AEMY OPERATIONS. 



They will meet your officers at the hour designated, 

 at a point where the flag of truce was received this 

 morning. I will direct that active hostilities shall en- 

 tirely cease on my part until further notice, for the 

 purpose stated. 



Very respectfully, your most obedient servant, 



N. P. BANKS. Maj.-Gen. Commanding. 



The following are the articles of capitulation 

 mutually agreed upon and adopted : 



ART. 1. Maj.-Gen. Frank Gardner surrenders to the 

 United States forces under Maj.-Gen. Banks, the place 

 of Port Hudson and its dependencies, with its garrison 

 armaments, munitions, public funds, and materials of 

 war, in the condition, as nearly as majr be, in which 

 thev were at the hour of cessation of hostilities, namely, 

 6 o'clock A. M., July 8th, 1863. 



ART. 2. The surrender stipulated in article one is 

 qualified by no condition, save that the officers and en- 

 listed men comprising the garrison shall receive the 

 treatment due to prisoners of war, according to the 

 usages of civilized warfare. 



ART. 3. All private property of officers and enlisted 

 men shall be respected, and left to their respective 

 owners. 



ART. 4. The position of Port Hudson shall be oc- 

 cupied to-morrow, at 7 o'clock A. H., by the forces of 

 the United States, and its garrison received as pris- 

 oners of war by such general officers of the United 

 States service as may be designated by Maj.-Gen. 

 Banks, with the ordinary formalities of rendition. The 

 Confederate troops will be drawn up in line, officers in 

 their positions, the right of the line resting on the edge 

 of the prairie south of the railroad depot ; the left ex- 

 tending in the direction of the village of Port Hud- 

 son. The arms and colors will be piled conveniently, 

 and will be received by the officers of the United 

 States. 



ART. 5. The sick and wounded of the garrison will be 

 cared for by the authorities of the United States, as- 

 sisted, if desired by either party, by the medical officers 

 of the garrison. 



CHAS. P. STONE, Brig.-Gen. 



W. N. MILES, Col., commanding the 



Right Wing of the Army. 

 WM. D WIGHT, Brig. Gen. 

 G. W. STEEDMAN, Col., commanding 



Left Wing of the Army. 

 MARSHALL S. SMITH, Lieut.-Col., 



Chief Artillery. 

 HENRY W. BIRGE, Col., commanding 



5th Brigade, Grover's Division. 

 Approved, 



N. P. BANKS, Maj.-Gen. 

 Approved, 



FRANK GARDNER, Maj.-Gen. 



The formal surrender was made on the 9th of 

 July. Gen. Andrews, Chief of Staff of Gen. 

 Banks, with Col. Birge leading his column, fol- 

 lowed by two picked regiments from each divis- 

 ion, with Holcombe's and Rowle's batteries of 

 light artillery, and the gunners of the naval bat- 

 tery, entered the fortifications. The enemy were 

 drawn up in line, with their officers in front of 

 them, on one side of the road, with their backs 

 to the river. The Federal troops were drawn 

 up in two lines on the opposite side of the road, 

 with their officers in front. Gen. Gardner then 

 advanced, and offered to surrender his sword 

 with Port Hudson. In appreciation of his 

 bravery, he was desired to retain it. He then 

 said : " General, I will now formally surrender 

 my command to you, and for that purpose will 

 give the order to ground arms." The order 

 was given, and the arms grounded. The sur- 



render comprised, besides the position, more 

 than 6,233 prisoners, 61 pieces of artillery, 

 two steamers, 4,400 Ibs. of cannon powder, 

 6,000 small arms, and 150.000 rounds of am- 

 munition. The loss of Gen. Banks from the 

 23d to the 30th of May was about one thou- 

 sand. The village of Port Hudson consisted 

 of a few houses and a small church, which 

 had been nearly destroyed by the cannonade. 

 The wounded and sick of the garrison suffered 

 the most from want of medical stores. The 

 provisions of the garrison were nearly exhaust- 

 ed. 



The surrender of Port Hudson enabled Gen. 

 Banks to turn his attention to other points, 

 which had been temporarily and necessarily 

 neglected. His further movements are stated 

 in subsequent pages. 



The opposing armies in Virginia remained 

 quiet, with the exception of one fearful strug- 

 gle, until Vicksburg was hard pressed by Gen. 

 Grant, and the prospect of its relief by Gen. 

 Johnston became very doubtful, when Gen. 

 Lee commenced an advance upon Washington, 

 not only with the hope of producing some di- 

 version in favor of Vicksburg, but especially 

 to make a decisive test of an invasion of the 

 Northern States, and at least secure forage and 

 munitions of war. 



After the battle of Fredericksburg, on the 13th 

 of December, 1862, the Army o'f the Potomac, 

 under Maj.-Gen. Burnside, remained inactive 

 for some weeks. Its position was at Falmouth, 

 opposite Fredericksburg. Indications of some 

 movement, however, were manifest about the 

 16th of January. The roads were dry and hard, 

 and on the night of the 16th, the pontoons were 

 brought up from Belle Plain to Falmouth, and 

 with the utmost secrecy taken near the river 

 some distance above. An order to march had 

 been twice issued and countermanded. On thfi 

 17th it was issued again, requiring each soldier' 

 to have three days' rations and sixty rounds of 

 cartridges. The army at this time was as strong 

 in numbers and material as it had ever been. 

 It was supposed that the forces of Gen. Lee had 

 been somewhat reduced by the withdrawal of 

 small bodies to reenforce other points. His 

 army was composed of eight divisions, com- 

 manded by Gens. A. P. and D. II. Hill, Early, 

 Hood, Walker, Eansom, McLaws, and Ander- 

 son. Each division consisted of four to five 

 brigades, and each brigade had from five to 

 seven regiments. It was the intention of Gen. 

 Burnside to move his army a few miles farther 

 up the Kappahannock, and cross at the fords 

 and make an attack upon the flank of Gen. Leo. 

 On the next day the order was postponed. 

 The enemy in the mean time were on the alert, 

 and expecting an attack at any time. On Tues- 

 day, the 20th, Gens. Hooker and Franklin 

 moved in heavy order, with tents, &c., toward 

 Hartwood Church, which is directly north of 

 the United States ford of the Rappahannock, 

 which is twelve miles above Fredericksburg. 

 Gen. Sigel moved in the afternoon in the same 



