Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
Partially-Printed Document, City of Danville, April 29, 1865, 7-1/2” x 2-3/4,” 1pp., retains its’ dark printing and strong manuscript, old fold creases, VG. The parole is made out for Thomas Wellford who enlisted late in the war as a Sergeant in Company E of the 3rd Virginia Local Defense Infantry. He lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia and this is so marked on the parole. The parole is filled out and signed by Lt. Col. Stephen C. Fletcher, a resident of Skowhegan, Maine becoming Lieut. Colonel of the 1st Maine Veteran Infantry in July 1864. He signs as the Provost Marshal City of Danville. Danville’s late war history is fascinating. April 3, 1865, Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his cabinet relocate the Confederate capital to Danville after the fall of Richmond from which he releases his last official proclamation, which overoptimistically outlines a military strategy, April 5th. On April 10, 1865, Jefferson Davis, at the new capital in Danville, receives word of Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. As a result, Davis and his cabinet leave Danville arriving in Greensboro the next day.Then, April 27, 1865, Danville's mayor surrenders the town to Union captain Henry Vanderweyde, a member of Colonel Thomas W. Hyde's staff and a former Danville prisoner.
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