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10th Regiment Cavalry
A few days later we learned of the surrender of Lee's army. For some days we were occupied in paroling prisoners: Then came the armistice, and we were ordered home. We had made one day's march into the mountains when we learned that the armistice had been disapproved at Washington, and we were ordered to South Carolina to .lay waste the country so that no supplies could reach Johnston's army. Then came the surrender of Johnston. Then it was reported that Mr. Davis, the late head of the-defunct Confederacy, was trying to get away with a large amount of specie and we received the remarkable order to spare neither men nor horses, but to pursue him to the ends of the earth if necessary to insure his capture, and to obey no orders except those coming direct from the Secretary of War.
American Civil War
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