Surrender and Parole
Appomattox, Gainesville, Meridian, the Trans-Mississippi, and
Home,
April-June 1865
The surrender of all of the remaining Acadians in Gray from Virginia to Louisiana, and the bitter-sweet return to their war-ravaged homes. This may be an appropriate place to discuss those Acadians in Gray who did not bother to surrender—the deserters who walked away from the Confederate cause. This could serve as a transition to the next chapter, which discusses Acadian KIAs, MWIAs, and those who died of disease or by accident in Confederate service.