The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-05-07
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Sranps Chief Commissary Coxnpnres Notes
with Lees Chief of Stan.
Brig.Gen. M. IL. Morgan, of Balt;-
more, after reading the rccollections
OF Col. Charles Marshall, chief of Gen.
Lees staff, of the surrender at hnno.
mattox, writes:
was present as an officer of Gen
Grants staff at the meeting at which
the terms of surrender were oorned
upon and find Col. Marshall's account
inc most accurate have'yet seen nub-
ls9ed. Gen. Grant was dressed as to
UNIFORM as he had been for months
past Ho was accompanied by mem.
oers OF his staff, all OF whom were intr0-
auced to Gen. Lee by Gen. Seth vii.
llams, who had been Lees adiutant
when the latter wasssuperintcnden of
inc Military Academy at West Point.
Ihe members of Gen. Grants staff re-
NAMED in the room after having been
introduced. IN the course of tho pro-
cccdlngs GcA. Lee asked Gen. Grant
10 nave his army fed, and the latter
turned to me, his chief commissary.
ahd instructed me to feed Gen. Lees
army in the manner related in the &C.
companylng copy of q letter written by
me April 25, 1879, to Gen Badeau:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
DAKOTA, Office Chief Commissary Of
subsistence, st. Paul, Mimi, April
20, 1879. Dear Badcau: Your favor
or April was received yesterday. /
remember the matter you alludeito in
your letter very well. After the terms
for the surrender Of Lees army had
been arranged (April 8, 1862 Gen.
Lee asked Gen. Grant to have rations
issued to his army. Gen. Grant, turn
ing to me, said, Colonel, feed Gen.
Lees army / asked, How MANY
mon have they? Gen. Grant repeat
ed me question, addressing Gen. Lee.
Gen. Lee went into an explanation to
show why hc could not tell the number
OF his men. He said, Il have 10 COM
pletc organization in my army. MANY
companies arc commanded bv non
commissioned officers; the books are
lost When he got thus far | said,
suggcstivclY, SAY 25,O0O.' Gen. Lee
said, yes, $4,000 / went from the
room at once and meeting Col. NJ. p.
Small, chief commissary of Gen. Ord's
army, asked him if he could spare me
three days rations (I think it was three
days. of beet, salt and bread, for the
army of Northern Virginia, number
ing $4,000 men. lie said, Il guess |
can | was not ut al certain he could
DO it, because we had been having
some lively marching, and ! doubted
II the provision trains anG herd were
up with the troops. But Small was
equal to the emergency, and / told him
to issue the rations. You rcmembcr
we started back to City Point tho
afternoon of the next day, April 10,
aud l did not take much more interest
in the number of men constituting the
army of Northern Virginia. have
since learned that the number Of men
OF that army was at time, officers and
men 2G, l15, divided as follows, viz:
Cavalry corps, officers 2l3, men 1,5O1;
artillery corps, officers 1927, men 49,
333 Gordon's crops, officers GA, men
5,S33. Total officers 2,951; total men
25,464. You may be certain that this
is correct. You may rcmcn., 1r that
lilz Lee went Off with his cavalry and
Gen. Lee sent out after him to come in
and surrender. He came in, think,
after we left. I remember You very
we'll and pleasant, ,"