Jackson, William Hicks (1835-1903) [Confederate prisoner parole document]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00565 Author/Creator: Jackson, William Hicks (1835-1903) Place Written: Gainesville, Alabama Type: Document signed Date: 11 May 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Also signed by Union Brigadier General Elias Smith Dennis. Jackson signed as Confederate Brigadier General. Partially printed parole of honor of Confederate soldier John L. Dismukes, 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, Nixon's Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers. Marked with no. 290. Printed on the other side of a blank receipt of Jennings, Dismukes & Woolwine Hat, Caps, Straw Goods in Nashville, Tennessee. Lower left corner is missing.
General Richard Taylor surrendered the last Confederate army of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana on 4 May 1865 to Union General Edward S. Canby.
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