parole of honor






JOHN A. GUYNN’S PAROLE OF HONOR



This parole (see transcription below) is located in John A. Guynn’s Civil War file in the National Archives. I accessed it on microfilm at the Hillsboro Confederate Research Center. The film is very poor and the parole is difficult to read. However, it has the same wording as those of others who were paroled in Texas at the end of the war. You may view the micro-copy of John’s PAROLE OF HONOR here. As you see, John’s signature is quite clear. John was a member of Company B 24th Texas Cavalry. In the last year of the war, he was sent home on furlough, probably a sick furlough, and he reported for duty in Texas in the Trans Mississippi Department. He was, therefore, paroled at Columbus, Texas. Be sure to read John’s biography.



No. 1672

I, the undersigned Prisoner of War, belonging to the Army of the Trans Mississippi
Department, having been surrendered by E. Kirby Smith, C. S. A., Com-
manding said Department to Major-General E. R. S. Canby, U. S. A, Commanding
Army and Division of West Mississippi, do hereby give my solemn PAROLE OF
HONOR that I will not hereafter serve in the Armies of the Confederate States,
in any military capacity whatever, against the United States of America, or render
aid to the enemies of the latter, until duly exchanged, or otherwise released, from the
obligations of this Parole by the authority of the Government of the United States.


Done at Columbus, Texas, this 14th Day of July, 1865

J. A. Guynn
Pvt Co. “B” 24th Texas Cav. Regt

Daniel Harvey
Captain CSV Provost Martial