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Johnson, Joseph E., 1807-1891 [Draft of the surrender agreement between Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00689 Author/Creator: Johnson, Joseph E., 1807-1891 Place Written: Durham Station, North Carolina Type: Manuscript document Date: 18 April 1865 Pagination: 3 p. ; 32 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Copy made, certified, and signed by Colonel Alexander Robert Chisolm, Confederate General Pierre T. Beauregard's aide-de-camp. Details the terms of the surrender of the Army of Tennessee.

Chisolm, Alexander Robert, fl. 1865
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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