y as may be, in
which they were at the hour of cessation of hostilities, viz., 6
A.M., July 8, 1863.

Art. II. The surrender stipulated in Article I. is qualified by
no condition, save that the officers and enlisted men comprising
the garrison shall receive the treatment due to prisoners of war,
according to the usages of civilized warfare.

Art. III. All private property of officers and enlisted men shall
be respected and left to their respective owners.

Art. IV. The position of Port Hudson shall be occupied to-morrow
at 7 A.M. by the forces of the United States, and its garrison
received as prisoners of war by such general officer of the United
States service as may be designated by Major-General Banks, with
the ordinary formalities of rendition. The Confederate troops will
be drawn up in line, officers in their positions, the right of the
line resting on the edge of the prairie south of the railroad dept,
the left extending in the direction of the village of Port Hudson.
The arms and colors will be piled conveniently, and will be received
by the officers of the United States.

Art. V. The sick and wounded of the garrison will be cared for by
the authorities of the United States, assisted, if desired by either
party, by the medical officers of the garrison.

(1) See _ante_ p. 231 and Official Records, vol. xxvi., part I., pp.
52-54.

NOTE ON EARLY'S STRENGTH.
By Brevet Brigadier-General E. C. Dawes, U.S.V.

The return of the Army of Northern Virginia for October 31, 1864,
gives the "present for duty" in the Second Army Corps commanded by
General Early, in the infantry divisions of Ramseur (Early's old
division), Rodes, Gordon, Wharton, Kershaw, and the artillery as
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,516

The cavalry division of General Lomax, by its return of September
10th, numbered for duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,605

The cavalry brigade of General Rosser (1) about . . . 1,300

The cavalry division of General Fitz Lee (2) . . . . . 1,600

The casualties of the army at Cedar Creek were . . . . 3,100

Total force engaged at the battle of Cedar Creek . . . 22,121

Lomax's division probably lost 500 men in the different actions
prior to Cedar Creek after its return of September 10th. To offset
this no account is made of the "Valley Reserves" (men over and boys
under conscript age) and "detailed men" (those subject to conscription
who were permitted to remai