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United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ept the Constitution and Government of the United States, and disband our armies by marching the trf this agreement by the authorities of the United States, accept them on the part of the Confederatof establishing a separate government, the United States will receive the several States back into that if this convention be ratified by the United States, the President should, by proclamation, inceptance thereof by the authorities of the United States, a proclamation to the people of the Confef successful resistance to the arms of the United States. The question, therefore, whether the tbe accepted will depend upon whether the Confederate States are in a condition further to prosecute onfronted by one of the best armies of the United States, fifty thousand strong. Manifestly it can of the convention by the Executive of the United States, you issue your proclamation, plainly settd between General J. E. Johnston, of the Confederate States Army, and Major-General W. T. Sherman, o[21 more...]
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
rom citizens well acquainted with public opinion, that the State of North Carolina will not consent to continue the struggle after our armieswal is inevitable if hostilities are resumed. This action of North Carolina would render it impossible for Virginia to maintain her positios of transportation. We have lost possession in Virginia and North Carolina of our chief resources for the supply of powder and lead. Weconquered. Its days are numbered. Virginia is lost to it, and North Carolina must soon follow, and State after State, under the hostile treaGeneral Sherman, commanding the forces of the United States, in North Carolina, should be ratified by you. 2. If so, in what way should it . Observation has satisfied me that the States of Virginia and North Carolina are finally lost to our cause. The people of the latter are uthe greater part of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina, and move almost at will through the other States to the east o
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ia and Alabama without our being able to prevent it by any forces now at our disposal. It is believed that we could not at the present moment gather together an army of thirty thousand men by a concentration of all our forces east of the Mississippi River. Our sea-coast is in possession of the enemy, and we can not obtain arms and munitions — from abroad except in very small quantities and by precarious and uncertain means of transportation. We have lost possession in Virginia and Nortill at command, many are unarmed, and the Ordnance Department can not furnish five thousand stand of small arms. I do not think it would be possible to assemble, equip, and maintain an army of thirty thousand men at any point east of the Mississippi River. The contest, if continued after this paper is rejected, will be likely to lose entirely the dignity of regular warfare, many of the States will make such terms as they may, in others separate and ineffective hostilities may be prosecut
Selma (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
outh, though still holding the fortifications at Mobile, have been unable to prevent the fall of Selma and Montgomery in Alabama, and of Columbus and Macon in Georgia, with their magazines, workshopsest. The enemy are so far superior in numbers that they have occupied within the last few weeks Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, and Macon, and could continue their career of devastation through Georgiass-roads which lead to their homes, together with the recent successes of the enemy, the fall of Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, and Macon, his forces in the field and his vast resources, all dictate thad, and our means of producing them at home, already limited, are daily decreasing. The loss of Selma and of Columbus, where much valuable machinery for the construction of ordnance and ordnance stoost at will through the other States to the east of the Mississippi. They have recently taken Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, Macon, and other important towns, depriving us of large depots of supplie
Mobile, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
erious obstacle to the advance of General Sherman's army. General Johnston is of opinion that the enemy's forces now in the field exceed ours in numbers by probably ten to one. Our forces in the South, though still holding the fortifications at Mobile, have been unable to prevent the fall of Selma and Montgomery in Alabama, and of Columbus and Macon in Georgia, with their magazines, workshops, and stores of supplies. The army west of the Mississippi is unavailable for the arrest of the victarolina would render it impossible for Virginia to maintain her position in the Confederacy, even if her people were unanimous in their desire to continue the contest. In the more southern States we have no army except the forces now defending Mobile and the cavalry under General Forrest. The enemy are so far superior in numbers that they have occupied within the last few weeks Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, and Macon, and could continue their career of devastation through Georgia and Alabama
Macon (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
he fortifications at Mobile, have been unable to prevent the fall of Selma and Montgomery in Alabama, and of Columbus and Macon in Georgia, with their magazines, workshops, and stores of supplies. The army west of the Mississippi is unavailable fe enemy are so far superior in numbers that they have occupied within the last few weeks Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, and Macon, and could continue their career of devastation through Georgia and Alabama without our being able to prevent it by any f which lead to their homes, together with the recent successes of the enemy, the fall of Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, and Macon, his forces in the field and his vast resources, all dictate the admission I have made. I do not believe that by any pat will through the other States to the east of the Mississippi. They have recently taken Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, Macon, and other important towns, depriving us of large depots of supplies and of munitions of war. Of the small force still at
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
d or marched toward their homes, accompanied by many of their officers. Five days ago the effective force, in infantry and artillery, of General Johnston's army was but fourteen thousand seven hundred and seventy men, and it continues to diminish. That officer thinks it wholly impossible for him to make any head against the overwhelming forces of the enemy. Our ports are closed, and the sources of foreign supply lost to us. The enemy occupy all or the greater part of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina, and move almost at will through the other States to the east of the Mississippi. They have recently taken Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, Macon, and other important towns, depriving us of large depots of supplies and of munitions of war. Of the small force still at command, many are unarmed, and the Ordnance Department can not furnish five thousand stand of small arms. I do not think it would be possible to assemble, equip, and maintain an army of thirty t
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
have either disbanded or marched toward their homes, accompanied by many of their officers. Five days ago the effective force, in infantry and artillery, of General Johnston's army was but fourteen thousand seven hundred and seventy men, and it continues to diminish. That officer thinks it wholly impossible for him to make any head against the overwhelming forces of the enemy. Our ports are closed, and the sources of foreign supply lost to us. The enemy occupy all or the greater part of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina, and move almost at will through the other States to the east of the Mississippi. They have recently taken Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, Macon, and other important towns, depriving us of large depots of supplies and of munitions of war. Of the small force still at command, many are unarmed, and the Ordnance Department can not furnish five thousand stand of small arms. I do not think it would be possible to assemble, equip, and maintain
Wade Hampton (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ery thing, and believe that the Confederate armies once dispersed, we can adjust all else fairly and well. It is now known, from documents which might have slept but for General Sherman's revival of this matter, that the members of Jeff. Davis' Cabinet construed the Sherman-Johnston terms exactly as Mr. Stanton and the other members of Lincoln's Cabinet did. It has already been made to appear that Mr. Reagan, the Confederate Postmaster-General; Mr. Breckinridge, Secretary--of War; Wade Hampton, and General Johnston held a consultation at the headquarters of the latter, late at night, after the first conference with General Sherman. Up to that time no draft of terms had been prepared by either side, and Mr. Reagan thereupon drew up outlines, based upon Johnston's conversations with Sherman, and this paper was the next day handed to the latter, and, with it before him, he rote the memorandum, which was afterward signed. This was agreed to, and did not differ in its most importa
Kentucky (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
er disbanded or marched toward their homes, accompanied by many of their officers. Five days ago the effective force, in infantry and artillery, of General Johnston's army was but fourteen thousand seven hundred and seventy men, and it continues to diminish. That officer thinks it wholly impossible for him to make any head against the overwhelming forces of the enemy. Our ports are closed, and the sources of foreign supply lost to us. The enemy occupy all or the greater part of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina, and move almost at will through the other States to the east of the Mississippi. They have recently taken Selma, Montgomery, Columbus, Macon, and other important towns, depriving us of large depots of supplies and of munitions of war. Of the small force still at command, many are unarmed, and the Ordnance Department can not furnish five thousand stand of small arms. I do not think it would be possible to assemble, equip, and maintain an army o
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