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J. M. Bartlett's Civil War Parole

Jesse Marshall ('J.M.') Bartlett served in the Confederate Army,
in Parsons's Brigade, during the Civil War.
Below is a transcript of the parole he was required to sign at war's end.
His signature is as it appears on the parole instrument.

No. 31

    I, the undersigned, Prisoner of War, belonging to the Army of the Trans Mississippi Department, having been surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith, C.S.A., Commanding 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, or 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.

                                                                                                                 Private, Co. E, 12th Regt. Texas Cavalry

Done at Millican, Texas
this 26th day of June, 1865.

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