HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE
UNITED STATES,
In the Field, April 10,
1865.
I. All officers and men of the Confederate service paroled
at Appomattox Court-House, Va., 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.
II. Bvt. Brig. Gen. R. H. Jackson, U.S. Volunteers, is
hereby assigned to duty according to his brevet rank, by authority of the
Secretary of War.
By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:
E. S. PARKER,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Assistant
Adjutant-General.
SOURCE: Arthur Caswell Parker, The Life of General
Ely S. Parker, p. 139-40; 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. 687
