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ADDENDA.

Parole of Brigadier General M. Jeff. Thompson, C. S. Army.

I, the undersigned, prisoner of war, belonging to the army of the Northern Sub-District of Arkansas, having been, on the 11th day of May, 1865, surrendered by Brigadier General M. Jeff. Thompson, commanding said army, to Major General G. M. Dodge, commanding the Department of the Missouri, do hereby give my solemn parole of honor that I will not hereafter serve in the armies of the so-called Confederate States, or in any capacity whatever against the United States of America, or render aid to the enemies of the latter until properly exchanged in such manner as shall be mutually approved by the respective authorities.

M. JEFF. THOMPSON,

Brigadier-General, Missouri State Guard,

Commanding C. S. Troops, Northern Sub-District of Arkansas.

Done at Jacksonport, Ark., this 5th day of June, 1865.

[Indorsement.]

The within-named officer will not be disturbed by U. S. authorities as long as he observes his parole and the laws in force where he may reside.

C. W. DAVIS,

Lieutenant Colonel, Asst. Prov. March General, Dept. of the Missouri.

APRIL 30-MAY 12, 1865. - Operations in the vicinity of Brashear City, La., with skirmishes (3rd) at Chacahoula, La., (4th) at Bayou Black, (9th) at Bayou Goula, and (11th) at Brown's Plantation, La.

REPORTS.


Numbers 1. - Brigadier General Robert A. Cameron, U. S. Army, commanding District of La Fourche.


Numbers 2. - Colonel Willard Sayles, Third Rhode Island Cavalry.


Numbers 3. - Major Edmund C. Burt, Third Rhode Island Cavalry.


Numbers 4. - Lieutenant Elisha W. Cross, Third Rhode Island Cavalry.


Numbers 5. - Lieutenant William Wilson, Third Rhode Island Cavalry.


Numbers 6. - Captain Thomas W. Sayles, Third Rhode Island Cavalry.


Numbers 7. - Lieutenant Charles W. Turner, Third Rhode Island Cavalry.


Numbers 8. - Major James M. Hildreth, Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry.


Numbers 9. - Lieutenant Cyrus Crawford, Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry.


Numbers 10. - Lieutenant William A. Ingold, Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry.


Numbers 11. - Lieutenant James Steel, Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry.


Numbers 12. - Captain James E. Macklin, Sixteenth Indiana Mounted Infantry.


Numbers 13. - Lieutenant Colonel John L. Rice, Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Troops.


Numbers 14. - Lieutenant Lewis R. Titus, Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Troops.


Numbers 15. - Captain Eben F. Barker, Seventy-fifth U. S. Colored Troops.


Numbers 16. - Captain John R. Wallace, Ninety-third U. S. Colored Troops.


Numbers 1. Report of Brigadier General Robert A. Cameron, U. S. Army, commanding District of La Fourche. HEADQUARTERS LA FOURCHE DISTRICT, Brashear, May 6, 1865.

I have the honor to hand you this Saturday the weekly reports of expeditions from the posts of this command except from Terre Bonne, or Bayou Boeuf Station, which left in small boats and has not yet


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