John E. Perry Parole
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Mss-0269
This collection contains one envelope and one parole document dated April 10, 1865, Appomattox Court House, Virginia for Private J.E. Perry of Company B, First South Carolina Volunteer Regiment and signed by the commanding officer A.P. Butler, Lieutenant Colonel.
Surrender terms at Appomattox on April 9, 1865 stated that Confederate officers were to give individual paroles that they would no longer take up arms against the United States Government. They would be allowed to return home undisturbed as long as they observed and abided by the conditions agreed upon.
On April 10, 1865, Generals Lee and Grant held their final meeting. Lee expressed concern that his men have some type of evidence that they were indeed paroled. In order to shield them from potential harassement or arrest, thousands of blank parole forms were printed and given to the newly surrendered men. Each was filled out with the name of the individual, the regiment he belonged to and the signature of his commanding officer.
2 item(s)
English
Received from Frank Lucius on April 22, 1998, accession 98-74.
Processed by Carl Redd in 2004.
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