The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-08

7 posed by myself. The accompanying addS
| tional correspondence will show the oonos
/ lions fully q. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General.
At his headqua eers he remained as calm
! as ever, but talked frequently of the inn
portance of the event and of its conse-
| quences. He declared that this was the end
| of the war, that all the other rebel armies
would quickly yield; there might be guer-
/ rillas, or partisans fighting here and there,
/ but great battle or campaign world now
/ occur; and he announced his intention OF
/ returning to Washington on the morrow TO
/ direct the disbauding of the armies. His Of
4 hcers were disappointed at this determine
| ton, for they hoped TO see something or the
/ army they had contended with so long; ana
/ those who were intimate enough suggested
| that he should remain at Appomatox at least a
| day. But the expenses of the war amounted to
| at least 81, 600, 600 day, and it was important
| TO save this cost TO the country Grant was
/ Indifferent to the spectacle of his triumphs,
| and only anxious 10 secure their reality and
| result One of the most important results
| would be the diminution of this immense
/ outlay. 1t was ascertained, however, that
the Petersburg and Lynchburg Railway
| could be put in condition from point
| a few miles off by noon of the FOL.
! lowing day, and as no time would be gained
/ by starting sooner the Geueral-in- Chief con-
| scented 10 visit the rebel lines Accordingly,
| at about O'Clock on the morning OF April
| 10 he rode out with his staff, accompanied
/ by sheridan, Ord, Griffin, and several OF their
| officers, a small cavalry escort attending.
! The party proceeded to the mound in the val
| ley between the two armies, but when they
| arrived at the rebel pickets 1t was discovered
| that no directions had yet been given TO adj
| NIT Mon officers. messenger, however,
was promptly sent to Lee headquarters for
| orders, and when the great prisoner learned
| that Grant was at the picket line he at once
| mounted his horse, and, with single order
! ly, came out TO meet him. Grant waited on
/ the hilock and then, sitting on their horses
/ in sight of the two armies, whose lines could
| be seen stretching away under the bright
! spring sun for miles, the two Generals con-
yersed for more than an hour. The officers
and men who had accompanied Grant fell
| lack rod or two to be out of hearing, and
| formed a semicIrcle behind him of fifty men
| or more. With Lee was his single orderly.
| The two great opponents found much to
/ say. Both were convinced Lee as firmly as
! Grant that the war was over, and Lee ex-
! pressed his satisfaction at the result. SlaY-
| cry, he said, was dead; the South was pre-
| pared TO acquiesce in this as one of the con-
| sequences of national victory. The end had
/ long been foreseen. The utter exhaustion
| OF resources, the humiliation of armies
which had been steadily going on for a year,
| could have but one termination. Johnston
! he said, would certainly follow his example,
| and surrender to Sherman, and the sooner
the rebel armies were all surrendered the
! better now. Nothing could be accomplished
| by further resistance. When Grant discov-
! cred that Lee entertained these opinions he
| urged him to address the rebel government
and people, and use his great influence to
| hasten the result which he admitted was not
| only inevitable but, under the circum-
| stances desirable But this step Lee
was not inclined to take. He said that
| he was now prisoner of war, and
| felt delicacy about advising others to put
! themselves in his position. But he had no
| doubt they would speedily arrive al the same
| conclusion without his urging. The CONVEX
satiou was protracted, and the restless Sher-
| dan. not used to waiting at last rode I'D and
| asked permission to cross the lines and visit
some Of his old comrades in the rebel army
| Leave, OF course, was given, and with Sheri
dan went Gems. ingalls, and Seth Williams
| both men of the old army, with as many per-
| sonal friends among the rebel officers as IN
| der the Union flag They soon found ac-
! quaintanceS, and when the interview be-
| tween Grant and Lee was over the three
| returned bringing with them nearly every
| officer of high rank In the rebel army to pay
| their respects TO Grant and thank him for
| the terms he had accorded them the day be-
! fore. Lee now babe good-mornng and re-
/ turned to his own headquarters. while the
| Union chief and those with him repaired to
| the farmhouse hard by, where the capitula-
| ton had teen signed.
Hither, also came lOngstreet, Gordon,
1 Heth, Wilcox, Pickett, and other rebel officers
| of fame, splendid soldiers who had given
! their enemies much trouble; and Sheridan,
! Ord, Griffin, and the men on Grants staff
mt them cordially. First, of course, the
| rebels were presented to Gen. Grant, who
greeted them with kindness. Most of them
! he knew personally. Iongstreet had been at
| his wedding; Cadmus Wilcox was his grooms-
man; Heth was a subaltern with him in the
/ Mexican war; others had served with him in
| garrison on the Pacific coast. They all
| expressed their appreciation of his magma
nimity. One said TO him: General, we have
come to congratulate you upon having
! wound US up" II hope" replied Grant, lit
will be for the good of us ALL
/ Then the other Union officers took their
| turns, shaking hands cordially with the men
whom they had met in many battle, or with
| whom they had earlier shared tent or ban-
| ket on the Indian trail or on the Mexican
| frontier, with classmates of West Point and
sworn friends of boyhood. Some shed tears
as they Rugged each other after years of
| separation and strife. Countrymen all they
! felt themselves now, and not few of the
| rebels declared they were glad the war had
ended in the triumph of the nation. Their
! humility was marked; they felt and said
| that they had staked all and lost. They in
! CURED if they would be permitted to leave
| the country, but none dreamed they would
| ever regain their property.
| The officers sat for an hour or more on the
| steps of the porch, or on the veranda, and at
! noon Grant mounted his horse and set out
| for Washington, not having entered the
| rebel lines
! On April ~ the Army OF Northern Vir-
ginia was formed by divisions for the last
| time. Lee had already been given his per-
| sonal parole and was not present. But Com
! missoners had been appointed on each side,
| under whose direction the troops marched to
| a spot in the neighborhood of Appomattox
/ Court House. The Union column halted on
! a distant hill, where white flag was waving.
! No guns were in position, no bands played
| In profound silence the Southerners dressed
| their lines, fixed bayonets stacked arms and
! deposited their accOutermentS. Then slowly
| turlng their flags they laid them down: and
| many veteran stopped to kiss the stained
! and tattered Colors under which he might
! fight no more. All day the sad ceremony
| went on; the disarmed men streaming to the
| Provost Marshals' tents for their paroles
| Then they started for their homes.
! There was hardly man possessed parti-
| Gle of money, and some had a thousand miles
! to travel in a country where railroads had
| been annihilated They were allowed to wear
! their uniforms but W thout insignia, and to
/ pass free over all Government transports
| and railroads. Lee rode from AppOmattox
| Court House to Richmond, which he entered
/ on the l. tn, while his army was laying down
1 its arms. A few of the inhabitants gathered
| around him on his way to his house, but he
| discouraged any demonstration, and dis
! turhance occurred. The population had been
! fed by the Union authorities since the cap
| ture of the town, and the officer who had
/ charge of this duty issued ticket for
| destitute ration for Gen. Robert L. Lee.
! Grants Freedom from Profanity.