The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-17
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY II.

Lee made stubborn resistance, but his works
were carried. 1t was during this movement
that Gen. Miles was highly praised by Gen.
Grant for 1.-THE pertinacity with which he
chung to the enemy and wrung from them VIC
tory" During the night Richmond and Pc
tersburg were penetrated, and Grant, instead
OF marching to Richmond for grand entry,
ordered Meade as follows; "You will march
Immediately with your army upon the Apo
mattox, taking the river road Mr.. Lincoln
came on to Petersburg aud had few minutes
talk with Grant, who went at once to the
front and accompanied the army that was driv-
ing Lee on to his doom. Gen. Badeaus vol
umes come to an end with the description of
the defeat and surrender of Lee. 1t is ia
miliar story, but even told again has all the
graphic interest of a romance. From the be-
ginning OF the movement Lee was outnum-
bered, outmaneuvred and outgeneraled
Grants only purpose was to reach Lees army.
Lees army" he said, was the objective
point, and to capture that is all we want" :.
The Rebel army, now the only strategic point
to strike at" On the 9Th of April Sheridan,
who had the advance. sent word to Grant: ri
wish you were here yourself; feel confident of
capturing the Army Of Northern Virginia if
we escape ourselves" Meade had ordered
Sheridan believed that the left was the true
road and Grant agreed with him. Pursuit,
capture, destruction of ammunition and sup
plies, constant harassing skirmishes and cor
tests, hunger, living on parched corn found in
the fields, Lee was in command of ruined
army, rapidly showing every sign of disintegra-
ton. AT Sailors Or, elk Sheridan attacked
the Confederates, taking a large number of
prisoners among them many officers of rank
IN the Confederate army. On the evening of
the 9TH of April Grant took possession of Farm
vile and made his headquarters in a homely
inn, where Lee had spent the night before.
Here he watched the Sixth Corps march by
and before retiring he addressed Gen. Lee a
letter, asking the surrender of the Confederate
army. Gen. Badeau criticises Lees course in
conducting this correspondence as not being
ingenious, but the discussion is hardly worth
pursuing as Lee evidently intended to do his
best to save his army, and even, if necessary,
to resort to evasion and subterfuge.
The story of the surrender has been told so
often that we will not follow Gen. Badeau in
ms brilliant and vivid narrative. One picture,
however, may be rescued from the glowing
pages OF our historian, with whom we cannot
part without due Acknowledgement of our oh.
legations for a work which will long be ac.
cepted as classic history of the greatest war OF
modern times. Gen. Badeau is speaking OF
the interview between Lee and Grant the day
after the surrender. He says:
FERMENTATION AFTER VICTORY AND DEFE AT.
The conversation was protracted, and the
restless Sheridan, not used to waiting at last
rode up and asked permission to cross the lines
and visit some of his old comrades in the Reb.
ell army. Leave, of course was given, and with
him went Gems. Ingalls, and Seth Williams.
both men of the old army. with as MANY per.
sonal friends among the Rebel officers as un-
der the National flag. They soon found ac.
auaintances. and, when the interview between
Grant and Lee was over, the three returned
bringing with them nearly every officer OF
high rank in the Rebel army to nav their re.
sspects 10 Grant and to thank him for the terms
he had accorded them the day before. Lee
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own headquarters, while the National CHIEF
and those with him repaired to the farm house
hard by, where the equalization had he an
signed. Hither also came Longstreet, Gordon
Heth, Wilcox, Pickett, and other Rebel Off
GERS oil lame, splendid soldiers, who had given
their enemies much trouble; and Sheridan
Ord, Griffin, and the men on Grants staff mei
them cordially. First of course, the Rebels
were presented to Grant, who greeted them
with kindness. Most of them he knew person.
ally Longssreet had been at his wedding, Cad.
mus Wilcox was his groomsman: Heth was a
subaitern with him in the Mexican war. Others
ne had served with in garrison or on the Pacific
coast. They all expressed their appreciation
of his msgnanimity. To be allowed not only
their lives and liberty, but their swords, had
.ouched them deeply. One said to him in my
hearing, General, we have come to congratu-
late you on having wound us up Il hone.
replied Grant, it will be for the good of us all
linen the other National officers took their
turn, shaking hands cordially with men whom
they had met in many a battle or with whom
they had earlier shared tent or blanket on the
Indian trail or the Mexican frontier; with
classmates of West Point and sworn friends OF
ooyhood. Some shed tears as they Rugged
each other after years of separation and strife
Countrymen all they felt themselves now, and
not a few of the Rebels declared they were
glad the war had ended IN the triumph of the
Nation.
MATERIAL RESULTS OF THE SURRENDER
"Twenty-seven thousand five hundred and
sixteen officers and men," says Badeau, "were
paroied at Appomattox Courthouse. In ad.
dition to these, AZ, 495 Rebels were captured BY
the Armies OF the Potomac and the James and
the cavalry between the Goth day of March and
the 9TH OF April, 1865, making totalsof "A, oil
prisoners In this campaign. The wounded
sible that fewer than 5000 were killed. The
losses in the National army during the same
period were 1O,O66; of these 1900 were killed
500 we're wounded and $500 reported miss