The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-15
saaersou gatelligeaeer.
aRANrs TALg AnouY THE war.
The Story OF Appohiatt31. as Told by the
victor-The Silent Generals View os
Friends end Foes.
HAMBURG, QEnMANY, Julv q.

Friends end Foes.
HAMBURG, GERMANY, July 6.
have some memoranda of Odds and
ends of conversations in. idle moments
while wandering about shese old towns,
and it seems to me TINT I can do no bet.
ter service to the historian than to throw
these memoranda into some shape.
There are few men more willing to con-
verse on any subject which he knows
than the General, and although his fame
Is that of silent man, those who know
him at all know that in reality ne have
few botter talkers In America. The
charm ofthe Generals talk Is that IL Is
never about anything he does not know,
and what he does know he knows we'll.
He is never yindictive and never gossips,
and when referring 20 men and things iri
the great events Of his career, he Is as
passioniess and just as historian. He
never refers 10 the war unless you put
the subject to him directly. and afraid
have 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. I hope,
therefore, that what gather up land
send you from various table-talk memo
VI
I do othope TO give Won the sGeneTal,s
exact words. although as far as ,na,norv
serves I do 5o.. HI
-, ahE soAhENDER ~! OF LEE.
W 9 were converting one evening about
9 Lee's surrender. The General Gtd the
story of the memorable event. tsTha
night before Lee surrendered he said.
had wretched headache-headaches
10 whicn 1 have been snbject---BerYous
prostration, intense personal suffering.
but, suffer or not, had to keep moving.
saw clearly, especially after Sheridan
liad cut on the escape TO DaHville, that
3 Lee must surrender or break and run
INTO the mountains--break in all dirScq
lions ana leave as o dozen guerilla bands
70 ngnt. MY campaign was not Rich
mona. not the defeat Of Lee In actual
ngnt, put tc remove him and his array
ont OF the contest, and, If possible, to
nave MIN use his Influence in inducing
the surrender of Johnston and the other
isolated armies. You see the war was
an enormous strain upon the country.
alcn as wo were, 1 do not now see how
We co9id nave endured it another year,
even even rom 9 financial point Of view. SO,
"a with these views, wrote Leo, and OPEN
ed the correspondence with which the
sw world is familiar. Lee does not appear
we'll IN that correspo on0ence- mot nearly
80 well as ne did In our subBeduent in-
/ serylews, where his whole bearing was
thas OF apgtriotic and gallant soldier,
concerned alone fog she welfare og la:s
army ana MS Etate. received word
.has Lee would meet me a3 q point with.
In our lines near Sheridan's Headquarters.
had 10 ride quite q distance through @
muddy country. i remember now that
1 was concerned about my personal an
pearance. had an old suit on. without
i my sword, and without any distinguish.
s ing mark ofirank except the shoulder-
q on y yYooii.
len blouse. was spla5hed With mud in
my i0Eg ride. / was afraid Lee might
think Ismeant 20 show him studied dis
courtesy by so coming-at least ttoughs
SO. But / had no other clothes within
, reach, as Lees letter fcnnd me away
from my base OF supplies. kept on
riding until met Sheridan. The Gen.
4 erai, who was one of the heroes of the
campaign, and whose pursuit of Lee was
perfect in its generalship and energy,
y tofu nIu Biirra 10 Irti Leg. ramemSser
that Sheridan was inpatient when met =,
him. anxious aud siiBpicio,is ah0i,t fine
whole hTslnesi feared there sY,irlit thn
sa plan to escape that he hnu Lee M his
feat, and wanted to end the business by
4 going IN and forcing IN absolute gtirren.
N der by capturs. In fact. i,es had hjs
troops ready for Buch sSa assault whan
Lees white flag came within his lines.
r. went up to the house where Lee wax
waiting. found him In fine. neIw.
splendid uniform, which only recalled.
l; my anxiety as to my own clofhsa yyhiia
ON my way to nieet him. I tiaxt,ressIsfi
Iay regret that T was conueiIed II ytSsnt
Z him in go uncercnionious q manner. and
he replied chat the only sIlit he h,,d
available w;ls Jfie which had been can't
him by some admirers :ii Baitsmere. and
which he then wore for che first time
10 spoke of cid friends In the argnv 4
s i5TIitliih ii hpfed haYilis sa5n Lea In N5er5co
q Iie was 30 much higher in rank than
myself at the time that I supposed ho
had no oliection Of me. Bot he saId
he remembered me very well. We
talked of old times and EXCHANGED In.
quiries about frieads. Lee then broaci1-
ed the subject Of our meeting. IsfoIds 4
: him my terms. and Lee, listenif,rr atfsns
lively, asked me to write then. down.
SSQOk out my manifold order book aad
pencil and wrote them down. Can "a
put, on mis- glnsses and read them over
Z The conditions .sava the9 nificefa tt,eir
side arrns, private hSfsax and gsSa,an,ss : y
FlygsSa. s saitl to Leo that honess
and believed this would ba the c,csa ~
tho war that it was f1lcst irnnorfs,sf 81. ~
the men should nd home and ~ III ,,ri
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