The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-15

passionless and lust as a historian. He
never refers To the war unless you put
the subject to him directly. I ami afraid
Ihavs been curious on this point, not
that / ever wanted to trouble Gen. Grant,
but because the Judgment and opinions
of such man belong TO history. Hope,
therefore, that what ] gather up and.
send you from various tfble-talk memo
randa will haYea q value to the historian.
81 do nothope 70 give you the Generals
exact words, although as far as memory
Sseryes do so.
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g z were c9nYers,ng y; one evening aoout
Lee s surrender. me Genefai toia ~ Ine
ssory OF me melnotaoie llsN event. Inc ne
!nlgns pelore Lee surrendered, ne sala,
I nae asWIstcnee; ls saoacne-neadacnes
4 10 Whlcn I nave Deen sup3ect-neryous
4 pTostsatlon, intense PERSONAL sutferlng.
i bur, suner or not, 4 mad 10 keep moving.
saw clearly, especially after Sherldan
had cut OH the escape TO- DanYiiie, that
Lee must surrender or break and run
mtg the mountains-oreak IN all ;direcs
tiops and leave Us 6ozen guerilla bands
to hgnt. My campaign was not Rich
smond, moi the defeat OF Lee in actual
light, but TO remove him and his army
out OF the contest, and, if possible, to
haye him nse his influence in inducing
the surrender of Johnston and the other
isolated armies. You see the war was
an enormous strain upon the country,
Rich as VIC were, 1 do not now see how
we could have endured iS another year,
even from a financial point Of view. So,
with these views, ! wrote Lee, and open-
ed the correspondence with which the
world IS familiar. Lee does not appear
well N that cores pondeIce not nea.ly
so we'll as he did IN onr subsequent in
tervieTs, where his whole bearing was
that of q patriotic and gallant soldier,
concerned alone for the welfare of his
army and his State. ] received swor6
that Lee would meet me sst a point with
in our lines near Sheridan's headquarters.
had to ride quite q distance through 9
muddy country. 4 remember now that
I was concerned about mir spersonal APP
pearance. I had an old suit on, without
fny:sWord, and without any distinguish
ing mark of rank except the shoulder
straps Of q lientenant-general on wool
Y len blouse. Twas splashed with mud in
my long ride. i. was gfraid Lee might
y think IEmeaEt to show him studied dis
courtesy by SO coming-.at least T thought
50. But I had no other clothes within
j reach as Lees letter found me away
from my base of supplies. / kept on
riding until I met Sheridan. The Gem
eral, who was one of the heroes of the
campaign, and whose pursuit of Lee was
perfect in Its generalship and energy,
: told me- where to find Lee. I remember
that Sheridan was Impatient when I met
him-anxious and suspicious about the
whole business feared there might be
a plan TO escape; that he had Lee at his
felt, and wanted to end the business by
going in and forcing an absolute surren-
der BY capture. In fact, he bad his
troops ready for such an assault when
Lees white flag came within his lines.
went up to the house where Lee was
waiting. I found him in 3 fine. new.
splendid uniform. which only recalled
n1ytsnyiety as to nv own clothes while
on nv way to meet him. ] expressed
my regret that I was compelled to meet
him in so unceremonious manner, and
hsssreplied thar tae only suit he had
3 available was one which had been sent
him hy some admirers in Baltimore. and
which he then wore for the first time.
we smoke of old friends in the arny.SsI I
remembered having seen Lee in Mexico.
yJo's woe 81 norch b;,bor in ronL +ban
lmys,If at the time That / snnnosed he
had mo recollection of me Rnt he said
he remembered me yery we'll. We
talked of-old times and exchanged in.
uuiries about frields. Lee then 6roach-
ed the subject of our meeting. Ittold
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