The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-09
NOTABLE sURRENDERs.
Instances Where Great Armies Have
Laid Down Their Arms.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Laid Down Their Arms.
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 beginning the
end is in sight The civil war. which opened
with a surrender, that of Fort Sumter,
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 Donel-
men were given up. This victory gave rise
to the famous unconditional surrender"
message of Grant to Buckner, which South
ern historians, even to this day. call ''un-
chivalric.' Then came in April the surren-
der 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 Harpers Ferry by Colonel
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 10000 men at
Vicksburg on July 4, 1863 and Port Hudson
followed four days later.
savannah surrendered on Dec. a. 1864 and
Sherman sent a dispatch to President Lin
coin offering the city as a Christmas pres
ent, idea which was followed by Adj
miral Sampson in announcing to President
Mckinley the defeat of Cervera.
The war was brought to an end by the
surrender of Lee at APPROXIMATION, Court,
.,
men laid down their arms This was soon
followed by the surrender of Johnson with
1924 men. Taylor with 10000, Jeff Thomp-
son with 7,454 and Kirby Smith with 5000.
The total number of Confederates surren-
dering at this time was 49, 37S.
The Mexican war was marked by the SUR
render of no large armies. Ampudia gave
up Monterey in September. 1876. Tampico
surrendered to Captain Connor,. of the
Juan de Ulloa, which defended Santa Cruz,
surrendered to Scott and Conner, March 81,
1847. AT this time five thousand prisoners
and five hundred cannon were taken by our
| army. The City of Mexico, having been
| evacuated by Santa Anna was occupied by
the American troops Sept. a. 1S47.
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.
| their arms than they were murdered by the
| treacherous Mexicans of Spanish descent.
Our war of 1912 was marked by two not
| able surrenders, one of which was not at all
| to our credit. This latter one was Hull S
surrender of Detroit and with it all of Mich
| gan Territory HulfS soldiers were hot
| with Indignation, they were anxious to
| fight and did not get the chance. Hull was
| exchanged later for thirty British soldiers
and was tried by court-martial for treason
and cowardice. He was acquitted of the
charge Of treason, but was convicted OF
| cowardice and sentenced to be shot, but was
pardoned by the President.
The surrender Of Barclays fleet on Lake
Erie to Perry partly atoned for HulIS deed
| ana gave the Americans a c0dnce TO get
back what they had lost through Hull. Per-
rvs message to the President, I'VE have
met the enemy and they ours" is a
classic among military dispatches
There were two famous surrenders of
armies in the revolution, one in the middle
of the war and one at the end. At Sara
toga on Oct. II, TIT, Burgoyne surrendered
to Gates 5000 men, 5000 muskets and a large
quantity of ammunition and cannon. He
had begun his invasion of the colonies from
Canada in June, intending to go down the
New York.
On Oct. 10, 1884, CORVALLIS surrendered
1000 men to Washington, which ended the
war The ships and LOO Seamen 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 Griswold, defending
Arnold the traitor. by Colonel Ledyard
The commandant and his sixty men were
put to the sword after they had given up
their arms. This was in September. 176l.
The raid on the New England coast had
Eeen undertaken by the British with the
hope of diverting Washington's attention
from Corvallis
Even the great Washington was forced
to surrender once, though not in this war
It was in the French and Indian war, and
Washington was commandant at Fort Ne
cessity. Washington's forces had shed the
first blood of the war. having defeated
Jumonville at Great Meadows, forty-fve
miles from Fort Duquesne. Two months
later Washington himself was defeated by
De Villiers at Fort Necessity, which he had
built az Great Meadows. At the end OF ten
upon condition that his troops should get
he M