Does anyone have a reference to the surrender of the 35th Arkansas that Bryan describes below?

Re: Where did Kirby Smith surrender?

By:Bryan Howerton
Date: 3/3/2003, 12:09 pm

In Response To: Where did Kirby Smith surrender? (Linda)

The 36th Arkansas, along with most of the other Arkansas infantry regiments, was camped around Marshall, Texas, when the Trans-Mississippi Army surrendered. General Kirby Smith was at Galveston.

With one exception, the Arkansas infantry regiments disbanded at Marshall and went home. A few men stopped off at Shreveport to receive paroles, and a few more were paroled at Pine Bluff; but for the most part, the men simply went home without bothering with paroles.

The one exception was the 35th Arkansas Regiment, which voted to stay together until they got home. They marched into Fort Smith a couple of weeks later, under arms, with their colors unfurled. They stacked arms, furled their colors, and were permitted to leave Fort Smith unmolested by the Federal garrison.

The Arkansas cavalry regiments and artillery batteries were scattered all over the place. Most of the cavalry regiments in Arkansas were paroled as intact units at Jacksonport, Wittsburg, Pine Bluff and Washington