[Inclosure F.]

LIDDLE'S, NEAR CHALK BLUFF, ARK.,

Wednesday, May 10, 1865-6 a. m.

Lieutenant Colonel C. W. DAVIS, U. S. Army,

Commissioner from General Dodge, U. S. Army,

Chalk Bluff, Mo.:

COLONEL: Please send me a draft of the parole that you propose to give the officers and men, should I determine to accept the proposal of General Dodge and surrender the forces under my command. I have never seen those given General Lee and men.

Yours, most respectfully,

M. JEFF. THOMPSON,

Brigadier-General, Commanding North Sub-District of Arkansas.

[Inclosure G.]

LIDDLE'S, NEAR CHALK BLUFF, ARK.,

Wednesday, May 10, 1865-7 a. m.

Lieutenant Colonel C. W. DAVIS, U. S. Army,

Commissioner from Major-General Dodge,

Commanding Department of the Missouri, Chalk Bluff, Mo.:

COLONEL: I desire that we should agree upon the status of the civil officers of the counties in this sub-district before I give my answers to the summons of General Dodge. I propose that all civil officers of the counties, such as sheriffs, magistrates, clerks, &c., shall perform their functions to repress lawlessness, punish crimes, &c., until the civil authorities shall settle their status.

Yours, most respectfully,

M. JEFF. THOMPSON,

Brigadier General, C. S. Army, Commanding North Sub-District of Arkansas.

[Inclosure H.

CHALK BLUFF, MO., May 10, 1865.

Brigadier General M. JEFF. THOMPSON,

Commanding North Sub-District of Arkansas:

GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose herewith copies of parole given by officers and men of General Lee's army. Each man receives a certificate showing that he has been properly surrendered for his own safety.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. W. DAVIS,

Lieutenant-Colonel.

[Sub-inclosure Numbers 1.]

APPOMATTOX COURT-HOUSE, VA., April 9, 1865.

We, the undersigned, prisoners of war, belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, having been this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding said army, to Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, commanding Armies of the United States, do hereby give our solemn parole of honor that we will not hereafter serve in the Armies of the Confederate States, or in any military capacity whatever against the United States of America, or render aid to the enemies of the latter, until property exchanged in such a manner as shall be mutually approved by the respective authorities.