, 1881-06-05
CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY JUNE s. ss1wENrY pAGFs


suit should become necessary by the failure o1
me attou1pt to open neRoriations for an honor.
aole peace" had never contemplated sur
!h render, except upon such terms as belligeFent
might clAim, as long as We were able to keep the
held. mo never expected Confederate army te
while it able either to fght or to
It was impossible FOR him to do elther one or the
other, and bad proudly rejected Grants demand
II the face of overwhelming numbers. until be
1ounu n1nselt surrounded and his line Of re-
Iroae blocked bya force much larger taan his
Although he consented that Gen. Johnston
might apply to Gen: Sherman for an arms.
tice, the author insists that he. had little Hope
ANYTHING could be accomplished BY it He
says: = =. -
The opinion entertained IN regard to Presi-
Ment Johnson and bis vcnomqus Secretary of
| t1ey would be less vindiotive after surrender
OF our army had been proposed than when it
5 ea e1 sera1 hops
others entertained that rhe existing war was
ABOUT assaa to o. be peacefully tsrninated was soon
! nent on the part of the Government Of the
unlted states, and notice from Gen. Sherman
&c Of re sfmss IN
| deu. Johnston communicated to me tho sub
STANCE Of the above information received by
him from Gen. Sherman, and asked for instruc-
tons. ! have neither his Telegram nor NY re-
Ply, but can give 1t substantially from memory.
It was that he should retire with his cavalry and
as many infantry MS could be mounted upon
draft horses. and sotne light artillery, the rest
| Of the infantry to be dsbanded and place of
say anything Of the route, as that had been pre.
viously agreed on and supplies placed on it for
bis retreatlr9 army. This order was dIsobeyed,
and he sought another interview with Sherman,
| to renew his attempt to reuch an agreement for
q termination OF hostltttes.
JonNsToN's SURRENDER
Tic end was soon reached, as described In
the following:
On tho ;5sth, the day On which the ormistice
Terminated, Gen. Johnston again met Gen.
been maize with Gen. Lee, and he says, Gen.
executed the following" Which was the surrene M
OF their being paroled and the officers being per-,
mttted to retain their sidearms, private horses.
Il is true that these were the terms accepted
by Lee. but the condition OF the two armies was
very different. Lees supplies had been cut OF,
be had in vsw anq Motwth
standing the Immense superiority In numbers
and equipments Of the enemy pursuing. he had
from poilt to point fought them in rear and on
both tanks, and had, the day before hta line OF
retreat was closed. rejected the demand for sur
render, and only yielded to it after his starving
little army had been surrounded by masses
thronRh which he tried to. but could not, cut
Johnston9 limo Of retreat was omen, and sup
plies had been placed upon it. His cavalry was
superior to that OF the enemy. Us had been
And Forrest, and Taylor still had armies in the
lected around them the nen who Ind lott john:
surrender, as well as those who. under similar
circumstances, had left Ice. The show Of con-
tinued resistance, then beliefcd as still do,
would have overcome the depression which was
spreading like a starless night over the country,
and A tnat tle exhibition Of determination not
enemy which had for four years been striving
to sub1usate the States would have led the United
o.atGs authorities to do as Mr.. Lincoln had indi-
Gated: give any terms which might be found
war.
Had Geo: Johptton obeyed the order sent to
@ eeted G hSd Sis The rsae
Of the infantry as e1atI T. be. o. 1nnuated, and the
fy s. ee m
wou Il xbe ts
tween us and the Mississippi River. e,,..,
Had the cavalry with which I left Chelotte |
spre eGS hope Tor tno futile, iastead Of 6eiudis
| couragcd by the surrender in their fea it
would probably hnye gone OF, ana, wnGn Ta .nrd Inrd
| Alabanu and Mississippi, have consitittteg =,
army large enough to attract stragglers end r.
| worst view Of tho case It should have been able
to cross the trans Mississippi DeparLmehs, @ aMu
there. uniting with the armies OF =. r. 3.ut 3 ~
and MaKrudar to form an army. which, ln 1: iuo
portion o that country nboundlnx in aa,,a s1apples
and deficient in rivers and railroads. cou!u nyo -
continued the War until our se,,id T. oceor
ance with his repeated declaraton nare m ~.
on the basis Of IL return to tho Union. 20 @ &C.
hn9WledEs 4 t9e ae.ssss or aust treat,io
/ guarantee security Of person and properly
J.: The last. battle Of the War is thus de-
spibed:.s -'-
IN May II, after the last army east Of the
Mississippi had surrendered, but before hirby
SmiM had ontcrcd into FERNS, the enemy sent
m espcdttion from the brazos Santiago against
| u littls Confederate encampment some 1ttcen
boy + Tno te p seere Mas he frts
victory they remained so long collecting the
| pluuder that Gen. J. f. Slaughter heard OF tho
VIE Ii cons'ierabe loss, sustaining very little in
Jury to hiss command. This was, believe, the
last armed Conflict of tho War. and. though very
small in comparison to its great battles, 1t de-
| serves notice US having closed the long struggle
as it opeuod-with Confederate victory
THE. CAPTURE or DAVIS.
The account Of the fleeinef'resf1ent's capt
ure has been told iii his oxn words, rs fol-
| lows:
After short time was nailed by voice
which l recognized ns that Of NY private sec
| rctury. who Informed me thai the mArAudefs
| had been hanging around the camp. and that ne
and others were on post around itand were eS
| peCtuE an assault as 3oOn AIS LUG lnuoH "ct1
! down "A silly story had got abroad that It
| was treasure train, and duri sdcrG James hau
probably instigated these marauders, as It
subsequently stimulated Cen j. H. Wilson a,,,1s to
send out large force to capture the same train
For the projection Of my family travelled with
them two or three days. when, believing that
they had passed out of tho region Of marauders,
/ determined to leave their eneampment nl
nightfall to execute my original purpose NY
| horse and those Ut my party proper were sad
died preparatory to q start when one OF u, NY
| stan, who had ridden into the neighdoring vi,
laEr, returned and told me that he had heard
tna1 marauding party intended 10 attack !, inc
enough to see whether there was any truth III
taitcd in 4 few hours; aly horse remained sud-
died and my pistols in tho holsters, and lay
down. fully dressed, to rest. Nothing occurred
to rouso me until Just before dawn, when ny 1ny
| coach,nau, free colorea man, WHO faithfully
clung to our fortunes, came and told me there
was firing over the branch, Just behind our en- en-,
cumpment. stepped out Of my wife.s tent ma
saw some horsemen, whom | Immediately y rec &C
oRnizcd ns cavalry, deployiuE around tho en-
cnmprnent. / turned back aud told my wife
these were not the expected narauders@; @ put reg -
ular troopers She imp1ored me to leave her
ut once. hcsitatcd, from unWilltngnesy 10 10