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- GLC#
- GLC00512
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 6 May 1865
- Author/Creator
- Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879
- Title
- General Order No. 54
- Place Written
- Meridian, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Printed broadside of Confederate General Richard Taylor's surrender to Union General Edward S. Canby on 4 May 1865 at Citronelle, Alabama. Under the terms of the surrender officers retained their sidearms and horses, but property and equipment were to be turned over to the Federals, and the men were paroled to return home safely. The orders were issued from the headquarters of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana.
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