Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-30
GEN. LEES SURRENDER.
BRIG. GEN. MORGAN's RECOL-
LECTION OF 1T.


Grant Dressed As He Had Been For
the Preceding Two or Three Months
The Provision For Feeding the Vir-
glnian Troops and the Number of the
Men.
BALTIMORE, April 20.-Brig. Gen. M.
r. Morgan, after reading "Recollections
of Col. Charles Marshall" chief Of Gen.
Lees staff at the surrender eratAppomattox,
writes:
was present, as an officer Of Gen. Grants
stan, at the meeting at which tho terms Of
surrender were agreed upon, and I find Col.
MarshalPs account the most accurate have
yet seen published. Gen. Grant was dressed.
as TO uniform, rs he had been for
months past. He was accompanied
by the members OF his stafI, all of whom were
introduced to Gen. Lee by Gen. Seth Williams,
aud who had been Gen. Lees adjutant when
the latter was superintendent of the Military
Academy at West Point. The members OF
Gen. Grants STAFF remained in the room after
having been introduced. In the course Of tho
proceedings Gen. Lee asked Gen. Grant to
have his army fed. and the latter turned to
me, his chief commissary, and instructed me to
feed Gen. Lees army in the manner related
In the accompanying copy OF n letter written
by me April rs, 1879, TO Gen. Badeau;
THE LETTER.
HEADQUARTERS DEPT. or DAKOTA,
OFFICE CHIEF Com. SUBSGsTENCEi
ST. PAUL, MINI. April 25, 1879. )
"DEAR BADEAU-Y our favor of April was
received yesterday. / remember the matter
you allude to in your letter very well. After
the terms for the surrender OF Gen. Lees
army had been arranged tApril Q, 1861. Gen.
Lee asked Gen. Grant to have rafions issued
TO his army. Gen. Grant. turning TO me, said:
Colonel, feed Gen. Lee'B army ! asked,
'How many men have theyg Gen. Grant
repeated my question, addressing Gcns Leo.
Gen. Lee went into an explanation to show
why he could not tell tho number Of his men.
gOmnlpte
in my army. Many companies are commanded
by non-c commissioned officers. The books arc
lost
GUESS.
'When he got thus far said suggestiyoly:
say $4,000 men, Gen. Lee SAID: yes,
25.0OO.' / went from the room at once and,
meeting Col. M. r. small, Chief Commissary
OF Gen. Ord's army. asked him IL he could
spare three days' rations Il think it was three
days. of beef, salt and bread for the army of
Northern Virginia, numbering rs 600 men.
He said; I guess | ean.' / was not at ail
certain that he could DO IT, because we had
been having some lively marching and
doubted II the provision trains and herd were
up with the troops, but Col Small was equal
TO the emergency, and / told him to issue the
ratiOna. You remember, we started back to
City Point on the afternoon Of the next day,
April 10, and did not take much more in-
terest IN the number of men constituting the
army OF Northern Virginia.
THE EXACT.
81 have since learned that the number Of the
men and officers of that army was at that
time &c, ll5, divided as follows, viz: Cavalry
corps-ofticers 2l3, men sol; artillery corps
officers 2B1, men 2707: Jongstreets corps-ofli-
GERS l,521, men 1898; Gordon's corps-ofii-
cers 6l4. men 5,S33; tOtals-Oficers 2.65l, men
23.48i. You may be certain thst this is correct.
You NAV remember that Fitzhugh lee went
on with his cavalry, and that Gen Lee seng
out after him 20 come in and surrender. He
cama ind fhirt. after we left. ! remember
you very wei and pleasantly"