“Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
“N. P. BANKS, Major-General Commanding.”
CAMP SCENES.
ASSORTING THE MAIL.
THE NEWS DEPOT.
The following are the articles of capitulation mutually agreed upon and adopted:
Art. 1. Major-General Frank Gardner surrenders to the United States forces under Major-General Banks, the place of Port Hudson and its dependencies, with its garrison, armaments, munitions, public funds, and materials of war, in the condition, as nearly as may be, in which they were at the hour of cessation of hostilities, namely, 6 o’clock A. M., July 8, 1863.
Art. 2. The surrender stipulated in article one 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.