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Language
English
Abstract
One page typescript of a transcription of a Confederate soldier's diary entries for 9-12 April 1865. The soldier was at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia. Topics discussed include fighting the morning of 9 April; flag of truce and Lee's going to Grant's
headquarters; terms of surrender; General John B. Gordon's farewell address to his troops; General Lee's General Order No.
9; another speech by General Gordon, referring to the possibility of a second Southern rebellion; and formal surrender of
arms on 12 April, after which the soldier and his regiment were paroled and started for their homes. The soldier who wrote
the diary was the grandfather of Richard E. Hyde, late of Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Civil War Diary of a Confederate Soldier at Appomattox Court House, A&M
0815, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.