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June 3rd (search for this): chapter 1.3
disbanded and hastening to their homes. * * * Soldiers, I am left a commander without an army, a general without troops. You have made your choice. It was unwise and unpatriotic, but it is final. You have voluntarily destroyed your organization and thrown away all means of resistance. On June 2d General Smith visited the blockading fleet off Galveston and there ratified with the Federal admiral (Thatcher) the terms of the convention between Canby and Buckner agreed to on May 26th, and three days later Captain Sands landed and hoisted the United States flag over the custom house. Shortly afterwards Federal troops took possession of the place, and on the 19th the Federal general (Gordon Granger) assumed command of the military district of Texas, under the new regime. The dissolution of the Confederate military organization in Texas was followed by an universal feeling of the most intense anxiety and suspense, which increased each day. An outburst of wrath throughout the North
June 19th (search for this): chapter 1.3
roled was for the most part never performed. Few Confederates in Texas were actually surrendered or were ever paroled, though General Granger issued an order on June 19th requiring them to report at certain named places for the purpose of being paroled, and expressing his disapprobation of their having dispersed without attending at that time and the immense area of Texas, it is more than probable that a majority of the late Confederate soldiers in this State never heard of the order. June 19th was a date prolific of orders and proclamations. Beside that relating to the parole of the disbanded Confederates, and one for the liberation of the slaves whic committed by negroes, and the general experience of that time justifies the assertion that in Texas at least they were trustworthy and faithful servants. On June 19th General Granger issued his order of emancipation in pursuance of Lincoln's proclamation. This was expected by most of the people, although a few clung to the th
1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
like a thunderbolt upon the army and the people. A large proportion of the troops of the Trans-Mississippi Department had wintered in Texas after the campaign of 1864, which began victoriously at Mansfield, La., by the utter rout of General N. P. Banks by General Dick Taylor, and ended in a disastrous check at Yellow Bayou, owi could not depend on shoes and homespun clothes sent them from their homes. The blue uniforms taken from the captured trains of General Banks during the spring of 1864 were threadbare, and the Confederate gray issued by the Quartermaster Department to the private soldiers was indeed scant; yet at this time there was being conductDestruction and Reconstruction, (page 197,) says: Upon what foundation the civil authorities of the Confederacy rested their hopes of success after the campaign of 1864 fully opened I am unable to say; but their commanders in the field, whose rank and position enabled them to estimate the situation, fought simply to afford statesm
September, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
ry. General Taylor in his work, Destruction and Reconstruction, (page 197,) says: Upon what foundation the civil authorities of the Confederacy rested their hopes of success after the campaign of 1864 fully opened I am unable to say; but their commanders in the field, whose rank and position enabled them to estimate the situation, fought simply to afford statesmanship an opportunity to mitigate the sorrows of inevitable defeat. Again, in recounting an interview with President Davis in September, 1864, he says (page 206): I did not disguise my conviction that the best we could hope for was to protract the struggle until spring. President Davis not only disagreed with this, but believed the continuance of hostilities feasible up to the moment of his capture. He says in his work (page 696): If, as now seemed probable, (after the fall of Richmond,) there should be no prospect of successful defence, I intended then to cross the Mississippi river, where I believed Generals E. K. Smith a
1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
orts from across the Mississippi, there were other potent causes for demoralization among the ranks. While the commissary was supplied during the early spring of 1865 fairly well with coarse food, the soldiers were poorly clad, at least those who could not depend on shoes and homespun clothes sent them from their homes. The blum from labor, quit work and congregated about the small towns and villages luxuriating in the enjoyment of undisturbed idleness, but as a rule the country negro in 1865 was industrious and peaceful. Not until the Freedman Bureau and carpet-bag element took possession of the State did serious race troubles begin. At military pohe land. In this manner was the enforcement of the law by local authorities resented where it conflicted with the will of the Federal officers. The Summer of 1865. United States troops leisurely took possession of and established posts at the principal points in the State, but the force was wholly insufficient to afford e
May, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
rges to be made against a writer of a desire to keep alive sectional feeling. Trusting, however, to record some of the most memorable events of that period impartially, I offer this, the first of a series of papers, compiled from such authorities as have been accessible to me, (aided by my personal recollections,) being fully aware of their incompleteness and imperfections. Respectfully submitted, John C. Walker. The break-up. If chaos ever reigned in any land it did in Texas from May to August, 1865, following the news of Lee's surrender, which fell like a thunderbolt upon the army and the people. A large proportion of the troops of the Trans-Mississippi Department had wintered in Texas after the campaign of 1864, which began victoriously at Mansfield, La., by the utter rout of General N. P. Banks by General Dick Taylor, and ended in a disastrous check at Yellow Bayou, owing to the greater part of the infantry supporting Taylor having been withdrawn and sent to Arkansas
May 13th, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
ockaded. After the fall of Vicksburg the Mississippi river was patrolled by gunboats so closely that a skiff could hardly cross with safety. Although Lee's surrender took place on April 9th, it was not known anywhere in Texas until late in that month, and the intelligence did not reach many portions of the State until May was well advanced. It is an incident worthy to be remembered that the last gun of the war was fired by a Texan on Texas soil, in an engagement on the Rio Grande, on May 13, 1865, fought near the historic field of Palo Alto, the combatants being ignorant of the stupendous events which had lately occurred. The army and the people of Texas had unbounded faith in General Lee, most of them believing him invincible, and when the news of his surrender was received they were stunned and dazed. Even the few who had the prescience to foresee the end could not realize that it was so near at hand. Although the terrible significance of the surrender of General Lee was un
June 17th, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
World published an elaborate argument against confiscation of Southern property, and other Northern papers quoted and approved its views. Indications of moderation such as these inspired the people of Texas with the hope that the evils they had feared would at least be mitigated, and that civil government under the Constitution would soon be restored. This seemed to be promised by the appointment of Andrew J. Hamilton provisional governor by the proclamation of President Johnson on June 17, 1865. The late Hon. Charles Stewart has described Governor Hamilton as in many respects a remarkable man, and as a man of generous impulses and of extraordinary intellectual power. He was a member of Congress at the time of secession, and being a Union man went north at the beginning of the war and remained there until its close. Among the duties imposed upon him by the President was that of convening a constitutional convention, the proclamation reciting that the delegates were to be cho
July, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
itution would soon be restored. This seemed to be promised by the appointment of Andrew J. Hamilton provisional governor by the proclamation of President Johnson on June 17, 1865. The late Hon. Charles Stewart has described Governor Hamilton as in many respects a remarkable man, and as a man of generous impulses and of extraordinary intellectual power. He was a member of Congress at the time of secession, and being a Union man went north at the beginning of the war and remained there until its close. Among the duties imposed upon him by the President was that of convening a constitutional convention, the proclamation reciting that the delegates were to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the United States, and no other. He reached Texas in July, 1865, and assumed the duties of his office on the 25th of that month. Then really began the period never to be forgotten by those who passed through it known as Reconstruction of the State of Texas.
August, 1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1.3
made against a writer of a desire to keep alive sectional feeling. Trusting, however, to record some of the most memorable events of that period impartially, I offer this, the first of a series of papers, compiled from such authorities as have been accessible to me, (aided by my personal recollections,) being fully aware of their incompleteness and imperfections. Respectfully submitted, John C. Walker. The break-up. If chaos ever reigned in any land it did in Texas from May to August, 1865, following the news of Lee's surrender, which fell like a thunderbolt upon the army and the people. A large proportion of the troops of the Trans-Mississippi Department had wintered in Texas after the campaign of 1864, which began victoriously at Mansfield, La., by the utter rout of General N. P. Banks by General Dick Taylor, and ended in a disastrous check at Yellow Bayou, owing to the greater part of the infantry supporting Taylor having been withdrawn and sent to Arkansas in pursuit
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