The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-05-07

up and carried Off by relic hunters,
was fully Il quarter Of u milo from
tho place Of meeting, and tho
only historic interest that could
DC attached to it was that General
Loe rested under its shade u few
minutes while waiting for tho re-
turn Of his flag Of truce. Tho on
ly trco anywhere noar the place
OF meeting was small lncust-
thorn, which is still standing u
bout twenty yards from the spot. !
THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN LEE AND
GRANT.
General Lee said that when ho
met General Grant they exchang-
cd polite salutation, and .ho stated
to him. at onco that he desired u
conference in reference to the sub
jcct matter Of thoir corrcspon-
dcncc. "Gencral Grant returned
you your sword, did he not Gencr.
al ?" one Of tho company asked.
The old hero, Strengthening him
self up, replied in most emphatic
tones No sir he did not. He had
no opportunity Of doing so. /
was determined that the side-arms
ofoiliccrs shouldby excepted by tho
terms Of surrender, and Of course
| dld not offer him mine. All
that was said about swords was
that General Grant apologizcd to
mo for not wearing his own sword,
saying that it had gono off in his
baggage, and he had been unable
to get it in time" [This spoils q
great deal Of rhetoric about
"Grants magnanimity in returning
Lees sword," and renders as ab-
surd as it is false the attempt Of
Northern artists to put tho scene
on canvas or into statuary. Even
Grants connivance at this so-call-
cd "historic sceno" will not save
it when the world knows that II.
II. Lee said that nothing of tho
sort occurrcd.] General Lee stat
cd in this conversation. that he
was accompanied when he met
Grant only by Colonel Charles
Marshall, Of his personal staff, who
went with one Of General Grants
staff to find suitable room in
which TO hold the conference :;
that they were first shown to
vacant house, and declining to use
that wcro conducted by MAJOR Nc.
Clean to his house and shown into
his parlor. General Grant was
accompanied by several of his staff
officers, and several Of his generals
(among them Sheridan and Ord)
entered the room and participated
in the slight general conversation
that occurred. Tho two generals
wont aside and sat at a table to
confer together, when Genel al Lee
opened tho conversation by say
ing; "Gcneral. I deem it duo to
proper candor and frankness to
say at the very beginning Of this
Interview that [ am not willing
oven to discuss any terms OF sur
render inconsistent with
THE HONOR OF MY ARMY.
which [ am determined to main
tain to tho last" Grant replied
I'll havo no idea Of proposing dis
honorable terms, General, but
W ould be glad if you would state
what you call honorable torms."
General Lee then briefly stated
tho terms upon which he would
be willing to surrender. Grant
expressed himsolfas satisfied with
them and Lee requested no would
formally reduce the propositions
to writing. Grant at once did so
with common lead pencil, and
handed tho paper to Leo, who
read it carefully and without COM
mont, except to say that the most
Of tho horses wore tho private
property Of the mon riding them.
General Grant replied that such
horses would bo exempt from sur
rendcr, and tho paper was then
handed Colonel Badcau (Grant's
and copies in ink made
by him and Colonel Marshall
Whilo this was being dono there
were inquiries after tho health Of
acquaintanccs, butnothing
bearing on tho surrender, except
that General Loe said that ho had
on his hand somo two or three
thousand prisoners for whom ho
had no rations. Sheridan at once
said :: "I have rations for twenty-
five thousand men,"
General Grant having signed his
note, General Lee conferred with
Colonel Marshall, who wrote his
brief note Of acceptance Of the
terms Of surrender offered, Gone
raj Ice striking out tho sentence
81 have tho honor to reply to
your letter Of this date"
This terminated the interview,
and General Lee rodc back to his
headquarters, which were three.
quarters Of u milo northeast Of tho
[ have thus givon tho substance
and for tho most part tho exact
Of General Lco's own &C.
count Of the surrender. 1t will
appear from this that great deal