. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . e colt turned out to be a female, and DeSaulles is ter-ribly teased, and it is still bearing his name. April 27th: To-day we received the order to surrender, andnow we are prisoners of war. We will start for our homes in aday or two, just as soon as our paroles can be made out. The waris over. In the terms we pledge ourselves to make no more warand remain quietly at home until released. For preservation and theI my old age, I transcribe in mv journal the famous general or-■ <). [8, which is the last 1 am to receive from General JosephE. John
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . e colt turned out to be a female, and DeSaulles is ter-ribly teased, and it is still bearing his name. April 27th: To-day we received the order to surrender, andnow we are prisoners of war. We will start for our homes in aday or two, just as soon as our paroles can be made out. The waris over. In the terms we pledge ourselves to make no more warand remain quietly at home until released. For preservation and theI my old age, I transcribe in mv journal the famous general or-■ <). [8, which is the last 1 am to receive from General JosephE. Johnston, and the last of the organized army of the Confederacy: Law battles oi mi w L65 Headquarters, Army of rennessee, near Greensboro, V C, April27th, 1865. General rder No. the terms oi a military convention made on the 26th Major-General W. T. Sherman, I. S. A., and General J. , C. S. A., the officers oi the arm) ;irr to bind themselves notto take up arms againsl the l Hitcd States until properly relieved. I KILL ANY MAN S HOG THAT BITES ME. from the obligation, and shall receive guarantees from the U. against molestation by the United States authorities so longas they observe that obligation and the laws in force where they re-side. For these objects, duplicate muster rolls will be made im-mediately, anil after the distribution of the necessary , thetroops will march under their officers to their respective States, tobe there disbanded, all retaining their personal property. Theobject of this convention is pacification to the extent of the authorityof the commanders who made it. Events in Virginia, which brokeevery hope of success by war, imposed on its general the duty ofsparing the blood of this gallant army and saving our country fromfurther devastation and our people from ruin. Signed, J. E. Johnston, General; Archer Anderson. lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General; W. D. Gale, Assistant Ad-jutant-General; L
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