We arrived at Washington, Georgia, on the 4th day of May, and President Davis there decided to abandon any further efforts to go to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and advised a surrender of the troops that had loyally followed him after the surrender of General Johnston. The Confederate Treasury was emptied and the funds divided amongst the soldiers, each man receiving $28.25, officers and men receiving the same amount.

Rhea and Meigs Counties (Tennessee) in the Confederate War, V. C. Allen, 1908, Reprinted 1995, Rhea County Historical and Genealogical Society p. 22