A letter was handed from the Confederates to Colonel Day of the Union Army. It was an offical document from Confederate General Dick Taylor to his forces at Citronville, stating that an armistice had been agreed upon between himself and Union General Canby. The Brigade immediately returned to camp, and an officer was sent to Mobile on the gunboat Octorora with the news.
As a result of this armistice all the personal effects of the "Confederacy," including gunboats and transports, became the property of the United States. The rebel fleet at that time was at Demopolis, about 140 miles north of Mobile. They would soon make their way to McIntosh Bluff, and then the work of loading the troops and stores would begin.
