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Washington, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
early in the morning of May 4th with a company, which had been detailed as my escort, and rode some miles to a farmhouse, where I halted to get breakfast and have our horses fed. Here I learned that a regiment of the enemy were moving upon Washington, Georgia, which was one of our depots of supplies, and I sent back a courier with a pencil-note addressed to General Vaughn, or the officer commanding the advance, requesting him to come on and join me immediately. After waiting a considerable tiave endured the horrors of reconstruction, who have, under carpetbag rule, borne insult, robbery, and imprisonment without legal warrant, can appreciate the value which would have attached to such limited measure of success. When I left Washington, Georgia, with the small party which has been enumerated, my object was to go to the south far enough to pass below the points reported to be occupied by Federal troops, and then turn to the west, cross the Chattahoochee, and then go on to meet the
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
e of maintaining the independence of the Confederate States—if negotiations for peace must be on thetions between the civil authorities of the United States and those of the Confederacy, believing th. M. St. John, Commissary General of the Confederate States Army, writes: The bureau headquarter not have left their shameful scars on the United States. General Sherman, in his Memoirs, Vo3. The recognition by the Executive of the United States of the several State governments, on theiresty, so far as the Executive power of the United States can command, or on condition of the disband to be a special dread on the part of the United States officials lest they should do something whement on the part of the government of the United States, and a notice from General Sherman of termcepted and subsequently transferred to the United States. After leaving Washington in the mannernston, I told him there was one man in the United States who knew that proclamation to be false. H[5 more...]
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
lay and I were removed to Fortress Monroe, and there incarcerated in separate cells. Not knowing that the government was at war with women and children, I asked that my family might be permitted to leave the ship and go to Richmond or Washington city, or to some place where they had acquaintances, but this was refused. I then requested that they might be permitted to go abroad on one of the vessels lying at the Roads. This was also denied; finally, I was informed that they must return to Savannah on the vessel by which we came. This was an old transport ship, hardly seaworthy. My last attempt was to get for them the privilege of stopping at Charleston, where they had many personal friends. This also was refused—why, I did not then know, have not learned since, and am unwilling to make a supposition, as none could satisfactorily account for such an act of inhumanity. My daily experience as a prisoner shed no softer light on the transaction, but served only to intensify my extreme
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 1.40
w, even went to the extent of expatriating themselves, and joined Maximilian in Mexico. Against no one as much as me did the hostility of our victorious enemy manifest itself, but I was never willing to seek the remedy of exile, and always advised those who consulted me against that resort. The mass of our people could not go; the few who were able to do so were most needed to sustain the others in the hour of a common adversity. The example of Ireland after the Treaty of Limerick, and of Canada after its conquest by Great Britain, were instructive as to the duty of the influential men to remain and share the burden of a common disaster. With General E. K. Smith's surrender the Confederate flag no longer floated on the land; only one gallant sailor still unfurled it on the Pacific. Captain Waddell, commanding the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah, swept the ocean from Australia nearly to Behring's Straits, making many captures in the Okhobak Sea and Arctic Ocean. In August, 1865,
Columbia (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
of the Confederate army, could possibly be privy to acts of assassination, but I would not say as much for Jeff Davis, George Saunders, and men of that stripe. On this I have but two remarks to make: first, that I think there were few officers in the Confederate army who would have permitted such a slanderous imputation to be made by a public enemy against the chief executive of their government; second, that I could not value the good opinion of the man who, in regard to the burning of Columbia, made a false charge against General Wade Hampton, and, having left it to circulate freely for ten years, then in his published memoirs makes this disgraceful admission: In my official report of this conflagration, I distinctly charged it to General Wade Hampton, and confess I did so pointedly, to shake the faith of his people in him. . . . Memorandum, or basis of agreement, made this 18th day of April, A. D. 1865, near Durham Station, and in the State of North Carolina, by and betw
