The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-04-27

I5HOuSe, on the r0ad TO AyIcnuuiS. i uoiii
as, with his army, had arrived before us, and
effected junction with Grant; cavalry,
Infantry and artillery completely sur
rounded our little command. We had
from Eve to eight thousand prisoners, and
only eight thousand effective men with
muskets, all told. The supply of ainmu-
nition was nearly exhausted In this
emergency Gen. Lee determined to cut
NAY tiilfs oRdsvs ol.e given for
.1.aesa,zys ttl:sgssa
accordingly.
General Grimes division led the charge,
followed successfully by two others: The
engagement commenced! shortly after sun
rise rise, and was continued until our men
| had broken throagh TIE Fcderal lines,
driven them nearlyea mile and.a half and
l-captured several pieces of artillery, land
t.some hundreds of prisoners. The old
.esapptfrrfft~0f fight was unsubdued Mean
while a heavy force of cavalry threaten
ed our flanks. For some reason, Gen.
Lee issued orders toths troops to cease
firing and withdraw.
subsequently an officer, said to be Gen.
eral Custar- of the Yankee cavalry, enter
ed our lines with . flag cf tiaice. Nietil-
er his appearance WAS il, response to
requesttfom Gen. Lee OF he was the
bearer of a formal demand for the sur.
/ render initiated by General Grant, we are
not informed 1T this time our army
was in line of battle on or near the Apo
.mattox road, the skirmishers thrown out,
while two hundred and fifty yards in front
ofthese, ON an eminence WAS ;.large body
Of Federal cavalry. The coup d'o:it is de-
scribed as magnificent
Soon after the return OF General Custsr
to his lines, General Grant, accompanied
Fby his staff, rode to the headquarters of
Con. Lee, which were under an apple
tree near the read. The interview is de-
seribed exceedingly impressive. After
the sssalutatory formalities, which doubt
Less Rera-bsisf and hpsinasS +. J
4 Of surrender. That officer, however, with
4 courtesy for which wsmnst accord him
due respect, declined to receive it, oS re
cciving declined to retain it, and accom-
Z panied it's return with substantially the
i following remark: Gen. Ice, keep that
sword Yotshave won it by your gal
lantry. You have not been whipped, but
overpowered, and | cannot receive it as
token of surrender from so brave man
. The reply of Gen. Lee, we do not know.
But Grant and himself are said to have
been deeply affected by the solemnity OF
the occasion and to have shed tears. The
scene occurred between ten and eleven
o'clock, q. m.
When the sad event became known to
the army, officers and men gave way to
). their emotions, and some among t!se vete-
rams wept like children. A considerable
number swore that they never would sur
render, and made thcir~way to the woods
Generals Gary OF this state, and Rosser
of Virginia. with & few followers, cut then
way out and escaped. But the bulk OF
the army, the men who, for four years
have done battle so nobly for the cause,
together with leaders like bongstreet,
Gordon, Ke,shaw and others whose names
are forever distinguished, were obliged 10
accept the proifered terms
These wore-c:p,i- alalon with all the
honors of war, officers 70 retain their side
arms and personal proposty, ara the men
their bagga ge-.Each one was thereupon
paroled, and allowed to 20 his way.
q Daring sunday AMI Monday, a-lar!se
number Of Federal soldier. and officers
visited our camps aud locked curiously on
our commands. bu, tier WAS nothing
like exultatioa, 20 shogtin. for joy, and
no word uttered thai ,cs.iI add TO Che
modification already slsi:ined. On she
contrary every symptom Of respect was
manifested, ap;l the Soat.lern army was
nraised for the orave and noble manner
in which it had defended our canse.
The force of the YaaIzee army is esti
mated at 90. - men. Our own at the
, time OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" aot more thar
eight thousand ei>e'ls- ''i':f';r:' and two
thousand cavalry, co i '-ssaid that tIi'
total number paroles; was a'oui twenty
three thousand men of ali arms and con
! ditions,