" `Headquarters Army of Tennessee,
" `Near Greensboro, N. C., 27th April, 1865.
" `General Order No. 18.
" `By the terms of a military convention, made on the 26th instant by
Major-General W. T. Sherman, U. S. A., and General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A.,
the officers and men of this army are to bind themselves not to take up
arms against the United States until properly relieved from that obligation,
and shall receive guarantees from the United States officers against
molestation by the United States authorities so long as they observe that
obligation and the laws in force where they reside.
" `For these objects duplicate muster rolls will be made out immediately,
and after the distribution of the necessary papers, the troops will march
under their officers to their respective States and there be disbanded.
" `The object of this convention is pacification to the extent of the
authority of the commanders who make it.
" `Events in Virginia, which broke every hope of success by war, imposed
on its general the duty of sparing the blood of this gallant army and of
saving our country from further devastation and our people from ruin.
" `J. E. Johnston, General.
" `Official: Archer Anderson, Lieutenant-Colonel and A. A.-G.'
