The times., 1898-10-09
NOTABLE SURRENDERS.
Instances Where Armies Have Laid
Down Their Guns
(F'rom the Philadelphia Inquirer)

Down Their Guns.
(From the Philadelphia Inquirer)
Seldom has there been as large an army
surrendered upon this continent as the
Spanish force in eastern Cuba. Fortified
posts defended by detachment of an
army often are compelled TO yield but
when whole armies give up at the begin
ming the end is in sight. The Civil War.
which opened with a surrender, that of
Fort Sumter, closed with the surrender of
half dozen Confederate armies, in the
same month four years later The first
surrender of the Confederates in the war
which stirred the North was that OF
Buckner at Fort Donelson TO Grant on
February is, 1862. Here 12,e00 men were
given UP. This victory gave rise to the
famous unconditional surrender mes
sage of Grant to Buckner, which South
ern historians. even to this day. call
''unchivalric." Then came in April the
surrender of Forts jackson and st. Philip
and the consequent surrender of New
Orleans. A rather notable surrender in
the Fall of that year was that of Har-
per's Ferry by Col Miles in command of
the Union forces. Miles made only a
half-hearted defense. but he was mortally
wounded. He gave up over 10000 men.
Pemberton surrendered his 30,000 men
at Vicksburg on July 4, 1868, and Port
Hudson followed four days later
1864, and Sherman sent a dispatch to
President Lincoln Offering the city as a
Christmas present, an idea which was
followed by Admiral Sampson in an
nouncing to President Mckinley the de-
feat Of Ceryera.
The war was brought TO an end by the
surrender of Lee at AppomattOx Court
house on April g. 1865. Twenty-six thou
sand men laid down their arms. This
was soon followed by the surrender OF
Johnston with q. 924 men, Taylor with TO-
900. Jeff Thompson with 7,i54 and Kirby
Smith with 2e.00G. The total number OF
Confederates surrendering at this time
was 95.37S.
The Mexican war was marked by the
surrender Of no large armies. Ampudia
gave up Monterey in September, 1876.
Tampico surrendered TO Capt COnDor, Of
the navy, In November. 1917. The castle
of San Juan de Ulioa, which defended
Santa Cruz surrendered to Scott and
Connor March g. 1Si7. At this time 5.0G9
prisoners and 500 cannon were taken by
our army. The City OF Mexico. having
been evacuated by Santa Anna. Was oe-
cupied by the American troops September
Il, 1871.
The Mexican war was preceded by the
| Texan war for Independence. in the
course of which the Alamo at BeXar,
garrisoned by Texans, was surrendered
TO Santa Anna No sooner had the Amer
leans laid down their arms than they
were murdered by the treacherous Mex
leans of Spanish descent.
Our war of lsl2 was marked by two no.
table surrenders. one of which was not at
all 10 our credit This latter one was
I Hulrs surrender of Detroit and with it
I all of Michigan territory. Hulls soldiers
were hot with Indignation, as they were
anxious to fight and did not get the
/ chance. Hull was exchanged later for
thirty British soldiers and was tried 10y
court-martial for treason and cowa-dlee
T He was acquitted OF the charge of treason,
4 but was convicted OF cowardice and sen
( fenced 10 be shot. but was pardoced by
1 the President
! The surrender of Barclays ileet on Lak=
/ Erie TO Perry partly atoned for Hull 5
] deed and gave the Americans q cnancs 10
get back what they had lost throlGh HUI.
/ Perry's message 10 the President. I'VE
/ have met the enemy and he IS ours, Is
/ classic among military dispatches
There were two famous surrenders of
/ armies in the revolution, one il tie mi
/ die of the war and one at the end al
Saratoga, on October H. III. Burso'!-ne
surrendered to Gates $500 men, $50 MUS
kets and large quantity of ammunition
/ and cannon. He had begun his invasion
/ of the colonies from Canada in June, in
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| arate New England from New York
On October 10, I7S1. Cornwallis SIrren-
dered 700 men 10 Washington. which
ended the war The ships and l9gO sea-
men were turned over to the French.
There was a surrender in this war
which is fit to be ranked with the Alamo
and Fort Pillow. Fort Griswoid, defen1-
ing New London Conn. was surrendered
TO Arnold. the traitor. by Col Ledyard-
The commandant and his sixty men were
I put TO the sword after they had given up
their arms This was in September, ISL
The raid on the New England coast had
been undertaken by the British with the
hope of diverting Washington 5 attention
from CORVALLIS
Even the great Washington vas forced
TO surrender once, though not ID -iIis war.
II was in the French and Indian war and
Washington was commandant at Fort
Necessity. Washingtons forces had shed
the first blood of the war, having de-
feated Jumuonville at Great Meadows
forty-five miles from Fort Duquesne
Two months later Washington himself
was defeated by De Villiers at Fort Ne
cessity. which he had built at Great
Meadows. At the end of ten hours hard
fighting Washington yielded upon condl
ton that his troops should get the hon
| ors of war.