Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-27
COL. PERRY TELLS THE STORY
The Finely Dressed Federal and the Poorly
Dressed Confederate oficsr-A FlasSoi
Fine srandy-couricsies From
the Brave 10 The Brave.

IL from tho pen VI Col Herman H. ferry'
now OF Waynesboro,. Ca VINO was ~,
tnnt adJutant general on the stan Vi "'"'
Coi. Perry was himself the officer who
received from the hands Of Gen. Grant
messenger The written denahu upon 'eN'
Lee that he should surrender
THE LETTER PRODUCED.
The letter u Col. Perry i addressed 10
Hon. Robert J.. Rogers, OF West End, ana
is by him made puohe.
Dear Sir. received your favor to-day.
with request tn send 10 you an account OF
the transactions ~ my receiving the hfst
demand for the surrender or Gen. Lee
nrmy before reaching Anpomattox. re-
that 1 would write Il for your use Us II
matter Of history. did Il In pencil at the
time, aud 1 laid II away, and nave not re.
ferred 10 II slnce. have now dlslhtetteu
II from lot Of old pupers In my ONCE,
aud send II without any further polish or
correction. / wish you would read II 10
Capt J. W. English aud see II his memory
and Minis agree about II. ! have been OF,
ten impOrtuned to write this before, but L
have refrulned from doing II because so
many heroes have appeared since the war
ended who never handled u sword or gun
then. and have been so lniudici1nsly luuded
by the press that 1 did not care TO have
the appearance Df being on the list. But
let rs refer. now to the scenes which We're
Coufcderacy, as the closing history Of the
times.
THE ByENTFUL NIGHT.
II was night. April 7. 1865. We had
coressd the river near Farmville. and had
taken M position about, US near as
lines.
Mah2ne.s DIVISION WaS now lne rear s glr'
~ thls point OF Gen; Lees army. ten.
Lees forces were reduced now to their
minimum stfelgtl' uut u mercer more ue-
terinincd body Of men never lived. They
simply Wallel iOr ten Lee orders
ABOUT o O'Clock p M, a nag or truce
appeared III front OF Gen; Sorrell.s brig
nue ibch. wright Ola brlganel or which
Tue WRITER OF tnls account was the hIJutanl
ei ,,9 eo1ilea Was stht % 1 dnli
headquarters TO announce II. Col. Iayloe
a. hplehdlu young NlIEihlihl' huu Deeh as
ngneu teinPothiug 20 lne command or Cen
s9rrei' Drs9le Gen. sorrel having been
In short while Col, Tayloe was ordered
to send II sInu olhcer to answer TO the nag
THE FLAG OF rRT'CE.
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"vt,,is ""Nun uiH no,nv ana was rather
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fact that NV W, IN CnpYedaro33ss u'svG Ine
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NM M, " ~, W. as prounly as could and
~ VI Wv is'nvc, W Wen as possible,
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g,,, ne oLncer spoke first, In
,s'1.,,''a"s nillsV't Wy Hel' seth Williams,
f, ~ i,ah i,, nssH, -,
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hui tic ,ocnment WAS ve1v ~ shISGght.
silver flask. Us wen as | could DISTINGUISH,
lin remarked that lie hoped | would not
think u was nm unsodierly courtesy in IA.
offered mo some very hne brandy. | viii
own M now that / wanted that drink NV,
iully, Worn down, hungry and dispirifcd
II would have been a gracious podsend II
Some old Confederate aud / could have
dreadful hour Of misfortune. But raI4Si
tlysclf about gAn Inch higher III nossihI,,
bowed and refused politely, trying 10 nro'
ducc the ridiculous appearance II having
ton minutes before and that / had nor III
slightest use for US nlebplan n drini, az
''nuN brandy az
lie WAS n true gentleman. berr,d mr. Ia,
and placed the iusk In his pocket arai,l,
without touching the contents In NV nrts'
encc. II he had taken a drnF ana ~,
Confederate Olfactorios hnI .oGtatna,, "a,
wifi u the odor OF Il. II l. nossibie Tho,
should have "cayed" The truth X hod
nni eaten two ounccs ln two days. and
to pnrch II as sonu ~ an opportnnitv 1ns',i,
present Itself | did not leave IL hsh,,Ii -, -,
because I had nobody 1 could trusi n ,vitf
As an excuse which felt ought IN MAJ msiu,
hanFEtiiS g,lI NH ' hsd S SSNp's s rather
ONLY Ia regpiys any ,cmtnttuts., 80 N I,