Confederate POW Parole Slip Appomattox Court House

Rare Confederate Parole document datelined Appomattox Court House, April 10, 1865, one day after the eponymous Battle of Appomattox Court House which effectively ended the Civil War. The partially printed document is signed by Lt. Col. Elijah Benton Withers of the 13th North Carolina Infantry, paroling a Private in the regiment. Slip measures 7.75" x 3.125". Heavy wear with expected browning, chipping, and small holes along the fold. Fully intact, and in good condition.

Slip reads, "The Bearer, Private N.E. Burton of Co. F 13th Regt. of N.C.I., a Paroled Prisoner of the Army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go [to] his home, and there remain undisturbed. / E.B. Withers, Lt. Col. Comdg. 13th Regmt. N.C.I." According to General Order 43, enacted on April 11, 1865, paroled Confederate prisoners of war had to carry this printed certificate from Appomattox Court House in order to be acknowledged as such. 

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