The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-26

table from the opposite side of
the room and placed it by Gen.
Grant, who sat facing Gen Lee.
"W hen Gen. Grant had written
his letter in pencil he took it to
Gen. Lee, who remained seated.
| Gen. Lee read the letter and called
Gen. Grants attention to the facl
that he req nired the surrender of the
horses of the cavalry,as if they we're
pubic horses. He told Gen. Grant
that the Confederate cavalrymen
owned their horses and tn 1t they
would need them for planting
sp'ing crop. Gan. Grant at once
accepted the suggestion and inter
nned the provision allo wing the re.
tention by the men of horses that
belonged to them.
"rhe terms of the letter having
been agreed to Gen. Grant directed
Col. Parker to make copy of it in
ink, and Gen. Lee directed me to
write his acceptance. Col. Parker
took the light tabl upon which
Gen. Grant had been writing to the
opposite corner of the room and
accompanied him. There was an
iukstand in the room, but the ink
was SO thi, k that ii was of no use
| had small lockwood inkstaud
r which | always carried, and gave
it, with my pen, to Col. Parker,
r who proceeded to copy Gen.
, Grants letter.
r FOOD FOR STARVING TROOPS.
D "While Col. Parker was so en-
i gagged sat near the end Of the sofa
9 on which Gen. Sheridan was sitting,
! and we entered into conversation.
>. In the midst Of it Gen Grant, who
sat nearly diagonally across the
D room, aud was talking with Gen.
s Lee, turned to Gen. Sheridan and
said:
y " Gen. Sheridan, Gen. Lee tells
& me that he has some 1900 of our
r. people prisoners, who are sharing
II with his men, and that none of them
}. have anything to eat. How many
rations can you sparel'
"Gen. Sheridan replied, About
a % ,ooo.'
I "Gen. Gran. turned to Gen. Lee
It and said, General, will that be
e enoughr'
d "Gsn. Lee replied, More thar
r enough
e "Thereupon Gen. Grant said tc
d Gen. Sheridan: Direct your com
# missary tn send IS, 900 rations te
IL Gen. Lees commissary.'
ia Gen. Sheridan at once sent al
ID Off GER to give the necessary orders.
r. EXCHANGING OFFICIAL LETTERS.
=, "When Col. Parker hal com
2, pleted the copying Of Gen. Grant.
letter l sat down at the same little
e table and wrote Gen. Lees answer.
re have yet in my possession the
o original draft Of that answer. |,
(, began: Il have the honor &c
,. acknowledge. Gen. Lee struck GU,
|. those words end made the answer
II read as it now appears. His reason
n was thai the correspondence ought
j not to appear as if he and Gen Grant
o were not in immediate communica
:. ton. When Gen. Grant had signeC
the copy of his letter made by CO..
d Parker, and Gen. Lee had signec
It the answer, Col. Parker handed to
II me Gen. Grant letter and l hand
" ed to him Gen. Lees reply, and th'
re work was done.
u CONTRASTS OF DRESS.
= "Some further conversation Of
general nature took place, in thu
~ course Of which Gen. GRAFT said Il
Gen. Lee that he had come to tn
- meeting as be was, and without hi
. sword, because he did not wish t.
= detain Gen. Lee until he could SEM
: back to his wagons, which wer
i, several miles away.
w. "This was the only referenc
~ made by any one to the subject 0
a "a dress on that occasion. Gen. lie
70 had prepared himself for the NEE
~ ing with more than usual care, an
- was in full uniform, wearing a yer
hand some sword and sash. Thi
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