The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-12

SURRENDER AT APPOMAT
IOX.
bnoueror's Story Of the Event,
his Opinion of Gen Lee
eeting Of the Great Chief
.ains-COurteSieS Between
the Opposing Heroes
Grants own Words.

6eueral Grant, Il had a wretched
he headaches to which | have been
NERVOUS prostration, intense per-
Herring. But, suffer or not, | had to
bving. / saw clearly, especially az
ridan had cut off the escape to Dan
at Lee must surrender or break and
the mountains-break in all direc-
d leave us a dozen guerilla bands to
The object OF my campaign was not
Ind, not the defeat of Lee in actual
hut to remove him and his army out
Contest, and, if possible, to have hun
Influence in inducing the surrender
anston and the other isolated armies.
|ee, the war was an enormous strain
he country. Rich as We were / do
= how we could have endured it anoth
4 even from a financial point of view.
! with these views l wrote Lee, and
4 the correspondence with which the
"a familiar. Lee does not appear well
correspondence, not nearly SO well
did In our subsequent interviews,
his whole bearing was that Of a pa
and gallant soldier, concerned alone
i welfare Of his army and his State. l
"A word that Lee would meet me at a
&ithin our lines near Sheridan's head
IS. / had to ride quite a distance
~ a muddy country. / remember
M | was concerned about my personal
|nnce. / had an old suit on, without
ord, and without any distinguishing
II rank except the shoulder straps Of
tenant general on a wooden blouse. |
dashed with mud in my long ride. l
lad Lee would think | wanted to
lin studied discourtesy by so coming
l0st | thought so. But l had no 9TH
|lofhes within reach, as Lees letter
4 he away from my base of supplies.
ntpn riding until | met Sheridan. The
ri. who was one of the heroes of the
baien, and whose pursuit of Lee was
|x in It's g%eneralship and energy, told
Mere to find Lee. | remember that
kdan was impatient when | met him,
bus and suspicious about the whole
Iess: feared there might be a plan to
s: that he had Lee at his feet, and
led to end the business by going In and
b. an absolute surrender by capture
d, he had his troops ready for such an
III when Lees white flag came within
MEETING OF THE CHIEFTAINs.
vent to the house where Lee was wait
/ found him in fine, new, splendid
|rrl. which only recalled my anxiety as
+ ovn clothes while on my way TO meet
| expressed my regret that | was
II lied to meet him in SO uucelemonious
mer, and he replied that the only suit
IA available WAS one which had been
IA n bv solne admirers In Baltimore, and
\ he then wore for the first tiue. We
eof old friends In the army. | remcm-
klaviDs 5 en- Lee in Mexico. He was
|ach higher IN rank than myself ut the
|tlat | supposed be had no recollection
n But he said he remembered me cry
We talked OF old times and exchanged
N e. about friends Lee then preached
lubiect of our meeting. | told him NY
land Lee. listening attentveIy, askeC
bwrite them down. | took out mA
fold' order-book and pencil and wrote
down. General Lee put on his glasse:
tail them over. The conditions gave
beers their side arms, private horse.
hcrsonai baggage. | said to Lee that
\ and believed this would be the close
ID war. That it was most important tina
h. should go home and go to work anC
gyvernment would not throw any OBJ
I. in the way. Lee answered that il
ID have a most happy effect and accept
Pie terms. | handed over my pencilec
ID andum to an aid to put into ink and
leumed our conversation about oldtime.
ends In the armies.
RTESIES BETWEEN THE OPPOSING
arious officers came in -Longstreet
n, Pickett, from the South; Sheridan
bnd others from our side. Some wer
faends-Longstreet and myself, for In
Ee-and We had a general talk, Lee n
ia expected me to ask for his sword, bu
d not want his sword. 1T would only,
he General smiling, have gone to tn
st Office to be worshipped by tn
lngton rebels. There was a pause
General Lee said that most of the AM
u his cavalry and artillery were owne'
prlvates, and he would like to know
the terms, whether they would be re
las private property or the propert
government. | said that under tn
OF surrender they belonged to the go,
Itat. General Lee read over the lette
ad that was so. / then said to tn
q that believed and hoped this Va
~ battle of the war that | saw tn
'l Of these men getting home and t