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the United States. Duplicate rolls of all officers and 

 men surrendered to be made, one copy of which will 

 be delivered to an officer appointed by Major-General 

 Canby, and the other appointed by Lieut.-Gen. Tay- 

 lor, officers giving their individual paroles, and com- 

 manders of regiments, battalions, companies, or de- 

 tachments signing a like parole for the men of their 

 respective commands. 



2. Artillery, small arms, ammunition, and other 

 property of the Confederate Government, to be turned 

 over to the officers appointed far that purpose on the 

 part of the Government of the United States. Du- 

 plicate inventories of the property surrendered to be 

 prepared, one copy to be retained by the officer de- 

 livering, and the other by the officer receiving it, for 

 the information of their respective commands. 



3. The officers and men paroled under this agree- 

 ment will be allowed to return to their homes, with 

 the assurance that they will not be disturbed by the 

 authorities of the United States as long as they con- 

 tinue to observe the conditions of their paroles and 

 the laws in force where they reside, except that per- 

 sons resident of Northern States will not be allowed 

 to return without permission. 



4. The surrender of property will not include the 

 side-arms, or private horses, or baggage of officers. 



5. All horses which are in good faith the private 

 property of enlisted men will not be taken from 

 them ; the men will be permitted to take such with 

 them to their homes to be used for private purposes 

 only. 



6. The time and place of surrender will be fixed 

 by the respective commanders, and will be carried 

 out by commissioners appointed by them. 



7. The terms and conditions of the surrender to 

 apply to the officers and men belonging to the armies 

 lately commanded by Gens. Lee and Johnston, now 

 in this department. 



8. Transportation and subsistence to be furnished 

 at public cost for the officers and men after surrender 

 to the nearest practicable point of their homes. 



K. TAYLOR, Lieut.-General. 

 E. R. S. CANBY, Maj.-General. 



On. the same day and at the same time and 

 place, Commodore Farrand surrendered to Eear- 

 Admiral Thatcher all the naval forces of the 

 enemy then blockaded on the Tombighee Eiver, 

 on the same terms as were granted by Gen. 

 Canby to Gen. Taylor. The squadron was de- 

 livered up at Nanna Hubba Bluff on May 9th. 

 The following vessels were surrendered : Jeff. 

 Davis, Eobert "Watson, Magnolia, Marengo, St. 

 Charles, Commodore Farrand, General Beaure- 

 gard, Duke, Sumter, St. Nicholas, Reindeer, 

 Admiral. 



Among the officers surrendered were Com- 

 modore Ebenezer Farrand, of Florida ; Commo- 

 dore L. Kousseau, of Louisiana ; Capt. Patrick 

 W. Murphy, of North Carolina ; Commander 

 C. ap. E. Jones, of Virginia ; Lieut. Julten My- 

 ers, of Georgia ; Lieut. James D. Johnston, of 

 Kentucky ; Lieut. Chas. "W. Hays, of Alabama ; 

 Lieut. Charles P. McGary, of North Carolina; 

 Lieut. Eobert T. Chapman, of Alabama ; Lieut. 

 F. B. Eenshaw, of Florida; Lieut. E. Lloyd 

 Winder, of Maryland ; Lieut. John E. Eggle- 

 ston, of Mississippi; Lieut. C. C. Simons, of 

 Virginia ; Lieut. John W. Bennett, of Mary- 

 land ; Lieut. Thomas L. Harrison, of Virginia ; 

 Lieut. Joseph Fry, of Florida ; Lieut. W. P. A. 

 Campbell, of Tennessee ; Lieut. Julian M Spen- 

 cer, of Maryland ; Lieut. James McBaker, Lieut. 

 Edgar L. Lambert, and 110 others. 



The detached forces of the enemy in various 

 places east of the Mississippi were severally 

 surrendered upon the same terms as embraced 

 in those of the commanding officers, and by 

 the middle of the month of May hostilities had 

 ceased everywhere except west of the Missis- 

 sippi Eiver. 



On learning the news of Gen. Lee's surren- 

 der, Gen. Kirby Smith, in command of the en- 

 emy's forces in Texas, issued the following 

 order : 



HEADQUAETEES TBANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, ) 

 SHKEVBPOBT, LA., April 21, 1865. ) 



Soldiers of_ the Trans-Mississippi Army : 



The crisis of our revolution is at hand. Great dis- 

 asters have overtaken us. The Army of Northern 

 Virginia and our Commander-in-Chief are prisoners 

 of war. With you rests the hopes of our nation, and 

 upon your action depends the fate of our people. I 

 appeal to you in the name of the cause you have so 

 heroically maintained in the name of your firesides 

 and families, so dear to you in the name of your 

 bleeding country, whose future is in your ha'nds. 

 Show that you are worthy of your position in history 

 Prove to the world that your hearts have not failed 

 in the hour of disaster, and that at the last moment 

 you will sustain the holy cause which has been so 

 gloriously battled for by your brethren east of the 

 Mississippi. 



You possess the means of long resisting invasion. 

 You have hopes of succor from abroad. Protract 

 the struggle, and you will surely receive the aid of 

 nations who already deeply sympathize with you. 



Stand by your colors maintain your discipline. 

 The great resources of this department, its vast ex- 

 tent, the numbers, the discipline, and the efficiency 

 of the army, will secure to our country terms that a 

 proud people can with honor accept, and mav, under 

 the Providence of God, be the means of checking the 

 triumph of our enemy and securing the final success 

 of our cause. E. KIRBY SMITH, General. 



At the same time public meetings were held 

 in Texas, and resolutions to maintain the con- 

 test were adopted. The Federal Government 

 immediately despatched a large force to New 

 Orleans, under the command of Gen. Sheridan, 

 preparatory to a campaign in Texas. Mean- 

 while, Col. Barret fought the last battle of the 

 war. He had conducted a body of troops, on 

 May llth, from 300 to 500 strong, from Brazos 

 to seize a camp of the enemy about fifteen miles 

 above, on the Brownsville road, at Palmetto 

 Eanch. His object was to secure horses and 

 cattle. The camp of the enemy was captured 

 and burned. But being delayed to secure horses, 

 he was overtaken by a body of cavalry under 

 Gen. Slaughter, with three pieces of artillery. 

 A retreat was made with the enemy in pursuit, 

 and a loss of about seventy-five men ensued, 

 who were chiefly made prisoners, The follow- 

 ing is Gen. Slaughter's report of the affair : 



HEADQTTABTERS "WESTERN SUB-DISTRICT. TEXAS, ) 

 IK THE FIELD, Mav 18, 1865. ) 

 Captain L. G. AldricJi, Assistant Adjutant-General: 

 We attacked the enemy about eight hundred 

 strong this evening at 3 o'clock, and drove him in 

 confusion eight miles, killing and wounding about 

 thirty and capturing eighty prisoners, with many 

 arms and accoutrements. Owing to the scattered 

 condition of the men, a halt was ordered. Captain 

 Carrington's command coming up, he was again at- 

 tacked and driven within one mile of Brazos, when 



