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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 129 (search)
on Henderson Ira R. Wills Henry Chas. Durham Henry Morrison Francis Henry J. B. Carpenter Henry J. Osborn Jackson G. W. Jeffries Jasper G. H. Varnell Jefferson Wm. Dodds Jefferson J. M. Pace Jefferson James Sample Jersey O. W. Powell Jersey M. Y. Johnson Jo. Daviess David Sheen Jo. Daviess M. Simmons Jo. Daviess Louis Shister Jo. Daviess Thomas McKee Knox J. F. Worrell McLean E. D. Wright Menard Edward Lanning Menard Robert Halloway Mercer Robt. Davis Montgomery Thos. Grey Montgomery W. J. Latham Morgan J. O. S. Hays Morgan J. W. McMillen Morgan D. Patterson Moultrie Dr. Keller Moultrie G. D. Read Ogle W. W. O'Brien Peoria Peter Sweat Peoria Jacob Gale Peoria P. W. Dunne Peoria John Butler Peoria John Francis Peoria Wm. S. Moore Christian B. S. Morris Cook W. C. Wilson Crawford L. W. Odell Crawford Dickins Cumberland J. C. Armstrong Dewitt C. H. Palmer Dewitt B.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 156 (search)
contrary to the usages of war. General Wilson, not being at hand when the surrender was made, when the case was reported to him, with admirable good judgment, declined to recognize the validity of the claim asserted, as the city had been taken possession of by one of his subordinates before he (General Wilson) could be advised of the existence of an armistice, and he therefore held as prisoners of war Major-Generals Howell Cobb and G. W. Smith, and Brigadier-Generals Mackall, Robertson, and Mercer. On the twenty-first, General Wilson was notified by General Sherman, from Raleigh, North Carolina, over the enemy's telegraph wires, and through the headquarters of General Joseph Johnston, that the reported armistice was a reality, and that he was to cease further operations. To return to General Stoneman's expedition from East Tennessee. Owing to the difficulty of procuring animals for his command, and the bad condition of the roads, General Stoneman was only enabled to start from Kn
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 206 (search)
I placed patrols on duty at once, and camped the regiment on the Court-house square and adjoining street. We captured in the city and in the works Major-General Howell Cobb, Brigadier-General Gus Smith, Brigadier-General Mackall, and Brigadier-General Mercer, three thousand five hundred prisoners, including over three hundred officers of all grades below Brigadier-General, five stand of colors, about sixty pieces of artillery of all calibres, and about three thousand stand of arms. There o send an officer at once, via Eufala, to General Canby, with a copy of your despatch. General Cobb will also notify General Taylor of the armistice. I have about three thousand (3,000) prisoners of war, including Generals Cobb, Smith, Mackall, Mercer, and Robertson. Can't you arrange with General Johnston for their immediate release? Please answer at once. I shall start a staff officer to you to-morrow. J. H. Wilson, Brevet Major-General. [By telegraph.] headquarters cavalry corps, M.