Surrender of Confederate Troops May 12, 1865

Brig. Gen. Wm. T. Wofford [CSA] arranged with Brig. Gen. Henry M.
Judah, U.S.A. for the surrender of some 3000 to 4000 Confederate
soldiers, mostly Georgians, not paroled in Virginia, N. Carolina, and elsewhere.

During final negotiations, Gen. Wofford´s h´dq´rs were at the
McCravey - Johnson res. on Church St. Gen. Judah´s h´dq´rs were at
Spring Bank, the home of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, 2 mi. N. of Kingston.

Rations were supplied to the Confederate soldiery by the Federal Commissary.

GHM 008-36 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.

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