Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-02-03
NOTED SURRENDERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN a FEATURE OF
ALL GREAT WARS.
The Two Famous ones That oecnrre"
During the RevoIu 70 Even the er'a'
Washington was Re red To surrender
Once some Other Instances.

washington was 70 f'h 4"
Once some other INSTANCES
The surrender OF the Spanish army
under General Toral Al Santiago was
one OF the biggest events Oi me Alhu'
rs regards numbers. that have ever
occurred on this continent small ne
tachments OF troops Coopcd M IN
fortified place are often compelled 10
surrender during war. bul when
whole armies give up the END II gen
orally i'm sight.
There are many famous ~urrrndcrN
I'm our national history. There were
two notable ONES during The revolution
one in the middle of the war Ind one al
the end. AT Saratoga on October H.
l11I. BourgOync surrendered io ''ai'S
COCO men, 1000 musNets and hrg"
quantity OF ammunition and cannon.
lie began his invasion OF The colonies
from Canada in June intending Z" 2"
down the Hudson and separate New
England from New York.
On October 10, 1871, CORVALLIS sur
rendered 1000 men 10 Washington,
which ended the war. The -hip- and
I .5uu Seamcn were turned over to the
French
l'fl' NdN Al. SUI lNAA'A iA AiAA' 49,
which is tit 10 he ranked with the Ala
mo and ort Pillow. Fort GrisWold.
defending New London, Conn. was
surrendered 10 Arnold, Tie traitor by
Colonel Lpdyard. The commandant
and his SHY men were put 10 tbe
sword after they had giNcH Gp thcir
arms This was in September. ltSl
Tie raid on the New England coast
l.. .f-.., q l.. - D
with the hope of diVcrtine Washing
tons attention from ColnWallS
Even the great Washington was
forced 10 surrender once. though not N
this war. II was in the French ami
Indian war and Washington was com
maudaul N Fort Necessity. Ills forces
had shed the first blood of To, war.
having defeated Junouyillc N Great
Meadows forty-liVo miles from Fort
Dudur~nr Two months later Wash
ington himself was defeated by De ii
ierS az Fort Necessity, which hr had
built N Great Meadows Al tie end
of ten hours hard lighting Washing
ton yielded upon condition thar his
troops should gel lhc honorS OF war.
our war of lSl2 was marked 10y TWO
notable surrcnder>, ono Of which W;tS
not al all 10 our credit. This laiteF
one was UulIs surrender of Detroit,
and with il all Of Michg gan territory.
Hull's soldiers were hot with indig
nation. rs they were anxious 10 isht.
and did not get the chance. Hull was
exchanged later for thirty British sol
dicrS and tried by court martial for
treason and coWardiCe. He WAS con
victcd of cOWardiCe and sentenced -
| be shot. but was pardoned BY tha
President
The surrender of Barclays heet on
| lake Erie 10 Perry partly atoned for
| Hull deed and gave the Americans q
! chance 10 get back What they had lost
| through Hun Pcrry's message TO the
president. We have met the enemy,
and they are ours. il classic among
military despaches.
The Mexican was was marked by
the surrender OF no large armies. Am
pudia gave up Monterey in September,
| 1916. TampicO surrendered 10 Captain
| Conner Of The navy. IN November,
lS41.
The Castle OF San Juan de Ulloa, which
| defended Santa Cruz, surrendered TO
| Scott and Common March -. 1917. At
| this Time 1000 prisoners ana 800 can
non were taken by our army The City
OF Mexico. having been evacuated by
! Santa Anna was occupied by the Am
erican troops September If. 1917.
The Mexican war was proceeded by
| the Texan war for independence, in the
course of which the Almo. At BeXar,
1 garrisioncd lay Texans was surrender
/ ed 10 santa Anna. No sooner had the
! Americans laid down their arms than
they were murdered 10y the treacherous
/ Mex leans and those OF Spanish de
/ scent.
The civil war was terminated 10y ,hc
surrender of Lee at AppamatoN Court
House on April ., 1865. Twenty six
thousand meu laid down their arms.
! This was soon followed by the surren-
der OF Johnston. with 29,92l mon; Tay-
/ lor. with 10000: Jef Thompson. with
, 1.A54. and Kirby Smith with 10000.
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