Surrender of Confederate Troops 008-36, Bartow, CO.
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Surrender of Confederate Troops State Historical Marker
Located on Church St. in Kingston, Ga.
Waymark Code: WM2D72
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2007
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SURRENDER OF CONFEDERATE TROOPS
May 12, 1865.
Brig. Gen. Wm. T. Wofford [CSA] arranged with Brig. Gen. Henry M.
Judah, U.S.A. for the surrender of some 3000 to 4000 Confederate
soldiers, mostly Georgians, not paroled in Virginia,
N. Carolina, and elsewhere.
During final negotiations, Gen. Wofford's h'dq'rs were at the
McCravey - Johnson res. on Church St. Gen. Judah's h'dq'rs were at
Spring Bank, the home of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard,
2 mi. N. of Kingston.
Rations were supplied to the Confederate soldiery by the Federal
Commissary.
008-36 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953