The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-24
THE COxrEuERACy's LAST CAPITAL.
s,ronp. Scenes mt shreveport, La. in
'.# May, 1865. ..
rphilaaelphia Weekly Times.l

Shreveport was the last capital OF the
Confalerate nation. There were assem- ' '
bled. the civil as well as the military
genius Of what was left of the Ioh,tH'e
racy intact. There Sterling Price cashN
To;n REYNOLDS .sthe pretended Gov
arnor of missouri. - and DIR. KavanauEh
called REYNOLDS sta coWardly dead
head" and Reynolds called Price "a
toddv.sippins blustcrer." Kirby Smith
WAS accused Of cottoning to- the enemy,
not !, in the staple and the surrender,
and .,aye over the command OF the
troops to Simon b. Buckner. Buckne'
and Price quietly went OIL To New VT
leans to surrender the department. i"'
lSmith. and Gen. Heron, appointed ny
IC,.n. Canbv To receive that surrender,
hrorpht them both back ON his steam
hoat. and also Major General brent Oh
Narvland. Gen. HerrOn's steamer was /
in the advance, twenty steamers III ;'"'
and as the others were deeply laden
with provisions for the starving reDeis.
} he rode ahead over the low water anu
approached Shreveport on an aitcrhoo'
in May, 1860. The scene on the leSee
was so tumultuOus that even the rebel
commanders shrunk back unwilling to
leave the steamer. They knew that
3, shelby and Others had revolted against
;, surrender, and might attack tins uh-
Q armed lIoat, and their own status Was
uncertain. Shelby was even theh
), drawn up on the prairie west OF ShreVe-,1
i port, earnestly debating an assault on
Heron. Price, Buckner anu breh.
: were well-educatcd, polite men, All "
some Northern affiliations; they uiu
- not 90 ashore until next day. Herrohs $
I nearest steamer which contained troops
was nearly a day behind him. In tins
Uncertainty we ordered the band 10
:. NAV. and drove up to the wharf IN the
view of tull 10000 armed men looking
\. in wonder at those lonely stars ana
stripes, and all jabbering in the wilae't
confusion. .u ..;
~ ~ that ain,t Gen. Heron up there!'
IL Heron went ashore, and this mar
elbowed through the crowd to him
.sGeneral, what does this mean
Have we surrendered :: ,..l
eyes,. said Heron, t'you have sur
%. rendered. I have come up to Parol'
and give you something 10 eat. M!
transports will he here pretty SOON"
of The man jumped upon Daie ol 60!
Ter ton and made q speech "Boys, thi
he is General Heron. You've AL he'f'
of him in these parts. We've surrc'l
1lered! THuzza. Gen. Herron's her
N to issue our paroles and give US trans
ers portation home, and glory be to Goo
re- to give us something to eat. [lmmens
yells and cheers.l l propose thrt
i cheers for Gen. Herron."
NE. That huge concourse OF wild me
swayed and shouted, ana nearly press.
Ia, M Heron Off the whnsf ssrc eA0r.ssei "A ssesJn
their faces. but chiefly gratitude. 10"
- mo down from the steamer, sad II.
apprehensive, and cast anew on y
'ent barren strand of civil life, were u
@ @,.,- brave old veteran OF Mexico, Price, a.
ling Huckuer. the defender of Fort Dona'
If son. whose accomplishments surVlE
- that humiliation. It was the last g
eral scene in the rebellion. Dich
lor had surrendered at Citfoneiie' A'
, of May 4, and Joe Jonhstoli '''o 'u''>
J. dered April 26.
Heron threw himself, with rea
~ diplomacy, upon the confidence anu
opcration of the Confederate line
GERS at Shreveport, and sent 1or seVe
the of them by their soldiers.
Drug 81 am not acquainted here ne s;'
4and would like you to Indicate $.
y able building for my headquar'crs'
They told him to take the oanh'
!, the ,od the way up through the tow
sur | I Z 600 inhabitants, the FaSSeA ls
pro- veterans thronging around and foll'
bank ing. ..o
,nr OF GkNOV. officers, Salu 1AciAoh,
holm each other to protect the pee
n9 n9r and guard these streets. Set your
psos. guards tonight, and let us close
war up cretlitably to both armies. :"
Ia, That night, very late, Heron Iva Wa'
North out and Inspected the town. me
onn%e, mnie rebel soldiery were doing their dut
mt faithfully as if they had been VI
ao-tf regulars. Sleep and security perV;
ali places, though the weary truan'
hundreds were stretched along
;t,"ihs III ny sidewalks and under the trcss, dr'
conn- ing, perhaps, the dronc OF old o
trteen wood sermons which told of {
'eH' nf his %. prodigals, crying: "How many
work. servants of my father have L
t., near enough and to spare, and perish
,c.,1 hunger! 1 will arise and go unit
- father"
Gen. Heron says that the Sout
Union feeling was better ;t tha'
ment than it has ever been since.
began the systematic and long lat
issuing the paroles in duplicate, v
District required the assistance of the Cor
"''o rate captains and adjutants. The
Il Onice tant NIissourians were parolcu flrs
>ifce at sent home in steamboats,. frol
late at farthest points of Texas and ARK
stragglers came in to get the co