Middletown transcript., 1873-07-26
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THE STORY OF APPOMATTOX.
GEN LEES owN ACCOUNT OF THE Sur
RENDER.
Iacide nts Of the Oreasion-No Historic APP
pie-rr~~ on the Ground-Gen- L~e's
sword not Sure nderrd and
Therefore Not Retaraed.

The following, as chapter in the his
tory Of the great American civil war, will
be read with interest by all parties with.
~, regard to which side their $ tmpa,hirs
wrre enlisted on. Il proicsses T. be a trne
account, as given by Gen Lee imsclf. of
the closing scene Of the gfca, dri ua:
Correspondence Of t,p Richmond h. a,cl
The situation ut Appamist Y nn the
9th Of April. 1860, wien Ger pral l.tt
sent a flag Of truce 10 a,s an interview
with General Grant was simply this j.
There we're only : 300 j.drd furnished
Cnnfcdrrates with arms in the r hands
nearly surrounded by eighty thou |tad Fed
cral soldiers already IN POSITION With rrin-
fnrrmrn's constantly arriving Gnrdpn
fsll back through the village ~ d moved
10 mec, IN attack Of Sheridan ON ths fhuk
while General Ghanbrt.asnc letl the ad.
vance corps ot the army 0f the Iamrs into
the Gnnfi-hnusr \ battery Il h. Rich.
mnni lIaaiizrrs. which hal been engaged
at Big Bethel in lsbl station. I'd in the
ward uf Mf Peers. ua the txirehn nortA.
east conner Of the Village. irc the last
gun Of the day anl Withdrew a ihe blue
waves were cncircling il, fhr Federal
picket line was advanced btynnI the vii.
lage. aud that little bani Of her ir spirits
secmci about 10 be- inundated when sud
denly the white flag was di.played and
the firing ceased There havt been 50
many sensational reports Of tn meeting
between the tvo commanders thit | am
glad to be able TO refute Them Nv giving
GENERAL LEg's owS ACCOUNT Of WHAT oe-
CURED.
ss hr gave il 10 some friends nj his house
ia Lexington. but few days h.firs his
last illness IL said sha. he hal far duty
tina, Morning mt eight thousand men and
that xhen ha learned from Gordon that
there was heavy tafaetry for e in his
front. he decided L, see General rant and
ascertain tn. terms ap.n which he could
end the cpntest Hs, bcfnre going 10 NEE,
him he lef, order s,h Lans.trec and Cor
don to hold their commands in readiness
determined AS he was. to cut his way
through. or perish in the a,tem /. IL such
terms were not granted as he thought his
army entitled to demand lie net Gene.
raj Grant between two picket Ii les. in The
open Geld. about tw" hundred y ards below
Appomattox Court.house.
THE nisroRIc ArpLg-rRE..
You nc. under an apple.,reo o did yor
not. General I" asked = gentleman pres
eut mo sir" was the reply. I'VE did
not meet under an apple trea. and saw
Il r IL 4
far from the main road " This explode,
the "histnric apple-trec." abon, which 81
much hns been said. A gentleman WIN
was within few feet Of the two generals
when they met. pointed out to ne the ex
act spot. The apple.irce which was cn
to pieces. and even the roots Of which wer,
dug up and carried of hy rclia hunters
was fully n quarter of a mile from III,
place OF meeting. aud the only historic in
trrest TINT could he attached 10 IL va. thu
General Lee rested under its shade = few
minutes while waiting FIR the return of hi,
hsg of truce. The only tree nnywher,
near the place of meeting was smsll To-
cust-,hnrn. which Is still standing sbou
twenty yards from the spot
rmE INTERVIEW BETWEEN Lsx sp GRANT
General Lee said that when ht met Gen
sral Grant they exchanged polite salnta
tion., and he stated To him at oncc thai
hc desired conference on the subject mat
ter Of their correspondence. :. Genera
Grant returned You yonr sword. did h,
not. Gvneralf" one II the company asked
The old hero, straishse ming himself up,