Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-15
Lees Surrender.

rem1mDer-andl 1t was recalled to me
tonight when the name of General Grant
came up In the course of conversation
the wonderful scene that transpired in
that little place In Virginia, ON the 9th of
April, 1865. It was late In the afternoon
when it became known that General Lee
had sent for Grant to surrender to him.
It was between Q and 8 O'Clock when
We met In the little room in tho house
where the surrender of Lees army took
place. know there 10 belief that the
surrender took place under an apple tree,
where Grant and Lee met and exchanged
. few words. The surrender took place
In the left hand room of that ld-fash-
Toned double-house. The house had q
large piazza which ran along the full
length of 1t. It was one of those ordina.
~ Virginia houses with passage way
RAINING through the center Of it. In that
little room where the meeting took place
sat two young men-one . great. grand
son of Chief Justice Marshall, of the Su.
preme Court reducing to writing the
terms Of the surrender on behalf of Rob.
ert E. Lee; the other . man with dusky
ountenance-sg great nephew of that Gel
ebrated chieE-Red Jacket-acting under
General Grant. They, too, were reducing
to writing the terms of the surrender Of
the Army Of Northern Virginia to the
Army Of the Potomac. Gathered around
the room were several officers, of whom I
was one.
At some distance apart sat two men;
one the most remarkable man of his day
and generation. The larger and older Of
the two was the most striking in his ap-
pearance. His hair was white as the
driven snow. There was not . speck
upon his coat; not spot upon those
ganntlets that he wore, which were -
bright and fair as lady1 glove. That
was Robert e. Leo. The other was
Ulysses 8. Grant, whose appearance con-
trsstsd stranGsly With that Of Lee; his
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