Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-05-01
Surrender Of Mahone's Division
' AppOmatax Court House, Va. Some "Reminiscences of
Surgeon of Mahone's Division.
BY II. A. Minor, N. D.

regiment, Alabama volunteer
Forney's (Wilcox's old brigad
Mahone's (R. H. Anderson's ole
division. consisting of five bri.
AIDES, one each from Virgini,
Georgia, Florida. Alabama an
Mississippi. A. P. Hills CORPS
army of northern Virginia.
Early in the morning of tn
9th of April. 1866, we were halt
ed in an old field about a mil,
from Appomattox CO.. iced t,
tke right, marched i. ....s about
100 yards, halted, stood at ease
Soon afterwards, Fields division
came up, were halted, faced ia
left, marched 100 yards, halted.
stood at ease. We had heard
much Of "the last ditch" Here
it was.
These two divisions contained
more than half of the organized
troops that Gen. Lee then had.
This was the 9th day from the
evacuation of Petersburg. Dur
ing these nine days, we had had
three days. rations. All our bag- I
gage, wagons, ambulances, sur
gica! instruments, supplies and
artillery, etc., had been captured.
AS we had marched the booming
OF cannons. the rattle of musket.
ry had ACCOMPANIED US; behind.
on either side. and before us
But we had kept our alignment
half-naked, hungry and weary
but stern and steady, the men
marched. Up to this time we !
knew nothing of what was in our
render. >
after an phUur Or two. saw y
coming from the court house a
cavalcade, two officers in front. n
|! one wearing the grey, the other o o
tfe blue; about twenty men be- n
hlnd them, one-half blue, one 4
half grey. AS they came up. 7 i
recognized Col. Fairfax of Gen. d d
L7ongstreet's staff. Stepping into r.
;he road, | asked. Colonel. what ~
means this?" The answer was. m n,
Gen: Lee has surrendered to r. f.
Ien: Grant. - | was shocked be- R
'ond expression. The men of our il n
egiment called to me from the tmh fl
me to come to them at once, to 50
ell them what had occurred. / fe
urried to them and told them ~, III
ne news. No word can express ed
ne scene that followed; they had las M
OF thought of surrender, but ra, m
ley stood in line. After a while Ra
ley were allowed to stack arms. an
1T were ordered to remain near nal
le line. A like scene occurred 81; si1I
Fields division across the road. shl l
e camped there until we start
home. We were not allowed Cr,
wander about. There were moi
other troops in sight except a G,
ounted federal videttes all or
ound us, about a mile awav. fed
ley all kept in perfect or 500
r. A federal battery did be- any
I to fire half minute guns, but AS
:er a few minutes these stop terf
!. Now and then a squad of fac
lerals Went by us, but always cam
duty with no stop. AS they Eve
'sed us they saluted us re- and
'ctfully and wondered at the man
y small nu nber /of our men. and
evidence of a disposition to we ,
W over us. w
Altogether, we remained in this arm,
lll-pen" four days. the fed SO 10
Is indulged in no boasts. no rend
lg of guns, no cheers that we whe
rd. Never in all history was sy al
lptured army treated with so soldi
n respect. We were half thus
we'd; SO faint and weary, we out q
e given one days short ra- aImo
$ while there, the federals conf
ing that they themselves had gave
Little food. of o.,
nose "reminiscences that | camp
to lay stress upon are the tents
ner in which the federals re- WACO
ed the surrender of our arms a can
their expressions of admira- third
| will now tell of how our Next
hon's) division surrendered. army
ppose all the rest of our Confe
)s were treated in the same On
ner. had s
the lOtn inst. we were saw
he'd a mile or more, then were
in sight of the United States two b,
:, which we then saw for the that /
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