Friday, January 30, 2015

Special Orders, No. –, Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865

SPECIAL ORDERS No. –.
HDQRS. ARMY OF NORTHERN VA.,
April 10, 1865.

The following order is published for the information of all parties concerned:


SPECIAL ORDERS No. –.

HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
In the Field, April 10, 1865.

All officers and men of the Confederate service paroled at Appomattox Court House who to reach their homes are compelled to pass through the lines of the Union armies, will be allowed to do so, and to pass free on all Government transports and military railroads.

By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

E. S. PARKER,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.


By command of General R. E. Lee:
 C. S. VENABLE,
 Assistant Adjutant-General.


SOURCE: Arthur Caswell Parker, The Life of General Ely S. Parker, p. 140; The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 1392

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