The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-10-22

I vefteftiy, c3n1nueQ Lee, anu, VII
your permission 1 will mark where
should be inserted
Certainly" Grant replied.
Lee felt in his pocket as II searchin.
for q pencil, but he did not seem TO b'
able to find one. Seeing this handel
him my lead pencil. During the rest o
the interview ne kept twiriing this penci
IN his fingers and occasionally tapping
the :op OF the table with II. When h.
| handed it back II was carefully treasure;
by me as a memento OF the occasion
When Lee came 60 the sentence abou
the officers sdde-arms, private horses
and baggage. he s1owed for the frs
time during the reading OF the letter {
siighe change Of countenance, and Wa!
evidently touched by this act OF gener
osity. I. was doubtless the condition
mentioned 10 which he pa, ticu.arly al
luded when ne booked toward Genera
Grant, as ne finished reading. and said
with some degree Of warmth in his man
ner. This will have very happy effect
upon my army
| General Grant then said: Unless you
have some suggestions to make in re-
/ gard to the form in which have stated
the terms. viii have a copy of the let
| ter made in ink, and sign II"
LEE RAISES A POINT.
There IL one thing Should like to
mention" Lee replied, after a silor.
| pause. 1.-The cavalrymen and artiller-
lists own their own horses in our army.
! Ics organization in this respect differ.
from that of the United States" This
expression attracted the notice OF our
| officers present, as showing how firmly
the conviction was grounded in his mind
that we were two distinct countries. He
continued: II should Ike TO understand
whether these men will be permitted 10
r1:ain their horses
You will find that the terms as writ
ten do no, allow this General Grant
replied; "only the officers are permitted
60 take their private property"
Lee isad over the second page Of the
letter sagin. and then said: mo, 1 see
the terms do not allow Il; that is clear
His face showed plainly that he was
quite anxious to have this concession
and without giving Lee time 10 make a
direct request:
well. the subject is quite new 70 me.
OF course. I did not know tflat any pri-
vate soldiers owned their animals; but
l think we have fought the las, battle
of the war-I sincerely hope so-and that
the surrender OF this army will be fol-
lowed soon by that Of all the others, and
l take X that most OF the men in the
ranks are small farmers. and as the coun
try has been 50 raided by the two armies
il r. doubtful whether they will be able
90 put in crop to carry themselves and
their families through the next winter
without the aid OF the horses they are
now riding, and 1 will arrange it in this
way: l will not change the terms az
now written. but will instruce the Off
cers shall appoint TO receive the paroles
to let all the men who claim TO own
morse or mule take the animal home with
them 20 work their little farms CThis
expression has been quoted in various
forms. and has been the subje.; OF some
dispute. 1 give the exact words used.)
Lee now looked greatly relieved, and
though anything but a demonstative
man, he gave every evidence OF his apre-
citation of thisconcession, and said: This
will have the best possible effect upon
the men. 1t will be very gratifying, and
will do much toward con-. ..lieting our peo-
ple." He handed the draft of the terms
back 10 General Grant, who called Col
onel T. S. Bowers, Of he staff to him,
and directed him to make a copy in ink.
Bowers was 'littel nervous, and he
turned the matter over TO Colonel Par
ker. whose Handwriting presented bet
ter appearance than, that of any one eise
on the staff. Parker sat down to write
at the Old table, which he had moved
again TO the rear Of the room. Wilmer
McLe1n's domestic resources in the way
OF ink now became the subject Of
searching investigation, but 1t was found
that the contents of the conical shaped
s,oneware inkstand with paper stopper
which he produced appeared to be par
in the general breaking up.
and had disappeared. Colonel Marshall
now came 10 the rescue and took from
his pocket a small boxwood inkstand,
which was put ae Parker's service, 80
that, after all. We had fall back upon
the resources OF the enemy to furnish
the stage properties for the final scene
in the memorable military drama.
Colonel Marshall then took a seat on
the sofa beside Sheridan ard ingalls,
When the terms had been copied, Lee di-
rec.ed his military secretary 20 draw up
for his signature letter OF acceptance
Colonel Mar.hali wrote out a draft of
such letter, making il formal, begin |
ming with: II have the honor to ac-
etc. General Lee took il, |
D IN tr f,,1l.-
and. after reading il over very carefully. |
directed that these formal expressions !
be stricken out. and that the letter be |
otherwise shortened. He afterwaTd went |
over 1t again, and semed 10 change some I
words. ana then told the colonel to make |
4 final copy in ink. When IL came % |
the paper. IL WIS found that !,
We had the only supply OF that important
Ingredient in the recipe for surrender
ng an army, so We gave few pages
10 the colonel. The letter when conpiet-
ID read as follows:
Army Of Northern Viz
ginia. April Stl. 1865.
General: I have received your letter
" this date containing the terms Of the
OF the Army OF Northern VIZ
yinia az proposed by you. AS they are
the same as t,1oss express
a In your letter of tleSC1 int. they are
i will proceed 70 designate the
proper officers 20 cary the st!pulatiors
NO effect. Very respectfully, your ODE
.icls servant,
r E LEE. General.
Lieutenant General L. 5. Grant.
Commanding armies OF L. 5.
While the letters were being copied
General Grant introduced tie general
fice-s who mad entered and each mem
,er Of me s:aff 20 General Lee. The