Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-08-08
GRANT on IIHE NAk !!
The Story ofs OIllattalx as 3
Told by the Victor.
The Silent Generals Views sof
Friends and Foes.
HIS FRANKLT EXPRESSED OPIN-
IONS ABOUT The MEN WHo
LED THE ARMIES FOR
ANBAGAINST THE
UNION. 8

interesting eha-acterizatiOns
and Reflections.
s<z-
reE coaFEDERATE SOLDIERS,
rJobn Russell Young,s Report to the New
York Herald of Various eonyersa-
HaMsTRG, MaSy Jnlys 6. :
7 have some memoranda Of odds
and ends of conversations in idle mo-
nepts while wandering about these
ola towns. aud it seems to me that |
can do no better servlce to the MS
torian than to throw sbsss Temoranl ps'I nora /
da into soma e shape. There are few
pnen more willing to converse ca any
anbect which he knows than the
General. aud although his fame is
that Of s silent man, those who know
MIN at all know that IN reality we
have few better takers IN America.
The charm of the Generals talk IS
that it is never about anything ne
does not know, and what he does
know he 1nows. well. He is never
vindiciive aa4 4never gosaps, and
when referring to isan and things IN
,gbs great events of his cafaer. ne lsas
uassenless and Just as historian.
He nexer rsfersto the war a,nless you
put the sabs sect TO him directly. l am
,Graid I have been curious on this
,ooSat. not that / eveE wanted to trou-
ple Gen. Grant, but because the Judg-
ments an2 opinions Of such s.s'a be-
.l,pr to history. l hope, therefore,
hat what gather and send you from n,
garious ta6le-talik A4aporanda will
f,aye value to the historian. | 90
NOT hope to give you the Geaes&l,c ex-
act words, although as far as mefasfy
servesI dc 20.
THE suEsENpEE OF LEE.
We were conve1siaG one evening
about Lees surrender. Tla General
Sold the story of the meMefable
e event. "The night before Lee surren,
dered.. he said.Et'I had q wretehed
a,eadssha,keadaches to which I5have
ssS suGect-1ervous prostrstion'S
intense personal suffering. But, sut-
,er or not. I had to laesp moving. l
saw clearly, especially after Sheridan
had cut off the escape to pa1ailie;
rhaa Lee must surrender or break and |
rvr ;nto the 1eountains-bfeSk IN all
directicas and leave. US q dozen gaeF-
lila bands 20 fight. My campaign.
was not Ricbrnond, not the defeat OF
Zee in actual fight. but to remove
fbiu and his army out Of the contest
and, if possible, to have him USE MS
iniuenee in inducing the surrender
Of Johnson and otler isolated armies
You see the var was an enormous
Strain upon the country. Rich as we
wese. I do not now see bow we could
alave ea4dureda it another ya%f, even
from Siasnclal point of view.
with these ai9ws, 1 wrote Lee, and
opened the correspondence with
which the world IS familiar. Lee
does not appear well in Asat cores
mono nondenceZnot nearly SO weh a@ he
Hid in our subsequent interviews
where his whole bearing was that OF
a patriotic and gallant soldier, CON on
cerned alone for the welfare of his
army and his State. lreceived word
that Lee would meet NE at point
w,tbin our lines near Sheridan S
T,eadouarters. / had to ride quite a
,distaa<ee through muddy country. !
rememh.ar now that Twas concerned
abont my personal appearance. l
had an old Sutton, without my sword,
and without any Distinguishing mark !.
of rank except the shoulder straps OF
q Lieutenan5-General or q woolen
blouse. I was splaahed with mud IN
I.,s : m art to show hisa stuelsd
.aisa;urtesy by SO coming-at least l
.tbovesgt SO But I HI I'd no other
.aotifes nj thin reach, as Lees letter
found ne .swsY from my base of sup
plies. ( kept on idny.untll | net
Sheridan. The ks-asperal, who was one
.,.f the heroes Of the campaign, and
whose pursuit of Lee was perfect In
- een sralship and energy. told Rpe
where to find Lee. / remember that
ssner,,an was impatient when | met
,SSm-anzious and suspicIo.s about
the whole bssiDess-fta"ed taere
,n,ohf be a plan to escape thst ne
bad Lee at his feet. and wanted to
Ind Ind the business by go'ng ~ and
,taginy an ABSOLUTE surrender W cap
rnrp In iact, be had his troops reaay
80 -. .,1.b an a.. .ault when Lee while
flse cnsne witLlnshis lines. l wei. went
min 10 ,he loase VIZ e Lee was walt
inc. i found hin IN i hne, lIs'''i new;
,snIepdid uniform. WHICH ol'i5 recalled
~ = anxiety as 10 my 1wa t'g'hes
while on my way 10 hiesD '''+;
pressed my regretthat was eo@pel',
ed 10 raeet him in SO unceremohloas "a
,..,.l,ne.. ,s.l, end he:rep.ieu that Tue oh'y
,slfE Iie had avaiiab,e was one when
lad been sent. him by some admirers
I'm baltimore ,and&mctl iissthen wore
ifor the frat time. We spoke Of old
~ s,,nas IN the army. remembered
having seen Leeia Mexico: He was as
!, $50 . much higher IN rank thsn myself
80 80 ffls m time that / supposed he had
me Yecollection Of me. But be eala TNl
:'5ls I sapembeled me very well, We
talked Of old times aud exchanged
&,.aair,es ,lr 8 sbout friends. Lee then
brosshed tue subject of our meeting
toId him nr5 terms. and Lee, llsteni-
inc attenrge,y. asked ma TO write t.,
them down. / look ont my mantl loid
order book and psaciland wrote thei#H
,lawn. Gen. Lee put 0R hls glasses
a '.aa read them over. Tie conditions
srsge the officers their side arms, prl11
s S,,tet.orsss t, and personal baggags. !
so To Zee dlatl I hoped and believed
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