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Tag Archives: surrender
26 April 1865: “Conference between General Sherman and General Johnston”
Item Description: An image published in Harper’s Weekly Newspaper depicting General Johnston and General Sherman meeting to negotiate terms of surrender. Jefferson Davis had ordered Johnston to continue fighting, but Johnston had heard about the General Lee’s surrender and recognized the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bennett Place, Civil War, General Sherman, Johnston's sur, surrender
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20 April 1865: “I used to dream about peace – to pray for it – but this is worse than war.”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 20 April by Emma LeConte. LeConte lived in Columbia, South Carolina and was the daughter of the scientist Joseph LeConte. She expresses her anguish over the defeat of the Confederate Army. Item Citation: Folder 1, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged diary, Emma LeConte, Emma LeConte Diary, surrender
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19 April 1865: “By accepting the terms proposed, you will preserve Western Louisiana and Texas from the devastation and misery which have been the lot of nearly every Southern State”
Item Description: This is a copy of an official communication regarding negotiations between Grant and General Lee to the confederate army in Missouri. The communication asks for surrender to the terms made by the representing U.S. military official. Item Citation: From … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Civil War, General Grant, General John Pope, General Lee, Kirby Smith, Missouri, surrender, Trans Mississippi
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17 April 1865: “we were aroused by the report that General Johnson had surrendered his army to Sherman and you can have no idea of the excitement that reigned around the city at the announcement as it is surrounded by our army.”
Item Description: Letter from George Washington Baker to his mother from Raleigh, NC. He writes about General Johnston’s (who he refers to as Johnson) surrender to General Sherman. He talks about the feeling amongst the Union soldiers and in the … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 123rd New York Volunteers, assassination of Lincoln, Copperheads, George Washington Baker, Johnston's surrender, Raleigh N.C., surrender
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11 April 1865: “your favor to its defenseless inhabitants generally”
Item Description: Letter dated 11 April 1865 from Zebulon B. Vance to General William T. Sherman authorizing the surrender of Raleigh. He requests protection for many vulnerable entities of the city. Item Citation: Folder 2, Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers, #683, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, Raleigh, Raleigh N.C., surrender, Zebulon Vance
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10 April 1865: “the conviction had become established in the minds of a large majority of our best officers, + men that the army in its extremely reduced state could not be extricated from its perilous condition”
Item description: Three items from the day after the surrender at Appomattox Court House. The first is a paroled prisoner’s pass. Upon surrender, Confederate soldiers received paroles allowing them to return home without fear of arrest as long as they did … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Court House, artillery, Civil War, E.P. Alexander, Paroled Prisoner's Pass, Robert E. Lee, surrender, W.D. Alexander, W.N. Pendleton
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9 April 1865: “I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of N. Va on the following terms”
Item Description: Letter from General Ulysses S. Grant to Robert E. Lee laying out the terms of surrender for the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House. Item Citation: Folder 22b, in the Edward Porter Alexander Papers, #7, Southern … Continue reading
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Tagged Appomattox Court House, Army of Northern Virginia, Civil War, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, surrender, Virginia
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