Sparrow, Edward (1810-1882) To the people of the State of Louisiana
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.44 Author/Creator: Sparrow, Edward (1810-1882) Place Written: Louisiana Type: Broadside Date: 13 May 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 15.5 cm Order a Copy
Announces that all the Confederate forces in the states east of the Mississippi River have been surrendered to the United States and that the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Richard Taylor are prisoners of war. States that the surrender of the Confederate forces in the states west of the Mississippi River must soon be made. Advises citizens not to form groups of military resistance as it will only result in further devastation.
Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. Johnston surrendered on 26 April 1865. The last significant Confederate force, the Trans-Mississippi Department was surrendered on 26 May 1865 by General Edmund Kirby Smith.
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