Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-13

yVu nave Tor me. | have presentiment
'u"1 VI ". Mics sent me- my Wife's da-
eu rreotype, which was IN my tru, cap
tured hN the Federal fore s." The Pro
YoSt iook tr'rr his pocket The da.uer,e -
type and handed it 70 me with "a lrit r.
trrm G"n. NJ les. stating the cireum-
s'arces under which it had been found.
sent ny compliments to him for his
ciVlllty, and about II O'clock our army
vas IN ia retreat.
we marched all night and the next
day until about O'clock in the afternoon
wnen W. went into camp three miles
South 81 ApnomattOx court house. Long
street and Gordon were in front. aud m,
division d Gen. Fields division were
drawn in line OF battle to cover the rear.
At daylight we moved tn AppOmattnX
and then halted received a MESA &c
from l. q 10 come to the from. | found
nm jus this side of the court honse.
with Lon2streCt and mis- st.tI. warming
themselves bv 4 fire. Lee asked bis sta #
to retire, and then he said that he had
sent for m "ecauso he was in trouble.
Wei, what is the matter nowY
asked.
i suppose YOU know thAt Grant has
drna led cur surrender ~ piled.
'No, do not know it, but suspected
it, was my answer.
wei, he has demanded our surrender
aud "a to know what you think about
II. W ave only 8 0a0 musk"ts and two
orga lied b dies -ypurs and Fiells''
tax" your purpoee. Gov. Lee. to no
10 u'ct a junction with Johnston in West
N0tih tar"ijn 2
Yes. sjr, said the Geucral'
"'ln my Judgment said 1, This iu' c.
tN0 can he f. m Il only i'm ooe ofto-O wave
hrst to cut through the euem,'s in nd
ilght our way ont. ana that can only b..
done ~ great cost of life. If successful
we VIII onl, have mere remnant If the
army eft and tina remnant cannot he re
crulted and qnipped by government i'm
q wagon. | cannot see how YOU could
supply an a"mv with munitions and ra-
u"ns. we have another chance to yet to
Lynchhurg, but we viii certainly be
harass"d every step of he war. and when
we get there we VIII be still farther away
rom Johnston told him that
the time had come when thought
he was call upon to perform
the highest duty that could drvOve upon
an individual, to UNDERGO a t. st of the
highest deg'e- o: manhood: that the TIM
had con- when, in my iudgm NJ, it y As
his duty 10 surrender the arm,; that
believed it would he a crime under the
circumstances to sacrifice The life Of
another man. | told him that if the
l1i Il@ WI i.1t Nv Nttil NIEtitf were Slltfl as
we were entitled to tceive | should sur
render Immediately. If not would fight
if out IA re. lie then handed me Gen.
Grants letter containing the proposed
terms of surrender | read it and told
him that | thought The terms re as
honorable as co ia he asked at "a def at.d
army. Lee turned question ngly tn LOug-
street, who simply said: i agree with
Mabone.'
'''What will the country sayY asked
Ice.
. You are the country now | an.
swer' q 'Our people VII apprOve' He
said he dif not know where to find Grant
I told him to ct on his horse and hunt
him up. II" left Longstreet in commend
o army. ami rode away in search of
the FEDERAL commander, acc"mnanied
only by a courier ] went hack to nv
division, which Field he'd put in line If
BATH, and told him what had occurred at
thertTont.
"To av id another engagement we sent
out flag NJ truce. When tue mon formed
in line they began digging trenches and
otherwise arranging for what tn " sup
posed to be an impending battle. They
were ordered to stop work. 1t was the
first order ot the kind they had ever re-
ceived under such circumstances The
soldiers seemed to understand what it
meant without knowing anything Of the
events of the past q hours. As
by instinct they realized that the
war had come to- an end. Some Of
tne men She zan to fcry, others threw
their arms in JOY around the necks Of
their comrades MANY ~ them broke
their sword blades and threw away their
bayonefs. hasfened out Of sight Of this
affecting scene and r. joined Gen. Lee at
little stream near AppOmatt'X court
house. Co.'s. Taylor and Stevens and
SEVERAL other off trrs were with him. |
h \ scsafte1y reabhef the Generals side
when saw a Union officer riding down
the road from the court house accom-
panied hg a courier. He approached
within 100 feet Of Gen. Lee, at
the same time saluting him, re.
moving bis hat. and took note from his
pocket, which Gen. Taylor received and
carried TO Gen. Lee. He read the note
and answered it, and the Union off ar
rode back to the Federal headquarters.
Gen. Lee stood in the Dirt road. lie took
the note, tore it up in lttle pieces aud
threw them upon the ground and with his
heel STAMPED them under the dirt and
ont Of sight. | mounted my horse and
rode away and Gen. l. @ went to meet
Gen. Grant. That is all saw Of the sur