Truce was a family pet (dog). He was the mascot of the 19th Arkansas Infantry. Truce was given to Laura, the wife of Col. Thomas Dockery upon her visit to see Gen. Grant at Vicksburg during the siege. Mrs. Dockery requested that Col. Dockery be paroled into her custody. Gen. Grant paroled Gen. Dockery on July 5, 1863, and into the care of his wife. "Truce" was a small white dog that had been hanging around Gen. Grant's camp. As a token of his esteem for Mrs. Dockery, and concern for the dog, Gen. Grant presented the dog to her; and asked that she take the dog and care for it. She did. The dog was taken by Mrs. Dockery back to Lamartine. Gen. Dockery traveled to Richmond and procured his commission as Brigadier. He then returned to Arkansas and raised his Brigade at Washington, Ark in Nov. 1863. Gen. Dockery at his brigade (which included his original regiment, the 19th Arkansas Inf.) encamped at Lamartine on more than one occassion. It is told that "Truce" seemed to relish being allowed to wander the camp, and visit the men. Truce was adopted by the 19th as their mascot during one of the visits. When Gen. Dockery was promoted to command of the Reserve Corps of the Dist. of Ark., he established his permanent headquarters at his home at Lamartine. Gen. Dockery, as senior officer in the Dist. of Ark at the close of the war, surrendered the District to Federal authorities in June 1865 at Little Rock.
Truce was a family pet (dog). He was the mascot of the 19th Arkansas Infantry. Truce was given to Laura, the wife of Col. Thomas Dockery upon her visit to see Gen. Grant at Vicksburg during the siege. Mrs. Dockery requested that Col. Dockery be paroled into her custody. Gen. Grant paroled Gen. Dockery on July 5, 1863, and into the care of his wife. "Truce" was a small white dog that had been hanging around Gen. Grant's camp. As a token of his esteem for Mrs. Dockery, and concern for the dog, Gen. Grant presented the dog to her; and asked that she take the dog and care for it. She did. The dog was taken by Mrs. Dockery back to Lamartine. Gen. Dockery traveled to Richmond and procured his commission as Brigadier. He then returned to Arkansas and raised his Brigade at Washington, Ark in Nov. 1863. Gen. Dockery at his brigade (which included his original regiment, the 19th Arkansas Inf.) encamped at Lamartine on more than one occassion. It is told that "Truce" seemed to relish being allowed to wander the camp, and visit the men. Truce was adopted by the 19th as their mascot during one of the visits. When Gen. Dockery was promoted to command of the Reserve Corps of the Dist. of Ark., he established his permanent headquarters at his home at Lamartine. Gen. Dockery, as senior officer in the Dist. of Ark at the close of the war, surrendered the District to Federal authorities in June 1865 at Little Rock.
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