Surrender of Confederate Troops
May 12, 1865
Brig. Gen. Wm. T. Wofford [CS] 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.
Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
