soto. Sloop Caroline 306 07 124 23 181 84 do April 21, 18April 21, 1865 Roebuck. Schooner Cora 46,654 97 6 402 57 40,252 40 New Orleans May 9, 1865 Princess Royal. Steamer Chatham 81,684 78 6,636 38 75,0485 Cherokee. Schooner Eliza 5,745 41 666 71 5,078 70 Key West April 21, 1865 Roebuck. Schooner Ezilda 3,415 07 1 255 71 2,159 36 New York April 21, 1865 South Carolina. Brig Eco. 4,281 21 1,039 35 3,246 86 New Orleans Aug. 23, 1865 Gertrude, Princess, Royal, Kanawha, Cayuga. . 22, 1865 Beauregard. Sloop Hancock 239 62 107 57 132 05 do April 21, 1865 Sunflower. Sloop Hope 6,299 47 937 28 5,362 19 do April 21, April 21, 1865 Beauregard. Sloop Henrietta 8,961 96 768 38 8,193 58 do Aug. 25, 1865 Merrimac. Schooner Isabel or W. R. King 4,672 87 480 15 4,192 Schooner Joseph H. Toone 15,606 48 3,490 44 12,116 44 New York April 21, 1865 South Carolina. Schooner Julia 5,468 81 1,215 93 4,252 88 Ne
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 35 (search)
e returned by water to Savannah and there set at liberty. Secretary Reagan--the only person of consequence captured with Davis — was taken to Boston, and confined, with Vice-President Stephens (captured about this time also in Georgia), in Fort Warren; but each was liberated on parole a few months thereafter. The following general order seemed for a time to menace a protracted, though not doubtful, struggle in Texas: headquarters trans-Mississippi Department., Shreveport, La., April 21, 1865. Soldiers of the trans-Mississippi Army: The crisis of our revolution is at hand. Great disaters have overtaken us. The Army of Northern Virginia and our Commander-in-Chief are prisoners of war. With you rest the hopes of our nation, and upon your action depends the fate of our people. I appeal to you in the name of the cause you have so heroically maintained — in the name of your firesides and families, so dear to you — in the name of your bleeding country, whose future is in your <
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 25 (search)
s own army, as well as my answer to Mr. Stanton's letter, of the same date, both written on the supposition that I might have to start suddenly in pursuit of Johnston, and have no other chance to explain. War Department, Washington City, April 21, 1865. Lieutenant-General Grant. General: The memorandum or basis agreed upon between General Sherman and General Johnston having been submitted to the President, they are disapproved. You will give notice of the disapproval to General Sherman,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, Secretary of War. headquarters armies of the United States, Washington, D. C., April 21, 1865. Major-General W. T. Sherman, commanding Military Division of the Mississippi. General: The basis of agreement entered into between yourself and General J. E. Johnston, for the disbandment of the Southern army, and the extension of the aut
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 54: (search)
then go on to meet the forces still supposed to be in the field in Alabama. If, as now seemed probable, there should be no prospect of a successful resistance east of the Mississippi, I intended then to cross to the trans-Mississippi Department, where I believed General E. K. Smith and Magruder would continue to uphold our cause. That I was not mistaken in the character of these men, I extract from the order issued by General E. K. Smith to the soldiers of the trans-Mississippi army on April 21, 1865: Great disasters have overtaken us. The Army of Northern Virginia and our General-in-Chief are prisoners of war. With you rest the hopes of our nation, and upon you depends the fate of our people. . . . Prove to the world that your hearts have not failed in the hour of disaster. . . . Stand by your colors— maintain your discipline. The great resources of this department, its vast extent, the numbers, the discipline, and the efficiency of the army, will secure to our country terms th
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 206 (search)
proof that an armistice had actually been agreed upon: headquarters Greensboro, N. C., April 21, 1865--2 P. M. Major-General Wilson, Commanding Cavalry, Army United States, through Major-General Mil. Div. Miss. headquarters Seventeenth Indiana volunteers, mounted infantry, Macon, Ga., April 21, 1865. Captain — I have the honor to make the following report of this regiment which I commandneral Commanding. headquarters First brigade, Fourth division, C. C., M. D. M., Macon, Ga., April 21, 1865. Major — I have the honor to submit the following report of operations of my command sincjor-General. [Telegram in Cipher.] headquarters cavalry corps, M. D. M., Macon, Georgia, April 21, 1865. Major-General W. T. Sherman, North Carolina: I left Chickasaw with three (3) divisions oson, Brevet Major-General. [Telegram.] headquarters cavalry corps, M. D. M., Macon, Ga., April 21, 1865, 8 P. M. Major-General W. T. Sherman, through General J. E. Johnston: Your despatch of ye
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of Massachusetts officers and soldiers who died of wounds. (search)
th Mass. Inf.,Sept. 17, 1862,Oct. 3, 1862. Kingsbury, Albert M.,22d Mass. Inf.,Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862.Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 31, 1862. Kinsley, Willard C., Capt.,39th Mass. Inf.,Quaker Road, Va., March 31, 1865.Gravelly Run, Va., April 21, 1865. Kirvan, Henry, Sergt.,12th Mass. Inf.,May 5, 1864,Fredericksburg, Va., May 17, 1864. Kitchen, Lindley,38th Mass. Inf.,Opequon Creek, Va., Sept. 19, 1864.Winchester, Va., Sept., 1864. Knapp, Marshall C.,34th Mass. Inf.,– –Winchester, Va., ome S., 1st Sergt.,16th Mass. Inf.,July 2, 1863,Gettysburg, Pa., July 12, 1863. Parker, Rufus A.,2d Mass. Inf.,July 3, 1863,Gettysburg, Pa., July 21, 1863. Parker, Thomas J., 1st Lieut.,28th Mass. Inf.,Before Petersburg, Va., March 28, 1865.April 21, 1865. Parkman, Chauncey, Jr.,1st Mass. H. A.,– –Spotsylvania, Va., May 19, 1864. Parlin, Abel R.,45th Mass. Inf.,– –Kinston, N. C., Dec. 18, 1862. Parmenter, Charles,59th Mass. Inf.,– –May 19, 1865. Parmenter, Edwin L., Sergt.,15th Ma
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Kierstead, Isaac N. (search)
Mass. Inf.,May 6, 1864,Wilderness, Va., June 10, 1864. Kilduff, James,11th Mass. Inf.,– –Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Kilroy, John, Corp.,28th Mass. Inf.,James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862.Hilton Head, S. C., July 14, 1862. Kimball, Charles H.,12th Mass. Inf.,Sept. 17, 1862,Oct. 3, 1862. Kingsbury, Albert M.,22d Mass. Inf.,Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862.Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 31, 1862. Kinsley, Willard C., Capt.,39th Mass. Inf.,Quaker Road, Va., March 31, 1865.Gravelly Run, Va., April 21, 1865. Kirvan, Henry, Sergt.,12th Mass. Inf.,May 5, 1864,Fredericksburg, Va., May 17, 1864. Kitchen, Lindley,38th Mass. Inf.,Opequon Creek, Va., Sept. 19, 1864.Winchester, Va., Sept., 1864. Knapp, Marshall C.,34th Mass. Inf.,– –Winchester, Va., Oct. 15, 1864. Knibbs, Frederick,58th Mass. Inf.,– –Fredericksburg, Va., May 24, 1864. Knowles, Chas. K., 2d Lieut.,22d Mass. Inf.,Gettysburg, Pa.,July 11, 1863. Knowlton, Chauncey C.,22d Mass. Inf.,Near Sharpsburg, Md., Oct. 13, 1862.Sharpsb
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