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Brent, Joseph Lancaster (1826-1905) [General orders to Confederate soldiers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.09.01 Author/Creator: Brent, Joseph Lancaster (1826-1905) Place Written: Alexandria, Louisiana Type: Broadside Date: 18 May 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Attempts to calm soldiers and citizens. Assures them that there is no base for alarm as the military will ensure public security. Praises Major General Harry T. Hays, who is commanding the military district, and state that he will not involve them in useless sacrifice. Directs that Confederate soldiers at home in areas where there are no Confederate forces must report to the Officers of the Reserve Corps to aid in keeping public order. Printed general orders.

Brent was Brigadier General. General Lee had already surrendered the army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox 9 April 1865. The last significant Confederate force, the Trans-Mississippi Department was surrendered on 26 May 1865 by General Edmund Kirby Smith.

Brent, Joseph Lancaster, 1826-1905
Hays, Harry T. (Harry Thompson), 1820-1876

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