Middletown transcript., 1873-07-26

ing so. | was determined tina. the side
arms Of officers should be except BY the
terms Of surrender. aud Of course did not
offer him mine All that was said ahcui
swords was that General Gran, arologizcd
to me for no, wearing his own sword. say
ing that il had gone off in his baggage.
and hc had been unable 70 get il in time.
fThi. spells great deal Of rhetoric about
"Grant- mngnanilnily in returning Lees
sword, aud renders Us absurd as it is false
the a,,cmp, of Northern artists to put the
scene on canvass or into statuary Even
Grants connivnncc At this so-culed ''hs-
ioric scene" will not save il when the
world knows that Il +. Lee said that
nothing of the sort occurred General
Lee stated in this conversation that he was
accompanied WHEN he me, Grant only by
Colonel Charles Marshall, af his personal
staff. who went with one Of Gen. Grants
staff to find suitable room IN which 10
hold the conference that they were first
shown to u vacant house. and declining 10
use ,ha, were conducted by Major McGlean
to his house and shown into his parlor
General Grant was accompanied by scye-
raj Of his generals t,mnng them Sheridan
aud Ord) who entered the room aud partici.
patcd in the sligh, general conversation that
occurred The two generals went aside
aud 81, n, table to confer together. when
General Lee opened the conversation by
saying. General. deem il due 10 prop.
rr candor aud frankuc.s 10 say II, the very
/ beginning Of thi. interview that | am no,
willing even to discuss any terms of sur.
render Inconsistent with
/ THE HONOR of NY ARMY,
which an determined to maintain to the
! las; Grant replied . have no idea
Of proposing dishnnorable terms, General,
but | would be glad ii you would state
| whn, YOU consider honorable terms Cen.
crnl Lee then briefly stated the terms upon
which he would be willing to surrender
I Grant expressed himself n satisfied with
them, and Lee requested tha, be wanli
for finally reduce the propositions 10 writ
4 ing Grant at once did so with common
lead pencil, aud handed the paper to Lee
who read it carefully AMI without comment
excerpt to say that mo.' Il the horses were
{ the private property Of the men riding
them Gen. Gran' replied that such har.
/ >ss wonl Ge exemp' fru1 Surrender and
the paper vas then hauled Colonel Ba
denu ttiradf secretary and copies in ink
made hs linn an Colonel Marshall Will
this was being done there were in9uiti,.,
after the health Of mutual acquaintance.
but nothing hearing on the surrender *
rrpt ,hai General I.ec said that Il. had tga
his hani. some two or three thousand
prisoner. for whom h. hal n Fatians -
Shefau NJ once sail Il have ralians flr
- da0 u.rn
General ttfaut hasine sighed his MT
+ General l.er conferred with talauel Mar.
shall. who wrets his brief note Of accept.
anee II the tcfms af surrender offered
General lie striking out the sentence /
have tle honnf IA rrfly II yaar eammdni.
cation. aud substituting Il have received
your lc,ier Of this date .
This terminated the interview aud Gen
eral lec rade back u bis heailnartefe
which were three-4narters Of a mile nofh
east Of the tour:- house
have thus risen the substance and for
the niost part the exact aurnare. of Cen
eral Lrr's u.n account of the surrender
|, will appear ifain this that a great deal
tlat has been said about
"aaASr's NtastSiafr9"
in proposing trrms Of surrender. and Lee ;
warm think. for the liberal terms nc.
corded, originated simply IN The inagi.
nation of the writer's The truth i Grant
proposed the eny terms which Lee would
have accented anil he knew too we'll the
mctile uf thu, great captain AMI the heroic
remnant Of the army which had 10 often
defeated him not 10 reinicp nj m eppnriu.
nity nf covering himself with glory by nc
cepting almost any terms nf surrender
haye gathered a number of
INCIDENTS OF rnE SURRENDER
which interested me and may be nf inter.
est Ia your readers Soon after General
Lee lef, the Mcelcan House. owned b,
the same gentleman a, whose house. nral
Bull Run, Branregard had his hrniguar.
ters during the battle of July IL. 1861
Sheridan staIkea in and said, rudcly. :,
mean to have this chair' taking up nns
NJ the chairs in which tho General. had
signed the terms Of capitnln,;an. and cx.
hihi,in. n, the san,r time 81 80 gold.
! p'rco. Mnjnr McGlesn replied. :. Thn,
chair is no, for sale. General. II YOU
. choose 10 take il you have the phy.ica
power tn do so" Il mean To have il. =
, was ihc cur, rrioinier; and the = Great
Barn Burner gave ann,her proof of hi,
skill in petit larceny The table and nth
| er chsira were in like manner carried of
, BY Federal officers as sonrenirs.
As soon u. the flag Il truce wa. hoisted
on Garaon's line the offensive Genera
: fns,ar e. Mas Fannp") camr riding firi
nn,ly in to General Gnrtlnn. demanding il
his nwn nnmc unconditional surrender. :
Gordon drew himself ur tn his full height
mud with crushing dignity rrrli-d Il car
. have no Negotiations with yon. sir and i
the settlement nf this matter r.s,aa he
tween u. there could be no neqo,ia,ion,
Luf In tLx suoyi .