The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-05-09

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near ttfe place Of meeting was small locust
thorn which is still standing, about twenty
yards from the spot
General Lee said that when he met Gen.
Grant they exchanged friendly situations,
and he stated to him at once that he desired
q conference in reference to the subject
matter Of their correspondence General
Grant returned you your sword did he not,
General y one Of the company asked,
The Old hero, strengthening himself up, re-
piled in most emphatic tones No, sir
he did not. He had no opportunity to do
SO. was determined that the sidearms Of
officers should be exempt BY the terms Of
surrender, aud Of course did not offer him
mine. All that was said about swords was
that General Grant apologized to me for
not wearing his. own sword, saying that it
had gone Off with his baggage, and he had
been unable to get il in time" This spoils
i great deal of rhetoric about Grants mag
nanmity in returning Lees sword" and
renders is absurd as il il false the attempts.
Of Northern artists to put the scene on
canvas or into statuary, Even Grants
cqpnivance at this so.called historic scenea
will not save it when the world knows tkot
r. Il. Lee said pothing Of the sort ever
occurred.
General Lee stated in this conversation
| tLnt ~ ,r,, ,aorn,naY;11 ,gLnn IA mat
Grant only BY Colonel Charles Marshall, of
lis personal staff, who went with one oi
General Grants staff to find suitable
room ID which 10 hold the conference that
they were first shown to vacant house,
and declining to use that were conducted By
Major Mclean to his house and shown into
his parlor. General Grant was accompa-
Inied BY several Of his staff ulfices, and
several Of his Generals (among them Sherl-
dan and Orl) enter,d the room and partici-
pated III the general conversation that oc
Cured. The two Generals went aside and
sit at |. table to confer together, when Cen.
Lee opened the conversation by saying
General, deem it due to proper canlor
aud fraukness to say at the beginning Of
) this interview that am not willing to dis
cus5 any terms IF surrender inconsistent
with The honor d my army which an
determined to maintain ID the last.h Grant
replied II have uo idea Of proposing dis.
honorable terms, General, but ! would be
clad II you would state what you consider
honorable terms General Lee then stated
the terms upon which he would be willing
to surrender Grant expressed himself as
satiiied with lhum and Ice requested that
lie would formally reduce the proposition to
, writing Grant al once did So, with com,
mon lead pencil, and handed The paper to
, Lee, who read it carefully and without com.
+ ment, except 10 say that most Of the horses
were the property Of the men riding them
/ General Grant replied that such horse;
would be exempt from surrender, and ihC
/ paper was then handed TO Col. BadeauS
Grants secretary, and copied in ink mad
by him and Col. Marshall While this wa.
i being done there were inquiries after th'
! health Of mutual acquai ntances, but nothiu:
! bearing on the surrender, except that Gen
i Lee said that he had on his hands some twt
2 or three thousand prisoners, for whom b
/ had no rations. Sheridan at once said, {"
I have ratous for twenty.six thousand men.
General Grant having signed his note
General Lee conferred with Col. Marshal
:. who wrote his brief note Of acceptance q
the terms Of surrender offered, General lie
:, striking out the sentence, II have the homo
to reply to your communication" and sui
" / stitutiug, i have received your letter {
. this date"
! ! Tins terminated the interview, and Ger
i Lee rode back 10 his headquarters, whic
I, were three quarters Of mile northeast {
: the Court House.
4 have thus given the substance, and 4
\ the most part the exact language, Of Gei
a Lees own account Of the surrender.
/. will appear from this that great deal Til,
/. has been SAID about "Grant's maganimitJ
= ii proposing terms Of surrender, aud war
i thanks for the liberal terms accorded
! originated simply in the imagination Of 4
!, writer's. The truth i, Grunt proposed 4
a only terms which Lee would have accepted
and he knew too well the mettle Of tn
great captain and the heroic remnant Of Il
:, army which had SO often defeated him n
!, to rejoice at an opportunity Of coyeril
= himself with glory by accepting almost a
lr terms Of surrender.
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