The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-05-27

companion swOre that he could knock = base ball
In sky yscraping curve. Here at .his Whselwright
shop fell the dashng Root, the last officer Of the
Army Of the Potomac 90 die. Further on We SEQ
an oak and black gum. uninterestng Of their own
account. but which enable the villager 20 get the
bearings Of the now up torn locust where Grant
and Lee 6rst met 60 talk. That spot 10 In an open
field, about two hundred yards north of the Court
House and well down the slope towards the Apo
maitox. When we forded that stream the clear,
spring water flowing over sandy bottom did not
30 much as wet the hubs Of our buggy wheels II
Il less than ten yards In width at this time though
| In stormy weeks, when the red soil above takes 20
itself something of the iuidty as we'll a. the color
OF blood the rivulet swells into river and passes
| eastward Its ono hundred aud f.ty miles 10 the
James with rush and roar that tell Of the highland
bed wherein IL was born. The source Of the stream
u three miles abovs--a spring that Il visited daily
by darkey boys who balance buckets upon their
heads with NJ much dcxterity as the thumb Of the
sweet swell at Long Branch throws into the twiFl
Of his cane.
AT THE ArrLE TREE.
The spot where stood Lees apple tree is soon
reached, as leaving the creek We 10 part Of the
way up the slope and halt BY n roadside orchard.
Persons have said that the hole left by the removal
Of the stump s now visible. IL 90 IL u microscopic
The driver showed us"uear bout" and sbus nigh"
the place where the hole ought 20 be. The day
after the surrender the tree removed root aud
branch by soldiers who wanted relics 20 take home
TO their wives and sweethearts. And as apple
wood Is apple wood several other trees IN the
orchard were cut ~ into relics also. This season
u crop Of oats was taken by Farmer Y. q. Hicks
from the fcd and September stubble now makes
the whole hillside brown II u true that Lee held
brief council under the spPle tree and the story
Of the tree il not myth.
LEE's APPLE TEEE, Locrsr AND PoPLAR.
The weary leader was hemmed in on all sides.
The thousand days Of fighting were over and the
one day of parley hal come. The Army Of North
ern Virginia had spent it, strength In many ma
n@uvcrs in tTciess marches aud in terrific battles.
Hungry, and sick. the poor remnant Of n once
seemingly invineible host now under the bright
light oi April slept IT, last sleep with the
knapsack for it, pillow. From the apple tree the
rebel chief sent out his white sign Of peace-a
poor. torn rag. but how fateful Riding down hill
and across the stream hc met Grant near the To-
Gust. County Clerk George I. Peers Grant
AMI Lee meet. They salutcd, chaited. touched
hats, wheeled aud rode in opposite directions. To
appearance IL was an ordiaary meeting Of two
mounted men. Soon afterwards Lee returned from
the further side Of the creek and with Grant, en-
tered the Mclean house. Then the vanquished
captain rcjoined his comrades and under pop.
lar. nov lourishing ia its growth on the farm of
J. W. Flood mile northeast Of the Court House.
babe farewell 20 battle fields.
Here ended the long. fierce. pitiless struggle
which in the record of the worlds wars vastly
overops all others. Following the lines Of Scared
earth from Manassas hither. a youth predisposed
to carp becomes of THE smallness Of the
closet critics and Of after battle vaants. liefeels
that the war was Taged under mighty impulse,
and that those who fought overcame obstacles to
which the iabors Of Hercules were the tricks Of
toys. The footprints Of the grand armies will out
las; the generations ;ha; made them and grow 70
gigantic breadth aud imPor, for those who come
after. Myriad graves border the grounds Of the
combat. bu, peacefully above each battle field the
dag oG the L Cnion has it, place. q. ".