The officer then said; "I am Major Turner. Provost-marshall of the City of Richmond, C. S. A.

I am under instructions for my government to have you surrender to me your money and valuables.

Your name, company and regiment will be carefully entered in this book, and when you are exchanged or paroled, it will all be returned to you; for which I pledge the honor of the Confederate Government.

I give you an opportunity to save your money, and when I am through taking that which you surrender, you will be searched by men who are experts and all they find will be confiscated."