2021-05 Raynors HCA Live
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Rare Confederate Document Signed by Lt. Robinson, AAAG to Brigadier General B.D. Fry, 1pp. oblong octavo, Headquarters, Augusta, Georgia, May 2, 1865, being a parole for S.I. Walker, Ramsay's Battery, Mississippi Volunteers, and was issued with no Union officer present. Docketed on verso by Capt Scott 8th Iowa in receipt of the parole on May 10, 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama. Very good condition. After Lee and Johnston capitulated, there were still armed Confederate troops operating in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Indian Territory. At the time of Johnston's surrender, Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor, son of former U.S. President Zachary Taylor, commanded around 10,000 men in the Confederate Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The city of Mobile, Alabama, surrendered to Union forces in mid-April after Union victories at two forts protecting the city. This, along with the news of Johnston's surrender negotiations with Sherman, led Taylor to seek a meeting with his Union counterpart, Maj. Gen. Edward R.S. Canby. The two generals met several miles north of Mobile on May 2. After agreeing to a 48-hour truce, the generals enjoyed an al fresco luncheon of food, drink, and lively music. Canby offered Taylor the same terms agreed upon between Lee and Grant. Taylor accepted the terms and surrendered his command on May 4 at Citronelle, Alabama. After Taylor surrendered, other units followed quickly. The fleeing Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, was finally captured by Union cavalry on May 10, near Irwinville, Georgia. His capture was soon followed by the surrenders of smaller Confederate forces in Florida, Georgia, and northern Arkansas.
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