Monday, August 2, 2021

Major Charles Wright Wills: April 19, 1865

Raleigh, April 19, 1865.

Joe Johnston surrendered the whole thing yesterday to Sherman. Our 4th division and a division of the 17th Corps receive the arms, etc. We go into a regular camp tomorrow to await developments. If any more Confederacy crops out, we, I suppose, will go for it, otherwise in a couple of months we'll muster out. That's all. Good bye, war.

SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, p. 372

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