The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-05-28
GEN. aRAng AND a CHILD j
p surgson's "Reminiscences Of the Days q
sAppgntat tox.


n surgson's xeminiaosnoe OF the Days o.
! s5s5 App nattox.
AT the surrender Of Lee, said "a {
Isurgeon Of IEris, jim the hearing Of a re.
porter e day orgtwo ago, i was serving
as medical director Of the Second Diyi-
sion Of the Twenty fifth Army Corps.
After the surrende r the division was
ordered to join the balance Of the corps
near Petersburg, and we left ppomat.
tox Court House on the 1lth-of April,
following the, south, side railroad. The.
general commanding directed me tos
take an orderly and proceed to Prospect
station and there select "a camping
ground for the division and also place
70 pitch our headquarter tents, pros
3ceeded as directed, and after select. !,
ing suitable Il camping ground /
crossed the fields to large white
house near, the station, .}As 7 rode up I'd
the gate q most venerable and noble
looking gentleman Of probably 60 {
years, came to the front gate, and II
asked him il; he. would have any obiec::;
tion to our pitching headq quarters in his i
yard. He said ~ should be very
glad to have you do ii, as it will be 9
protection against the vandalism Of the
!stragglers Of the army. , He asked me
to come in, but told him j would pre-
/ fer to slt in the! Heranda. Finding him
to pc a.Metho dist mini ter and most
polished gentleman, became interest
ed in him and We Of once. began to dis
cuss the unfort unate division Of the
Church in ls44, and then q switched of
onto wal. u, .5
He took the extreme outhernview,
whilst took as extreme view of the
other side, but the discussion was friend
y and exceedingly pleasant to me: D
found he really felt that the South had
been badly treatedlf in the election OF
Lincoln .1l1y and that secession was in his
view an 1s act Of self ervation: After
the 5l, discussion had continued for about t
an hour he said take it that the war
IS now over, 80 what will yonr govern
ment do with General Lee Z and added,
g'lsupposa Mr.. Lincoln will follow him
With all the yindictiy eness Of his nature. ="
u replied II he gets no punish-
lment: only that which originates from
the yindicti Yeness of Mr.. Lincoln's
nature, II will not kill him, as Mr. Linz
coin is one of the kindest hearted men
born into this world He gave me
look fnli of skepti cism, and asked me
what Imeant. 4 told him that there was
much more danger Of Mr.. Lincoln offend.
ing the North BY his leniency than
To- punish out Of revenge, and them
told him who and what Mr.: Lincoln
was, dwelling especial on the merciful
side Of his nature. He replied eIf
that IS Mr.. Lincoln, the Preside lent of
the United States, he is not the B iin-
coln described to us BIZ our papers.
He is not the man of n whom we have
heard and of whom we have read. The
Lincoln described TO us is "a man ~ I;
blood and full of5venom, Il WHO q cares
neither for the lives nor for the rights.
Of the people, and from whom we have
70 mercy to expect. This is the demon
whom our people have been fighting
these four years, After thus delivering
himself he said in d subdued tone: II
SYou have properly describad Mr., Lin
solnI TO me then I have been most shame
m =, y sI HIM ~. said he, = was Just
r. oiy ueot'lYsa y ny view q eeneras
II asked HIM i Ia IS. had !; avar, sa /.
Grant: Yes, said he, .my house was