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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Terms of Capitulation of the command of Lieutenant-General Richard Taylor. (search)
Terms of Capitulation of the command of Lieutenant-General Richard Taylor. General order, no. 54: headquarters Department Ala., Miss. And E. La., meridian, Miss., May 6, 1865. I. The surrender of General Lee's army, on the 9th of April, and of General Johnston, on the 26th of April, included all Confederate forces east of the Mississippi, excepting the small army under my command, and virtually ended the war, so far as any promise of ultimate success east of the Mississippi was concerned. With the Mississippi impassable for troops, it was impossible to withdraw towards the west and we could accomplish no good by prolonging a useless struggle here, against overwhelming numbers. Once convinced of these facts, my duty, as Departmental Commander, was to stop the further loss of life and devastation of States already impoverished by war; and, whilst still in my power to do so, make such terms for my troops as would preserve their honor, and best protect them and the peop
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.30 (search)
Hon. R. M. T. Hunter-post-bellum mortality among Confederates. Address delivered before the Confederate Survivors' Association at its Quarterly meeting in Augusta, Ga., Aug. 2d, 1887. By Col. Charles C. Jones, Jr., Ll.D., President of the Association. Comrades,—Since our pleasant reunion on the 26th of April last, five of our companions have joined the legions encamped on the further shore. Robert Wallace, second lieutenant of the Washington Artillery, died on the 10th of May; J. C. Allen private in Company A, Cobb's Legion of Cavalry, on the 28th of the same month; William Delane, private in Company A, Fifth regiment Georgia infantry, on the 9th of June; Charles A. Platt, captain of the same company, on the 21st of July, memorable as the anniversary of the first battle of Manassas, and to-day we receive the afflictive intelligence that our comrade, Theodore D. Caswell, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters, is lying dead in Asheville, North Carolin