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ARMY OPERATIONS. 



Johnston's command to cease from this date. All 

 arms and public property to be deposited at Greeiis- 

 boro, and delivered to an ordnance officer of the 

 U nited States Army. Rolls of all the officers and men 

 to be made in duplicate, one copy to be retained by 

 the commander of the troops ; and the other to be 

 given to an officer to be designated by Gen. Sher- 

 man. Each officer and man to give his individual 



leased from this obligatic 



and their private horses and baggage to be retained 



by them. 



This being done, all the officers and men will be 

 permitted to return to their homes, not to be dis- 

 turbed by the United States authorities so long as 

 they observe their obligation and the laws in force 

 where they may reside. 



W; T. SHERMAN, Major-General, 

 Commanding U. S. Forces in North Carolina. 



J. E. JOHNSTON, General, 

 Commanding C. S. Forces in North Carolina. 

 Approved : U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-General. 

 EALMOH, N. C., April 26, 1865. 



On the next day Gen. Sherman issued the 

 following order: 



Special Field Orders No. 65. 

 HEADQ'KS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, I 

 IN THE FIELD, RALEIOH, N. C., April 27, 1665. f 



The General Commanding announces a further 

 suspension of hostilities and a final agreement with 

 Gen. Johnston, which terminates the war as to the 

 armies under his command and the country east of 

 the Cbattahooche. 



Copies of the terms of the convention will be fur- 

 nished Major-Gens. Schofield, Gillmore, and Wilson, 

 who are specially charged with its execution in the 

 Department of North Carolina, Department of the 

 South, and at Macon and Western Georgia. 



Capt. Myers, Ordnance Department U. S. army, 

 is hereby designated to receive the arms, etc., at 

 Greensboro. Any commanding officer of a post may 

 receive the arms of any detachment, and see that they 

 are properly stored and accounted for. 



Gen. Schofield will procure at once the necessary 

 blanks, and supply the other Army Commanders, 

 that uniformity may prevail, and great care must be 

 taken that all the terms and stipulations on our part 

 be fulfilled with the most scrupulous fidelity, wliile 

 those imposed on our hitherto enemies be received 

 in a spirit becoming a brave and generous army. 



Army commanders may at once loan to the inhab- 

 itants such of the captured mules, horses, wagons, 

 and vehicles as can be spared from immediate use, 

 and the Commanding Generals of Armies may issue 

 provisions, animals, or any public supplies that can 

 be spared to relieve present wants, and to encourage 

 the inhabitants to renew their peaceful pursuits, and 

 to restore the relations of friendship among our fel- 

 low-citizejis and countrymen. 



Foraging will forthwith cease, and when necessity 

 or long marches compel the taking of forage, pro- 

 visions, or any kind of private property, compensa- 

 tion will be made on the spot : or, when the disburs- 

 ing officers are not provideu with funds, vouchers 

 will be given in proper form, payable at the nearest 

 military depot. 



By order of Major-Gen. W. T. SHERMAN. 



L. M. DAJTON, Ass't Adjutant-General. 



Special Field Orders No. 66. 



:s nuving ceaseu, tne lonowing cnaogM 

 and dispositions of troops in the field will be made 

 with as little delay as practicable : 



1. The 10th and 23d corps will remain in the De- 

 partment of North Carolina, and Major-Gen. J. M. 

 Schofield will transfer back to Major-Gen. Gillmore, 



commanding the Department of the South, the two 

 brigades formerly belonging to the division of Brevet 

 Major-Gen. Grover, at Savannah. The 3d division 

 cavalry corps, Brevet Major-Gen. J. Kilpatrick com- 

 manding, is hereby transferred to the Department ot 

 North Carolina, and Gen. Kilpatrick will report in 

 person to Major-Gen. Schofield for orders. 



2. The cavalry command of Maj.-Gen. George 

 Stoneman will return to East Tennessee, and that of 

 Brevet Major-Gen. J. H. Wilson will be conducted 

 back to the Tennessee River, injthe neighborhood ol 

 Decatur, Alabama. 



3. Major-Gen. Howard will conduct the Army of 

 the Tennessee to Richmond, Virginia, following roads 

 substantially by Lewisburg, \V arrenton, Lawrence- 

 ville, and Petersburg, or to the right of that line. 

 Major-Gen. SJocum will conduct the Army of Georgia 

 to Richmond by roads to the left of the one indicafed 

 for Gen. Howard, viz., by Oxford, Boydtown, and 

 Notto_way Court House. These armies will turn in 

 at this point the contents of their ordnance trains 

 and use the wagons for extra forage and provisions. 

 These columns will be conducted slowly and in the 

 best of order, and will aim to be at Richmond ready 

 to resume the march by the middle of May. 



4. The Chief Quartermaster and Commissary of the 

 Military Division, Gens. Easton and Beckwith, after 

 making the proper dispositions of their departments 

 here, will proceed to Richmond and make suitable 

 preparations to receive those columns and to provide 

 them for the further journey. 



By order of Major-Gen. W. T. SHERMAN. 

 L. M. DATTOX, Ass't Adjutant-General. 



On the same day Gen. Johnston issned the 

 following notice of surrender to his troops : 



General Orders No. 18. 

 HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, ) 

 April 21, 1865. f 



By the terms of a military convention made on the 

 26th instant, by Major-Gen. W. T. Sherman, United 

 States Army, and Gen. J. E. Johnston, Confederate 

 States Army, the officers and men of this army are to 

 bind themselves .not to take np arms against the 

 United States until properly relieved from the obli- 

 gation, and shall receive guarantees from the United 

 States officers against molestation by the United 

 States authorities, so long as they observe that obli- 

 gation and the laws in force where they reside. For 

 these objects duplicate muster-rolls will be made, 

 and after the distribution of the necessary papers 

 the troops will march under their officers to their 

 respective States, and there be disbanded all re- 

 taining personal property. The object of this con- 

 vention is pacification to the extent of the authority 

 of the commanders who made it. Events in Virginia, 

 which broke every hope of success by war, imposed 

 on its general the duty of sparing the blood of this 

 gallant army, and saving our country from further 

 devastation, and our people from ruin. 



J. E. JOHNSTON, General. 



On the 2d of May he issued the following 

 farewell to his army : 



Orders No 22. 



HEADQUARTERS ABMT OF THE TENNESSEE, ) 

 NEAR GREENSBORO, May 2, 1865. f 

 COMRADES : In terminating our official relations, I 

 expect you to observe the terms of the pacification 

 agreed upon, and to discharge the obligations of good 

 and peaceful citizens to the powers us well as you 

 have performed the duties of soldiers in the field. 

 By such a course you will secure comfort and restore 

 tranquillity to your country. You will return to your 

 homes with the admiration of our people, won by the 

 courage and noble devotion you nave displayed in 

 this long war. I shall always remember with pride 

 the loyal support you have given me. I part from 

 you with regret, and bid you farewell with feelings 



