The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-04
Phil. Sheridan Blows About APP
pomattox

Hb~ttl lN Ht , ~ tue negotiations winch
he Ia t"rn htvug Tor The last day and
"ghF vr :, Gaut' | rejoined
"A have b. eb CONSTANTLY informed Il the
Progress of the negotiations. aud think
1t singular that while such nc gptiariDn.
are going on Gen. Lee should have con-
tinued his march and ATTEMPTED 10 break
through my ines TIN. morning nth the
view OF escaping. | can entertain no
terms except the condition hat Gen. Lee
will surrender 10 Gen. Grant Oh his ar
rival here. | have sent Tor hiD. II
these tel ne are not accepted We Will renew
hostiliiics.' Gen. Gordon replied. Gen.
Lees army il exhausted. There il no
doubt OF his surrender TO Gen. Grant on
hIs ARRIVAL
Gen. Wilcox. whom i knew well, he
having been captain OF the company TO
which | was attached a. a cadet at
the military academy, then stepped to
his horse. and. taking hold of the saddle
bags, said, in a ~iocular way: Here.
Sheridan. take these saddle-bags; they
have one soilcd -hlrt and a par OF
drawers. You have burned everything
else | had in the world. and l think you
are entitled IL these also He was
abiding. of course, To the destruction
of the baggage trains which had been
going on Tor some days.
When the terms above referred to
were settled. each army a.rced to re-
main in stdtu guO until the arrival Of
Gen. Grant. whom Col. Newhall. my
Acknowledgement. had gone for. Gen.
Gordon and Wilcox then returned to
see Gen. Lee, and promised to come
back III about thirty minutes. and during
that time Gen. Ord Joined me at the
courthouse. Al the end of thirty or
forty minutes Gen. Gordon returned in
company with Gen. Longstreet.
In the meantime. Gen. Lee came
over to McIean's house. III the village
OF AppOmatOX Court-House. am
not certain whether Gen. Babcock. of
Gen. Grants staff. who had arrived in
advance of the general. had gone over
to see him or not. We bad waited
some hours, and think. about II or i
O'Clock Gen. Grant arrived. Gen. Ord,
myself, and many other officers were in
the main road leading through the town.
at a point where Lees army was visible.
Gen n rode up. and greeted me with:
: Sheridan. how are you:' / replied:
Il am very well. thank YOU" He then
sdtI. w IItltI - I.tt. lItDlItl. here
is his army down in that valley; he is
over III that house (pOintmg out Nc
i~ean's). waiting to surrender to you
Gen Grant, still without ~dismounting,
said: Come. lets 90 over He then
made the same request to Ger Ord, and
We all went To McLcan's house. Those
vino entered with Gen Grant We're. a.
nearly "a | a recollect. Ord, Rawlins.
Seth Williams, Ingalls,. BabcOck. Far
ker, and myself; the staff officers, or
those who accompanied, remaining out
side on the porch steps and in the yard.
On entering the parlor we found Gen
Lee standing II company with Col Mar
shall, his :; i-de-canIp. The first greet
n was to Gen Seth Williams, who had
been Lees adjuttnt when he was super
intcndent OF the military academy. Gen
Lee was then presented to Gen Grant.
aud all present were introduced. Gen
Lee was dressed in a new gray uniform,
evidently put on for the occasion,
aud wore a handsome sword. He had
on his face the expression OF relief from
a heavy burden. Gen. Grants uniform
was soiled with mud service, and he wore
no sword. After a few words had been
spoken as those who knew Gen. Lee, all
the officers retired, except, perhaps. one
staff officer of Gen. Grant ), and the one
who was with Gen. Lee. We had not
been absent from the room longer than
about five minutes, when Gen. Babcock
came to the door and said The surren-
der has taken place you can come in
again
When we re entered, Gen. Grant was
writing at a little wooden. elliptical shap-
eel table purchased by me from Mr Nc
Lean and presented to Mrs. q. A. Gus
ter the conditions of the surrender. Gen.
Lee Was sitting, his hands resting on the
hilt OF his sword, to the left of Gen.
Grant, with his back to a small marble
topped table, on which many books were
piled. While Gen. Grant was writing,
friend y conversation was engaged in by
zen Lee and his aid with the officers
present and ne took from the breast
rccket W dispatches, which had been
eur to him by me during the forenoon,
notifying HIM that some OF his cavalry
niron of Cook, were violating the agree
ment entered into by withdrawing. had
not time TO make copies when they were
~ent, and had made a request to have
them returned. He handed them to mt
with the remark Il am sorry. 1t i.
possible my cavalry at { hal, point of the
line old not fully understand the agree
ment
About one hOur was occupied In drawing
np and signing the terms, when Gen
LIE retired from the house with a cordia
shake of the hand with Gen. Grant
mounted his chunky, gray horse, and
i'ring his hat, passed through the gat,
and rode over over the crest Of the hill
. his army.