The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-21

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corps They had thrown M substantial
brcastworks OF logs across mo rpa"s
leading 10 the rear and chccred 'rneIdi
Lee a. he passed IN the way thcy had
chccrcd many a time before Th'ir con-
| ndcnce and enthusiasm were not ono
whit abatcd 10y defeat, hunger ana oah-
ger.
1T was lucky for the Secretary OF the
| Treasury that this rear guard was n"e
permitted to Try It's hand at Increasing ,n'
| pension roll with which he Is now St,us
| Cling. Those men made no irauuulen'
| pensioners. when they were done WIN
a man he or his representatives had an
| indisputablc claim TO a pension uhuer
any kind OF n pension law.
AS soon as General Lee received 'nc
report Of General Gordon as 10 the sla'c
of affairs In front. he directed that onicer
| TO ask Tor a suspension OF hostilities, anu
| proceeded at once to meet General Grant
Flag of T,uce.
| General Lee, with an orderly in front
bearing a flag OF truce, had proceeded but
| short distance after passing through
our rear guard. when he came upon the
slirmish line of the enemy advancing 10
| the attack.
81 went forward TO meet Federal Of
| Gcer who soon afterward made MS APP
pcarance coming toward our party rms
| officer proved 20 be Leutenant-Colohel
| Whittier. of theestaff OF the late General
| Humphreys. whose division was immedi-
| atelv in our rear Colonel Whittier de-
| liverod 10 me General Grants reply 10
| the letter of General Lee OF April Sth'
| declining to meet General Lee 10 discuss
| the terms OF q general paciication on the
| ground that General Lee possessed 10
| authority to deal with the subject.
Further correspondence between me
| Federal and Confederate leaders was
| then given by Colonel Marshall who also
| told of the temporary cessation OF hostlll-
| ties which was ordered. and of the sun
scquent arrangement Of meeting pc
tween Lee and Grant at McLean's house.
lie said:
The Mclean House.
General Lee directed me TO ma
suitable place for the meeting. roue
forward and asked the first citizen l met
to direct me TO a house suitable Tor Inc
purpose. | learned afterward that the
| citizen was Mr.. Mclean, who had lived
an the battlefield of Bull Run. but had
removed 10 Appomattox Courthouse to get
ont of the way of the war. Mr. Mclean
| conducted me to an unoccupied ana I'M
| furnished house in very bad state Oh
repair / told him that IT was not sulta-
BILE, and he then offered his own house. 10
which he conducted me.
II found a room suitable Tor the pur-
nose I'm view and sent back the orderly
who had accompanied me to direct Cen
eral Lee and Colonel Babcock, of General
Grants staff to the house. They came
I'm presently and Colonel Babcock SAID
that as General Grant was approaching
! on the road. in front of the mouse, IL
would only he necessary for him TO ieaVe
an orderly to direct him to the place OF
meeting.
Leaders Face to Face.
General Lee. Colonel Babcock. ana my
self sat i'm the parlor for about nan an
hour, when large party OF mounted niei,
| arrived, and in few minutes Hehetai
cr,nt came into the room, accompanied
nv his staff and number or ftdeiai
officers of rank, among whom were Cen
eral ord and General Sheridan
General Grant greeted General Lee
very civilly, and they engaged Tor a snort
time in conversation about their FORMER
acquaintance during the Mexican wal
some other Federal officers look part
-, IN conversation. which was terminated
nv General Lee saying TO General Grant
that he had come to discuss the terms
of the surrender of his army as Indicated
in his note of that morning ana ne SUE
! ,geeted IN General Grant TO reduce MS
proposition 10 writing
Terms of the surrender
nceneral Grant assented. and Colonel
Parker, of his staff moved a sInah taDie
from the opposite side ct the room ana
placed il by General Grant, VINO sat
facing General Lee.
"When General Grant had written his
letter i'm pencil he took it TO General Lee,
who remained seated. General Lee READ
the letter and called General Grant
attention to the fact that he required
the surrender of the horses Of the cavalry
as If they were public horses. lie told
| General Grant that Confederate cavalry
! men owned their horses and that they
would need them for planting a spring
crop. General Grant at once accepted
the suggestion and interlined the provi-
| sion allowing the retention by the men
of the horses that belonged TO them.
"The terms of the letter having been
| agreed 10, General Grant directed Colonel
Parker TO make copy of 1t in ink, and
| General Lee directed me to write ms
| acceptance. Colonel Parker took the light
! table upon which General Grant had been
i writing to the opposite corner OF the
| room and 1 accompanied him. There
was an inkstand in the room, but the
ink was so thick that it was OF no use.
| had a small lockwood inkstand which
| always carried, and / gave II, with my
| pen. to Colonel Parker, who proceeded
10 copy General Grants letter.
Food for Starving Troops.
| ''While Colonel Parker was so engaged
4 / sat near the end Of the sofa on which
| General Sheridan was sitting, and we
| entered into conversation. In the midst
| of Il General Grant, who sat nearly dag
onally across the room and was talking
| with General Lee. turned TO General
| Sheridan and said;
| General Sheridan, General Lee tells
| me that he has some 1900 OF our people
| prisoners. who are sharing with his men,
| and that none OF them have anything TO
| eat. How many rations can yc spare?"
| General Sheridan replied. '.,5out 25,-
| OOO.'
General Grant turned to General Lee
| and said. General. will that be enough
General Lee replied, More than
enough.
"Thereupon General Grant said to Cen
| eral sheridan, Direct your commissary
to send 5000 rations to General Lees
| commissary.'
| General Sheridan at once sent an Of
| ficer TO give the necessary orders.
| Exchanging nf1iciai Letters.
when Colonel Parker had completed
| the copying OF General Grants letter,
sat down at the same little table and
wrote General Lees answer. | have yet
I'm my possession the original draft OF
that answer. IL began: Il have the honor
TO acknowledge General Lee struck out
.ko.o xrorde and made the answer read