, 1881-12-23
Ills Account OF tho Armfstfcc Agreed
upuM by 0cn. Sherman aud
Himself.
Interesting Documents Found in tho Last
Ditoh--Ths Atlanta Gam
paign,


ia q fuct, doubtless publicly Htntca hero for tho
first Tins md given Upon nttlst,utablc author'
ity, TINT President johnson took oarly nppor-
tlinity to assitto Gen. Sherman that lo nnti no
pnrt in issuing the proclamation which,
Sherman thought. o'ons!vcly rc1rtteia tho nKrcc-
lnrnt hc Ind nlndu for the .t,rrcntscr OF ae,s.
Jollnstons army and tho restoration ol peact.
1lD told Gen. Shernsn1l that ht did not ssRn the
proclamation. and knew nuthiu9 OF It until ho
saw 1t III the public rrtnts that til this chac TIM
Secretary vi Wnr t.tti nctca ,llpn bis Individual
nnthortty. The President INSURED him that ho
approved his nctton. rs 1t WIS bnsod upon tho
views expressed by President Lincoln bctore his
death. In tho then excited state or tho publa
1und, he doubticsa thought 1t aM.st not to inter-
1cee with tho unauthorized uet1on OF tho scc,u-
tnry or Wnr. for It would hn.e provoked n con-
1lct tho resuit Of which could hnrslIy have brcn
forG80en.
1tevlcwIng those rccoiections Of tho impos-
taut meeting between tho two Ncnernla vino rpi'-
rescntad tho roulfnbR aetive fnrcts utter don.
f.ec's surrender, recalls worry p!uasnut and III
1tructive conversation | had with Ger. Juhn-
ttun. not long sisEce, whnn he gnvc mo very
FivId nnd striking narrative not only 0f tho
meeting between himself and Con. Sherman,
but Of most Of the exciting md important i'll
rdents which preceded II.
GEN. JoitSsToN's NAlslsATlvE.
~ WINS Ut a point not fhr distant from Column
to,egraphio order frnm tic,l. Lee tn tnke coln-
n,and or tho arhy nennst which UetI. Sherman
wna operating to concentrate It Arl drive Shcr-
1nMn bnois. Tho army wns thsn nIarchinx tn
three columns twd ut which wtr0 further tn tlfu
rear than Shcrmuns centre. oboyed orders No
far ms uniting tho nrny, but. pf CoIrfc, Our
forcc wns not then laruo cNouKh to seriously III
terrupt Qen. Bncsmnna progress. It Is dosbt-
1ul whGthor 1t c0nld have succcakrul!r re-
sisted nny sIuglo Column OF his artily. w
did. however, mnko tho best uso Of what
fnreo We had. As long 1ts u WIS possible
kept ap my communication with ocn. lec; nt,d
tlon. After tho evacuation Of Richmond my
com1ns,nicatio1 with BIN was BROKEN. sooli
Dunyilie, Va. Announcing tic surrender" it
DAwv1LLs, Va, April 10, lsa5.-- Gen. J. T.. John-
dered tho su!nralit Of his army near Appoli4t.
tux Gourt-iiousu YESTERDAY. navo NJ ots'eJal
Waikor Is orilored with forces hero to jnln YOU
VIII have nccd to SEQ you ~ eonior for tntare
notion. -. JKsFEnSON DAVIS.
hncu, JGgclsoH Duyfa, 1,tetlstoi1: Your dispatch
received. Our infantry md arslIlcry will 70 hers
i,oro. The enemy Is beyond Net,se Hlvor IN tho
srscaon at aoltsboro. am "f +, 1ispg'I*sbo
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5hAue " Wow oi tn5 present nusation ot tne coI.
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aa"opI 10 smEnRo syoar @ dorces eeinfo pro!!rt
2.netion, VIII uem MhCF hnu nInGns. auue
iatru 'ntMate hnnW,EnHu ~ tne uMtM aur tae W.
l.uuM o. tne uInDieul 1essIs lnu lfoh making
SPecfhc suggestion oH tuAt I1olMt. >,
JEffElta0N l'AvA.
I.nIet on tne sumo aGy tno inllo~lnH alspatan
"4s fetNveu " toia J1hssI0h: :,
hhEEkshpno. ApF!l !!Lt:H T.; A..-1et. 4. F.
J1utls8n: fouf GasPateh " i:tu p y. roeoited.
oeEIFethly u ~ " nAs nut nsf,EH.l. lu sAVe tlo
that vnn ,,on hosn IN Inn vp.,t g'H, ,vtii i.i.r
tho r;eetlIiI INSTRUCTIONS to your kcSo in com
mard, nuu IL ciryutngtuticcs WarraNt YilsliOitt
tho movement Ul1vvGXoj lu your tlisputuh ur
1::N p. III. for tiltiu, which viii onnbio you tn
cun rlualo q from hers 10 Tint ctlrrr t,r 10 III.
tlfcate thnt tho lina hls boau l,rukol by tho