American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

8 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. printed broadside (very minor chipping to margins); framed to 14 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (not examined out of frame). 

A broadside issued by Governor Pendelton Murrah, an enthusiastic supporter of the Confederacy, over 2 weeks after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox. Here, Governor Murrah addresses the surrender but encourages Texans to remain loyal to the Confederacy, opening: "Disaster has befallen our arms in Virginia! Our chosen Chieftan, Robert E. Lee, victorious on so many glorious fields, is a prisoner of war, and a portion of his army has surrendered!...With God's blessing, it may yet be the proud privilege of Texas, the youngest of the Confederate Sisters, to redeem the cause of the Confederacy from its present perils." Notably, one of the few battles which occurred after the Appomattox surrender was the Battle of Palmito Ranch fought on 12 & 13 May 1865 on the Banks of the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas. Parrish & Willingham 4264. Not in Streeter.