The sun., 1865-04-15
From Virginia,
The Surrender Of General Lee.

Tho particular. conner ed With tic surrender OF
General Lees army have a. leueth reached us by re-
guiar OF mail from Correspondent, who report
The oocurrenrs with all the attendant incidcuu.
From these accounts 8, apfear thet amer General
tro hsd concluded to abandon the ilrtincstous q
around Poters'urrh No mArchci he north~cst-
erly 70 a point midway between rcter,hurrh and
Richmond where ho crossed ,no psnviur road, md
sent a mossagc 10 Davis that he could not defend
Richmond. The particulars Of the arch traiior's re-
troat have already bven Published Ia Tuf SuS
Sheridan nov AW,Ju that Lee was between
| ls forces aud Richmond, hut tho rctcl Gen-
| eral managed 10 secure tho escape Vf tie
Confederate PRECEDENT and HE c,bineL
| By this tine sheridan had decided upon tho plan
that sulsolren'lv 20 eIccuAlly broke through the
enemy. lines. The eAr'urr and dcstrucon of 'cv.
cral rebel regiments laviHg dcm1raiizci Lee, army,
Nj, line OF retreat was changed. and instead Of At
tempting 70 break through cur linca near Br,c ille,
| thus eulssyohnr 10 reach ptpvln, General Ice
moved hi, ARM no no tbwcstorly direction io- the
purpose Of reaching safer road " Lyuehbure, where
| he could erect to'ourcs The roh''s made super
human ATTIC pt. " frh this ruld before our force.
under Meade and sheridan could prvvent them.
| Meantime Gen. Ori ve- marching on" liz troops
animated w thcr g,uoril. went enllsntly ior~ard,
Taking their breI fast a, two o'clock In the morn
| Ing, they i0rr'ci -trcsus, climbed hillr pu'hci
| through tie woojs and snor'i iuoossant'y unit ten
o'clock n night. Then, after thee or four houu'
sleep the gallant ,oloa, were ~ again.
Thu, the race kept up for four day, and NIGHTS,
until Friday, the 7th Of April, when Grant who had
discovered the weakness Of Lee, hy reports gathered
f rchol cpptivc. sent the fret letter OF tho famous
military correspondence ~hlch resulted IN the iual
.u-,ndcr Hemmoi iu on ever, sdo, uouvml Lee
.tul thousita chance existed for e.cape In the d.
| reetlon Of lynch'un Ilr found thst Sheridan.
| army vw near hif 'front.' ami 20 rapidly gaining upon
bic advance, that escape was utterly impossible with
| lis tired. broken sud demorpl1ei uOpp- On sAtur-
t,r. L.. continued 70 retreat and corre-pond with
| Grant, until he found himself slmost entirely sur
| rounded Then tiag u truce sent to IA" front
Of sheridan. lines and "Nttlc Phil" informed That
n.yo,iat on. had n,u initiated. for the purpo-e Of
| ,nti.f,inr himself Sheridan sent his AdutAnt bcn-
ernl hy a safe conduct THROUGH Lee. lines, to the
he,dquarters Vi Gene tal Meade In the rear OF leea
po.ition General Mrsde had not heard Of the neeo-
tatIons but consented to cessation Of ho-iitcs for
two hours General Grant as soon afeT hoard from
and In the afternoon proceeded ~ Appomator Court
House, where an Interview was arranged. Meantime
General Meade had ordered an advance, which was
prevented by hag VI truce sent 10y General l"e
. ,o,pc.t,up , further delay, until sitcr the
conference with Grant.
This took place Ia the p.ror Of small brick house
t,,,neips 20 walter Mclaue, resident " the village
:, ,.-,.,,,,, Court House. Gerer, Grant va. at
.a.ta,,,hi, st.o ,Gcer,. Generals ord, Custer and
,,-- ya,, ,L. srri,,l Of General Lee, who came
with single aid.de-csuip and ~ orderly Grant aro''
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WV ,,a. so,,o,.ea ,or zone time, after which N,
b 80. rrc.cnt were formaly introduced to eScl
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