Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-13
7cFy. LEES SURRENDER.
oII,s EccOIIcctiOns of the
COLI Ma" scene at APpOmattoX'

.;donts of the surrender of Gen,
The nciu o,my to General Grant at APP
eral Lee ; Court fld House have attracted ad,
ponatt5oH: , Go recently, and several
ditionaI ln'G have been published. Elk
saleI obn T. Hoffman writes teS, as I 1nD1d
GOV J %nw York Herald: The Heratd
to the hT% napers quote what others say
and otliel ,,dpr r'dI Grant refusing to receive
about ue i If Gen. Lee at the surrender.
the SWord u he did, and think, but
Ihaye no ,r III he told me so. l recollect
am M IiJ' once, in giving me a ae'al te1I
he dla 0" Of that eventiul day, tell
account nnoUg other things, that IN
me, alIlGTS when he received Lees
the molm nsIinc a meeting, he was suffer
message a' Sirk headache, which almost
inS ron SI him / that the headache lett him
disabled li,,t his horse; that when he
asar III the place Of meeting ne IGiG ne
Tea 1 ioit his sword behnd, Wilil ey, Lee
had len R;s and me, was in full! uniform. When
wore l u t T%s he smiled, and | have al
he salu ., .",~ he went without his
way, 81 hat he could have a good and
sword 50 o,,Sc for not accepting that of
GeI' Lee twas Just like n nlm .s d 1nln TX
lie TS', conduct at the surrender was one Of
. ms y nobiest Of his acts in connection with
the war GhorIos Marshall, of the Balti-
IoI, C.' and who, as Gen. Lees chief
more "a" Ta IS, one of the chief actors in
o. S' lna,morgbIe events at AppomattoX,
Inc n rjaT related the incidents in gem
!v'S'S arnyersation with a reporter of the
a~ etbis law Office, on st. Paul street.
y 'Gniederate forces were intrenched
lm ,.sst IN attack. In a message sent by
G SD Lee on April s, in reply to the his
,.:aI demand of Gen. Grant for the sur
. g5,, Gen. Lee had designated a loca-
fon where he would be prepared TO re-
uGr tbe answer. On the morning of
i ,rr1 Gen. Lee, accompanied by Col.
MARSHALL and with one orderly, rode
;rom tbe front of the Confederate lines.
hack TO where Gen. Grants communica-
fan was expected There they met a
colonel of Gen. Humphreys division, who
brought Gen. Grants answer. Gen.
lee had asked for a conference, at which
tbe general terms for a peace would be
dismissed This General Grant declined,
on the ground that he had no power.
The Federal colonel and Colonel Mar
shall. both dismounted, carried on this
interview, Gen. Lee having halted a few
Yards away. Col. Marshall was told that
the Federal forces were preparing for an
immediate attack, and their moving
troops were plainly in sight. Gen. Grant,
he was told had gone around to his front,
and was at that moment about four miles
distant. Col. Marshall expressed his re-
get that there was to be a further effu-
sion OF blood, and at the dictation of
Gen. Lee he wrote the message to Gen.
Grant asking for a conference to dis
cuss the terms of surrender. This was
carried to Gen. HUMPHREYS, who i'm
nediately sent it to Gen. Grant by the
shortest route. Gen. Lee and Col.
Marshall then rode to the Confederate
rOnt, where firing was going on. The
firing ceased before they reached there.
L was a cavalry skirmish, and General
.itz Lee was coming in with a couple of
nns and several hundred prisoners that
lad been captured. This was the last
kirmish. Shortly after a flag of truce
pprOached from the Federal lines, and
Oonel Q. +. Babcock, of General Grants
aft, accompanied by an orderly, rode
y. He brought a message from General
grant asking General Lee to designate
le place of conference, either in the Con-
derate or Federal lines. General Lee
mounted his horse, and,
III Colonel Marshall, Colonel Babcock
several orderlies, rode into the Fed
lines. Colonel Marshall rode in adj
ICE to select a place for the meeting.
met Mr.. Mclean, citizen, on the
d, who had his home on the
Manassas battle field and
we'd to AppomattoX Court House
get away from the armies, as he hoped.
Mclean took Colonel Marshall to an
occupied house, which was rejected
cause it was without furniture. He
en- offered his own residence, on the
tskirt of the little village. This was
epted, and General Lee and Colonel
lbcock soon arrived, and, with Colonel
ashall, they went into a room and
Tdted the arrival of General Grant.
hat General, when he sent Colonel
BlOck to General Lee, started forward
llSelf with a numerous retinue of his
1cers When Gen. Grant reached
cleans house he and his officers
lighted. When shown into the room he
iyanced and shook hands with Gen.
ZEE. The Federal commander was in
ldress uniform, and without side-arms,
lille Gen. Lee was in full uniform. He |
ore handsome sword with gold hilt,
Inch was gift of English friends. |
lie also wore a sash which was
ever seen except at especial
evews or on dress occasions. General
rant, by way of apology TO General Lee
u coming without his side-arms, said
nat ms sword was with his baggage, and
ecause Of his desire to reach the place
Fue conference, he had FASTENED on in
u feSS uniform. This was the only
huston to a sword that was made at the
Interview. The other Federal officers
we're introduced to General Lee, and the
yon'erSahon for short time was general.
,g y. Lee requested General Grant to
' oiI lilI % writing the terms upon which he
-,'7 The surrender of the Confederate
2rces; Colonel Parker, of General
m ,,,em staff, moved over to his chief a
' I,rn liable that was in the room, and
r. i,' 4,' 1lllS Oeeneral Grant wrote in pencil
r NJ SeIlIS OF surrender. This was sub
5"' tI 10 General Lee, who objected
I s le demand for the surrender
b,t u'e horses oil his men. He said
,o rrS most of the men owned their
Uor 3Ca .. winch would be useful to them for
abm 1n AZ :. lheT homes, to which they were
Which " return. He asked that horses,
iumisboSgejTe 5rivate property and not
be qr ,,',a by the Confederate government
and MIL ep' YEA Gen. Grant agreed to this,
in tb o' uli ms pencil interlined the words
lsej ~ written terms. Field paper was
onae ~ y. lle document, which made two
hen ;n d. one writing. Col. Parker was
That IGiS oI cated to make an ink copy of
larsbagHn , Grant had written, and Col.
nee Of ,G, u wrote for Gen. Lee the accept