GENERAL: There
apparently being some misunderstanding between Lieutenant-General Pemberton and
the paroling officers as to the method of conducting the paroling of prisoners,
I will give you the following rules for your guidance, that there may be no
misunderstanding:
No prisoner will be
allowed to leave our lines until all are paroled who will accept. Those who
decline will be confined on steamers anchored in the stream until they accept
and consent to march out with officers appointed over them. Declining this,
they will be sent north as prisoners of war, to be held for exchange. When all
those able to leave the lines are paroled, and the rolls are approved by
General Pemberton, or any officer designated by him, the whole will be required
to leave our lines. Those declining to leave will be sent out under guard.
General Pemberton's acceptance of the terms proposed to him bind the
Confederate Government not to accept the services of any man who formed a part
of the garrison on the morning of the 4th instant until properly exchanged. The
object of the parole is to make each individual feel the same obligation.
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