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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Diary of Major R. C. M. Page, Chief of Confederate States artillery, Department of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee, from October, 1864, to May, 1865. (search)
ws of Lee's surrender was true., April 12th, 1865.—Council of war was held. Vaughan cut matters short by calling on General Crittenden for his opinion. My opinion is that the war is over, said he. It was determined to disband the artillery, allowing officers and men (the horses and mules were distributed among the latter) to join such commands as they chose. The following order, now in my possession, was received: headquarters Department S. W. Va. & E. T., Christiansburg, Va., April 12th, 1865. The artillery of this department having been this day disbanded, Major R. C. M. Page, Chief of Artillery, and Lieutenant J. H. Cochran, his adjutant, are hereby permitted to join any command they may select. By order Brigadier-General John Echols. J. Stoddard Johnston, A. A. G. Lieutenant Cochran and myself went to the house of Mr. Tebbs, in Christiansburg, and got something to eat. We gave him as pay our mess-chest and cooking utensils, consisting of one skillet and a few i