Ft. McHenry Md. May 3d '65 Johnson surrendered to Sherman on the 26th April same terms as Lee did to Grant. All men not in actual service or on duty are ordered to be discharged. - Gold is down to 141. Soldiers are jubilalnt and expect to get home in 30 days. Ft. McHenry May 12" Everything looks like a speedy peace. Dick Taylor surrendered his army to Gen. Canby on the 4" of May. Sherman's and Mead's armies are marching for Alexandria. They have already passed through Richmond on their "homeward bound" march. Gold has fallen from 142 to 128. the last week. Ft. McHenry May 27" The closing scenes of the war are at hand. The great armies of Grant and Sherman were reveilled for the last time on the 24" and 25" inst's at Washington D.C. Armed resistence East of the Miss River is a thing of the past. The rebel soldiers West of the Miss. River are still defiant. Our whole cavalry force in the
