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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.44 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | To the people of the State of Louisiana |
| Date | 13 May 1865 |
| Author | Sparrow, Edward (1810-1882) |
| Document Type | Broadside; Military document |
| Content Description | Announces that all the Confederate forces in the states east of the Mississippi River have been surrendered to the United States and that the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Richard Taylor are prisoners of war. States that the surrender of the Confederate forces in the states west of the Mississippi River must soon be made. Advises citizens not to form groups of military resistance as it will only result in further devastation. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Confederate General or Leader Surrender |
| People | Sparrow, Edward (1810-1882) |
| Place written | Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. Johnston surrendered on 26 April 1865. The last significant Confederate force, the Trans-Mississippi Department was surrendered on 26 May 1865 by General Edmund Kirby Smith. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |