Daily Republican., 1885-06-13

with the tears upon my cheek
Come. Kiss ma and be reconciled,
Thou sweetest, best Of men
There, that 10 right. 0ood-bye, good bye,
Now We are friends again.
CHAMPS WAR AIsTORY.
General Grants book. TO be published
N few months, will contain the fol-
owing reminiscence OF Lees surren-
Ter
az found General Leo had been
brought into our lines and conducted to
! house belonging to Mr.. Mclean and
Was there with one Of his staff officers
waiting my arrival. The head OF his
column was OCCUPY ing hill, . pe rtion
of which WAS an apple orchard, across
the little valley from the Court House.
forces were drawn up In liue
of battle on the crest Of the hill on the
south side Of the Same valley.
Before stating what took place be.
tween General Lee and myself l will
give all there Is of the narrative of
General Lee and the famous apple tree.
Wars produce many stories of fiction,
some of which are told until they are
believed. The war of the rebellion was
fruitful in the same way. The story Of
the apple tree Is one OF those fictions
with q slight foundation Of fact.
THE APPLE TREE.
As have said, there was an apple
orchard on the side Of the hill occupied
by the Confederate forces. Running
d iagonally up the hill WAS . wagon
road, which at ohe point ran very near
on the trees, 80 that the wheels on that
side had cut off the roots Of the tree,
which made u little embankment.
General Babcook reported to me that
when he first met General Lee he was
sitting on this embankment with his
feet In the road and leaning against the
tree 1t was then that General Lee WAS
conducted into the house where first
met him.
had known General Lee in the old
army and had served with him in the
Mexican war, but did not suppose.
owing to the difference In our ages and
rank, that he would probably remem.
Der me; while would remember him
more distinctly because he WAS the CHIEF
engineer on the staff Of General Scott
In the Mexican war. When l had lef,
camp that morning had not expected
the result 30 soon that then was taking
place and consequently WAS In rough
garb and belieye without sword, al
| usually was when on horseback on
the field, wearing soldiers blouse fol
coat, with shou lder straps of my ranl
to indicate who was to the army.
AN ESTIMATE OF LEE.
When l went into the house fount
General Lee. We greeted each other
and after shaking hands took our seats
What his feelings were do not know
Being man of much dignity and will
an impenetrable face 1t was impossible
to say whether he felt inwardly gls'
that the end had finally come o
whether he felt sadly over the result
and was too manly tn show 1t. What
ever his feelings were they were entire
| ly concealed from observation; hut m,
own feelings, which had been quite
apparent on the receipt of his letter
were sad and depressed. felt lik
al thing rather than rejoicing at tn
dow n fall OF foe that had fought 8,
;ong and CALAMITY and had suffered q
much for cause which believed to b
one of the worst for which people eve
| fought and for which there was not tn
least prettxt. do not question, how
ever, the sincerity OF the great MAS q
those who were opposed to Us.
General Lee as dressed in full uni
form, entirely new, and wearing
sword that had been presented by tn
State OF Virginia. At all events
was an entirely differnt sword from tn
one that would ordinarily be worn /
the field. In my rough trave
, ing suit, which was the uniform of
private, with the straps of General,
must have contracted very strangel
with q man 80 handsomely dressed, 81
, feet high aud Of faultless form 81
this was not matter that thought
until afterward.
General Lee and l soon fell into
: conversation about old army time
. He remarked that he remem bered n
n very we'll In the old army, and to
him, as . matter of course, 1 remen
/. bered him perfectly, but owing to Il
!, difference In years-there being sixtet
! years. difference In orr ages-and o,
4 rank, l thought 1t very lisey had NJ
attracted his attention sufficiently
o be remembered after such u cong pei
cd. Our conversation grew NO plea
ant that almost forgot the object
+ our meeting. General Lee at that tin
was acco M panied by one Of his staff {
D, ficers, . Colonel Marshall. / had all
:, my staff with me, Q good portion
% W hom were in the room during 81
whole of the interview.
JUSTICE TO M'COoK.
"In an article on the battle o Shilo
(which | wrote for the Century Mag
zine, l stated that General A Med. NJ
8, Cook, who commanded q division
Buell's army, expressed some UNIV
y lingness to pursue the enemy on Mo
:: day, April 7th, because of the cOnditit
of his troops General Badeau, In
4, history, also MAKES the same stateme
=. on my authority. Gu of justice
General McCoOk and his command
must say that they left point INVENT
ss two mile east of Savannah on &
morning Of the b. From the hea'
rains OF a few days previous and t
passage of trains and artillery t
- TO ads we're necessarily deep in mu
which made marching SOW.
1.-THE division hadnot only march
through this mud the day before, but
had been in the rain all night witbo
- rest. IL was Ell gagged In the battle
the second day and did rs good servl
70 as its position allowed. In fact, an {
or portuHity occurred for 1t to perform
n. consp ucous act of gallantry, viii
I Q lichd the highest commentator frt
" division commanders in the army
N. the Tennessee. General Sherman
I'll both of his memoii and reports NAL
:. mention of this fact. General McCo
,ei himself belonged 10 q fam lily that
ny nished many volup teers TO the arm
~ ~ ] refer to these circumstances W
minutene g because did Gen. McCo