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First Sharp Shooters
General, —The city of Petersburg having been evacuated by the Confederate troops we, a committee authorized by the common council, do hereby surrender the city to the United States forces, with a request for the protection of the persons and property of its inhabitants.
We are, respectfully, your obedient servants,
W. W. TOWNES, Mayor. D'ARCY PAUL,
Petersburg, April 3d, 1863.
CHARLES F. COLLINS.
Colonel Ely replied verbally, the people of Peterburg could be assured of the protection of the 2d brigade.
The New York Herald had the following report by Thomas M. Cook, formerly of Detroit, and then on the staff of that paper:
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