Stan, I agree with your sentiments. Here's a communication from Brig. Gen. Judah concerning Wofford's proposal --

Dalton, Ga., April 25, 1865.
Maj. S. B. MOE, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. District of the Etowah:

MAJOR: Upon reflection I am of the opinion that the communication of General Wofford which I forwarded you yesterday should be replied to in order that he may have no pretext for delay in replying to General Steedman's proposition for a surrender which I forwarded to him on the 20th instant. I have therefore prepared the inclosed copy of my reply, which I will forward to him in the morning.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. M. JUDAH, Brigadier-General, Commanding.

[Inclosure.]
HDQRS. FIRST BRIGADE, SECOND SEPARATE DIVISION, ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, Dalton, Ga., April 25, 1865.

Brig. Gen. W. T. WOFFORD, C. S. Army, Commanding Confederate Forces in Northern Georgia:

GENERAL: Your communication of the 17th instant is received. You consent to my request not to advance north of Kingston with the main body of your forces until you receive my reply to the following propositions, viz: First. You propose a cessation of hostilities for an indefinite period of time, to be renewed only upon a notice of ten days by either party. For reasons which it is unnecessary for me to enumerate, this proposition is decidedly declined. Second. You propose to establish your headquarters at Calhoun or near the Oostenaula River. Claiming the right to establish my own headquarters wherever its location is ordered or I may deem it advisable, I respectfully decline to compromise that right by a compliance your proposition. Third. You desire to send in, through, and beyond my lines guards from your forces (now in armed rebellion against the United States) for the purpose of enforcing obedience to the laws of Georgia (a State which claims to belong to a Government at war with or in rebellion against the United States). The very extraordinary character of this proposition may be illustrated by enumerating as among the laws of Georgia you propose to enforce within the military jurisdiction of the United States one organizing the militia of Georgia, and calling your attention to a proclamation of Governor Brown of the 17th instant, contained in a newspaper you were so kind as to forward me, ordering out this militia force to operate against U.S. forces under General Wilson about to enter the State of Georgia. These propositions indicate upon your part a desire for the pacification of your State and relief for its citizens from the miseries and sufferings they are enduring; but I regret to add they are evasive as to the only means by which such a result can be obtained. Those means are embraced in the proposition for the surrender of your forces which I forwarded to you on the 20th instant.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. M. JUDAH, Brigadier-General, Commanding.