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among the whale-ships on the northwest coast 

 of America. Subsequently her commander, 

 learning the state of affairs, proceeded to Eng- 

 land, and surrendered his vessel to the British 

 Government. 



Mr. Davis, who had acted as President of the 

 insurrectionary States, on the evacuation of 

 Richmond hurried to Danville, Va., and im- 

 mediately issued the following proclamation : 

 DANVILLE, VA., April 5, 1865. 



The General-in-Chief found it necessary to make 

 such movements of his troops as to uncover the capi- 

 tal. It would be unwise to conceal the moral and 

 material injury to our cause resulting from the occu- 

 pation of our capital by the enemy. It is equally un- 

 wise and unworthy of us to allow our energies to 

 falter and our efforts, to become relaxed under ad- 

 verses, however calamitous they may be. 



For many months the largest and finest army of 

 the Confederacy, under command of a leader whose 

 presence inspires equal confidence in the troops and 

 the people, has been greatly trammelled by the neces- 

 sity of keeping constant watch over the approaches 

 to the capital, and has thus been forced to forego 

 more than one opportunity for promising enterprise. 

 It is for us, my countrymen, to show by our bearing 

 under reverses, how wretched has been the self-de- 

 ception of those who have believed us less able to 

 endure misfortunes with fortitude than to encounter 

 dangers with courage. 



We ho.ve now entered upon a new phase of the 

 struggle. Believed from the necessity of guarding 

 particular points, our army will be free to move from 

 point to point to strike the enemy in detail far from 

 his base. Let us but will it and we are free. 



Animated by that confidence in spirit and fortitude 

 which never yet failed me, I announce to you, fellow- 

 countrymen, that it is my purpose to maintain your 

 cause with my whole heart and soul; that I will 

 never consent to abandon to the enemy one foot of 

 the soil of any one of the States of the Confederacy. 

 That Virginia noble State whose ancient renown 

 has been eclipsed by her still more glorious recent 

 history ; whose bosom has been bared to receive the 

 main shock of this war; whose sons and daughters 

 have exhibited heroism so sublime as to render her 

 illustrious in all time to come that Virginia, with 

 the help of the people and by the blessing of Provi- 

 dence, shall be held and defended, and no peace ever 

 be made with the infamous invaders of her terri- 

 tory. 



If by the stress of numbers we should ever be com- 

 pelled to a temporary withdrawal from her limits, 

 or those of any other border State, again and again 

 will-we return, until the baffled and exhausted ene- 

 my shall abandon in despair his endless and impossi- 

 ble task of making slaves of a people resolved to be 

 free. 



Let us, then, not despond, my countrymen ; but, 

 relying on God, meet the foe with fresh defiance and 

 with unconquered and unconquerable hearts. 



JEFFERSON DAVIS. 



Subsequently, on understanding the true state 

 of affairs, he proceeded further south with his 

 family, designing to escape from the country 

 by some port on the seacoast, but was cap- 

 tured at Irwinsville, Wilkinson County, Ga., on 

 May 10th, with his family, his Postmaster-Gen- 

 eral Reagan, his Private Secretary, Harrison, 

 and others, with a train of five wagons and 

 three ambulances. The captors were Lieut.- 

 Ool. Pritchard, of the 4th Michigan cavalry, and 

 a body of his men. They belonged to the corps 

 of Gen. Wilson. Davis was removed to Fort- 



ress Monroe, and retained as a prisoner in close 

 confinement. 



On paroling the. Southern armies the number 

 of men who presented themselves was small. 

 A general consolidation of the remnants of regi- 

 ments and battalions had been made some 

 months previous, and the new regiments con- 

 tained about one-third the original number. 

 The rolls of Gen. Hardee's corps presented the 

 following results : Ten regiments consolidated 

 numbered only 237 men; three regiments, 210; 

 twenty regiments, 627; eleven regiments, 819; 

 five regiments, 456, representing 10,000 men 

 on the original rolls ; one regiment, 201 ; eight 

 regiments, 424, representing 10,000 Texas 

 troops; one regiment, 40 left out of 1,200; re- 

 serve artillery, ten batteries, 560; seven regi-- 

 ments, 419 ; eighteen regiments, 719. 



Single regiments consolidated, and not repre- 

 sented above, showed the following numbers 

 on their rolls: 21, 82, 16, 46, 124, 22, 50, 31, 

 185, 24, 41, 65, 180, 35, 50, 11, 42, 40, 100. 

 Eight companies consolidated amounted to 38 

 men ; five companies, 66 ; ten companies, 82 ; 

 eleven companies, 59 ; ten companies, 65 ; fif- 

 teen companies, 54 ; ten companies, in one case, 

 81 ; in another, 69. 



The number of men surrendered in the dif- 

 ferent armies amounted to 174,223, as follows : 



Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Gen. Lee, 27,805 

 Army of Tennessee, and others, commanded by Gen. 



Joseph E. Johnston 31.243 



Army of Gen. Jeff. Thompson in Missouri 7,978 



Miscellaneous paroles in the Department of Virginia, 9,072 



Paroled at Cumberland, Md., and other stations 9,377 



Paroled by Gen. McCook in Alabama and Florida. . . . 6,428 

 Army of the Department of Alabama, under Lieut. - 



Gen. Taylor 42,293 



Army of the Trans-Mississippi Department, under 



Gen. E. K. Smith ? 17.6S6 



Paroled in the Department of Washington 3,390 



Paroled in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, 



Louisiana, and Texas 13.922 



Surrendered at Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn 5,029 



In addition to those surrendered at the close 

 of the war, there were in the Federal custody, 

 between January 1st and 20th of October of 

 the same year, 98,802 prisoners of war. Of 

 these 1,958 enlisted in the Federal service. 

 After the cessation of hostilities 63,442 were 

 released, and 33,127 were delivered in ex- 

 change. 



It appears by the official reports of March 

 1st, 1865, that the aggregate Federal military 

 force of all arms, officers and men, was 965,591, 

 to wit : 



Available force present for duty 602,593 



On detached service in the different military depart- 

 ments 13-2.5SS 



In field hospitals or unfit for duty a%6-28 



In general hospitals or on sick leave at home 143,419 



Absent on furlough or as prisoners of war 81.695 



Absent without leave 19,6S3 



Grand aggregate 965,591 



This force was augmented on the 1st of May, 

 1865, by enlistments, to the number 1,000,516 

 of all arms, officers and men. The aggregate 

 available force present for duty on the 1st of 

 March was distributed in the different com- 

 mands as follows : 



