Showing posts with label Surrender of Kirby Smith. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Diary of 1st Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Saturday, May 27, 1865

At 11. A. M. Lt Cooper rode along line of Brig announcing the rect of telegram announcing the surrender of Kirby Smith, Men cheered lustily & fired a no of mines &c On the lame list again

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923, p. 604