The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-27

Doth ,Taylors and the courier,s horso
were broken down, and he sent word Nd 1e h
me 70 Gen. Longstreet to act a os = =
thought best telling me not IN r;da as Il u
morse fast, evidently being sat;sf;ed ~ ~,
nothing could be done. th;nL ba ina ha
saa va,neu oy TINS time that Gen. Gran
he;nn % ~ mon.oshe party meeting hin
DeaTG m'Ii sumo stan officers and escort only
When got back to Gen. Lones,reSs s
learned from him that Gen. Fitzh,al
Lees mistake had been discovered n s e,
minutes after had lett him. ''
While Gen. Longstreet was TALKING
uniteo states officer, wearing an immens'
gold PIN and long red hair. came r;J;,',
up with Major Gi5bes, who had rescral ca'
nim from some Of the Confederates
VINO, not recognizing his right IN ,on,' ,o
IN, were despoi'ing him of his b,eas,n;r I
ana otherwise handling him rouphIv
As lie came near Longstreet he dismomyy
ted and, talking very loud, demanded ~,
instant surrender, at the same time an ~
houuIncing that he was Gen. Custer
Longstreet very sternly asked him b,
what right he entered our lines intim a.
ting at the same time that Gen. Gran
"as the only one with whom anv neoot;
alton would be had. Custer answesod sui'
Sheridan and are independent of Grout ou
we nave our men in position, and, if yor
oont surrender, we will destroy you.'
i do not remember what words Long.
street used, but the effect was, Come on +
and a very sharp order to Custer to leave
th Confederate lines instantly and moi
10 venture in again. Whatever he said
mad most decided effect on Custer. who
IN very subdued manner, walked oyeI
to- Col. Latrobe, a. A. General. and
asked an escort to protect him back
through our lines.
Soon after this Gen. Lee rode tbroupb
tie army, stopping at each command
ana urging the men to keep order and
await like men the result. He went on
towards Appomattox Courthouse. where
he met Gen. Grant at house, land NOT
under the historic apple trees. which
were some distance from the village. ! and
where Gen. Longstreet and Others await.
ed his return, and arranged the surrcn.
der. when be came hack he stoned
and spoke to different commands, telling
them that he trusted to their honor to
abide by what had been done in good
faith; he then went TO bis tent some dis.
tance In the rear and do not think rode
out again till all was over"
This account of the surrender is cor.
roborated by the following statement,
which has been made to the News and
Courier by Major Wade Hampton Gibbes,
of Columbia. Major Gibbs says:
Between nine and ten o'clock on the
morning Of the 9th of April, 1865, 1
found myself in charge of n battery of
artillery think the Rockbridge ArtiI.
lery-on the brow of hill Immediately
east, but within the village Of Appomat-
tox Courthouse. l am not positively
certain rs to the battery of which was
in comman, because had only been at.
tached to the battalion of Col. Harda.
way during the retreat from Richmond
and had hardly nnd time to become ia.
miliar with the different batteries of the
battalion.
"We had been shelling the almost in.
terminable column of Yankee cavalry
which seemed to be following o parallel
road to ME, passing through the village
which was occupied by the Confederate
forces. The Federal cavalry were almost
one mile to the east of us across an in.
fervening valley. We had received an
order from Gen. Gordon to cease firing,
and we're idly watching the blue coated
cavalry who were evidently aiming to
cut our line of retreat, when an officer
was seen to leave the enemy's line. He
was followed by another, and together
they galloped toward us, waving white
handkerchief Col. McKissick's regiment
Of South Carolina Volunteers were en-
ployed as skirmishers in front of us.
When his line was reached by the FED
eral officers their horses were seized by
his men and the riders treated quite
roughly. rode out to meet them, and
on approaching the party was greeted by
name with an appeal for protection from
the superior officer, whom I recognized at
once as Gen. Custer. His aide had been
dismounted and disarmed, and he also
would have been treated in the same way
out for my approach. l Immediately
told the soldiers that the officer was Gen.
Custer and that would take charge Of
and be responsible for him. After Ieav-
ing Custer sought an explanation and
then heard that the surrender had taken
place. Joining the column, Gen. Lee
rode for some distance with me and asked
after the condition of the command.
replied that bodily they were well, but
terribly depressed in spirits in conse-
auence of the surrender. He said, after
some moments OF silence: Yes, it is
very hard. but we can't help it, Custer
did not explain to me the object of his
visit, but on inquiry found that he had
demanded the surrender of the army TO
and himsey, thus endeavoring
to get ahead of Grant. In answer to
this demand Longstreet replied that he
would fight to the last. Custer argued
that the fight would be useless, that we
we're surrounded by an overwhelming
force, and that our troops would be need.
lessly slaughtered. Longstreet insisted
that he meant to give him the best fight
be could, and our position being a very
fine one, that thousands of the enemy
would be sacrificed in the attack.
"My battery claims to have fred the
last gun at Appomattox Courthouse.
think, however, that Col. Haskell Claims
,he same honor for one of the batteries
lnder his command. My belief is that
,nr army had already surrendered when
received the order from Gen. Gordon
o cease firing"
A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.-It is sta
ed that on Tuesday last an old man
lamed Mr.. Jerry Glenn, who lives about
I've miles from Greer's Station, disap-
,eared rather suddenly, and that party
It once began searching for him IS soon
ls his absence was observed. Blood was
discovered at a wood pile near the house,