City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
nd those commanded by myself, and will be willing to confer with you to that end. . . . Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Vol. II, pp. 346, 347. In the same volume, at page 327, General Sherman describes an interview with Lincoln, held at City Point on the 27th and 28th of March preceding, in which he says: Mr. Lincoln distinctly authorized me to assure Governor Vance and the people of North Carolina that, as soon as the rebel armies laid down their arms, and resumed their civil pursui brought him a parcel of papers from Reagan, Postmaster General; that Johnston and Breckinridge looked over them, and handed one of them to him, which he found inadmissible, and proceeds: Then, recalling the conversation with Mr. Lincoln at City Point, I sat down at the table and wrote off the terms which I thought concisely expressed his views and wishes. But while these matters were progressing, Lincoln had been assassinated, and a vindictive policy had been substituted for his, which
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
ropriety. He plainly and repeatedly admitted this, and added that any further fighting would be murder; but he thought that, instead of surrendering piecemeal, we might arrange terms that would embrace all the Confederate armies. Sherman further writes that he told Johnston that the terms given to General Lee's army were most generous and liberal which he states Johnston admitted, but always recurred to the idea of a universal surrender, embracing his own army, that of Dick Taylor, in Louisiana and Texas, and of Maury, Forrest, and others, in Alabama and Georgia. Considering the character of the authority cited, and the extraordinary proposition to provide for a universal surrender by a district commander, it may be well supposed to require confirmation. I therefore quote from General Richard Taylor: Destruction and Reconstruction, p. 224. Intelligence of the Johnston-Sherman convention reached us, and Canby and I were requested by the officers making it to conform to its
West Point (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
opened ranks, facing inward, and presented arms. A commodious room was assigned to myself and family. After a while the steward of the hotel called and inquired whether I would dine with General Wilson or have dinner served with myself and family in my room. I chose the latter. After dinner I received a message from General Wilson, asking whether he should wait upon me, or whether I would call upon him. I rose and accompanied the messenger to General Wilson's presence. We had met at West Point when he was a cadet, and I a commissioner sent by the Congress to inquire into the affairs of the Academy. After some conversation in regard to former times and our common acquaintance, he referred to the proclamation offering a reward for my capture. Taking it for granted that any significant remark of mine would be reported to his government, and fearing that I might never have another opportunity to give my opinion to A. Johnston, I told him there was one man in the United States who
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 1.40
eneral Smith's army been reduced when he accepted the terms to which a reference has already been made. This reduction resulted from various causes, but it is believed was mainly due to the reluctance of a large part of his army to accept a parole, preferring to take whatever hazard belonged to absenting themselves without leave and continuing their character of belligerents. A few, but so far as I know very few, even went to the extent of expatriating themselves, and joined Maximilian in Mexico. Against no one as much as me did the hostility of our victorious enemy manifest itself, but I was never willing to seek the remedy of exile, and always advised those who consulted me against that resort. The mass of our people could not go; the few who were able to do so were most needed to sustain the others in the hour of a common adversity. The example of Ireland after the Treaty of Limerick, and of Canada after its conquest by Great Britain, were instructive as to the duty of the inf
Port Royal (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.40
proclamation for the arrest of certain persons charged with complicity in the assassination of Lincoln), General Wheeler, the distinguished cavalry officer, and his adjutant, General Ralls. My private secretary, Burton N. Harrison, had refused to be left behind, and though they would not allow him to go in the carriage with me, he was resolved to follow my fortunes, as well from sentiment as from the hope of being useful. His fidelity was rewarded by a long and rigorous imprisonment. At Port Royal we were transferred to a seagoing vessel, which, instead of being sent to Washington city, was brought to anchor at Hampton Roads. One by one all my companions in misfortune were sent away, we knew not whither, leaving on the vessel only Clay, his wife, me and my family. After some days' detention, Clay and I were removed to Fortress Monroe, and there incarcerated in separate cells. Not knowing that the government was at war with women and children, I asked that my family might be permit
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