Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-09-12

Grant decided TO DO so ABOUT sun
Town. Saddles were changed 10
/ 'resh horses and a little party con
.istiug OF General Grant, his CHIEF
i Of staff. General John Aaron Raw
/ lins. the staff surgeon, General Hor
zee Porter then lieutenant colonel
If the staff and at present minister
TO France and myself and four
0rderIies, left the army under Gen
eral Ord and struck of through DIR
dense forests by blind country roads,
through hostile country, trusting
wholly TO Sheridan 5 courlerS TO pilot
is safely 10 the latter 5 hsadquar
tiers, some twenty-five miles away.
II was gloomy, wild and somewhat
dan eerous adventure. We might
have been bushwhacked easily.
We found General Sheridan about
midnight He was trying to get
some sleep il the loft of an unfn-
Ished log cabin which stood in the
middle of a five acre tobacco field.
He came scram bling down a ladder
dressed il his military trOu~ rs,
shirt and boots, and rubbing his ewes
as one half asleep But soon he was
all animation He told what he had
done, how his cavalry was pos ted,
where and in what strength Lee ;
advance lay, and said # Mead in
fantry could be brought to his sup
port BY daylight, the surrender Cf
Lee 5 entire army could be forced al
once. He was walking, gesticuIating
explaining and declaring the NOR
row possibilities in very amusing
if not convincing way
Grant assented in a good natured
way to most of Sheridan S predic
tions-said Lee was certainly in a
bad predicament, but thought if he
were in General Lee 5 place he could
get away with at least part OF his
army But Sheridan in his vehe-
could capture his whole army, every
man and artillery and every
thing. Grant thought this too much
to expect at this juncture.
Finding his communication bv rail
cut off, Lee diverged to the right on
the Farmville road, hoping to cross
the Appomatox river, on the famous
bridge at that place. Sheridan
gained his front on this line of re
treat and on the 9th fought the
battle OF Sailor 5 Greek, with dis
mounted cavalry in part, and cap
tured many prisoners and traiI
This obliged Lee to abandon that
road and diyerge to the right again,
in the hope of crossing the river
higher up and farther west, toward
Sheridan pushed for Appomatox,
c. II. Gen. Ord's infantry arrived
there about the same time and Lee
found himself confronted with an
army he co I'D neither evade nor
fight.
From Farmville Gen. Grant sent
his first rote to Lee, asking for the .
surrender of his army. 1t was borne
oy Gen. Seth Williams, then inspec- +
tor on the staff, who had previouslS
been adjutant general of the Army
Of the Potomac, under every com
nander it ever had He was &C
9uainted with Lee and his family
was at least a sutton OF Miss Mary
Lee 1.-THE General 5 daughter) if not
her affianced husband The inter
change OF notes consumed the eth .
and Sth. On the last date Grant
and most of the staff marched with
Meade 5 column, directly in Lee 5
rear, hoping TO receive Lee 5 accept
auce of the terms offered. 1t did not
come. Night overlook US. Our head
quarters train was TWENTY-FIVE or
thirty miles away on the Chicken
town road We took supper with
SER. Mea6e-took possession cf an
4bandoned plantation house for rhs
night. Grant and Rawlius occupied
the or " bed left il the house, il an
upstairs chamber; the balance OF u
.unbied down on the carpeted floor
to get what rest aud Sleep we might.
Ny field glasses, hanging before me
j. | write served for nv pillow.
About midnight there was chal
enge BY our sentry. ispatches
or Gen Grant we overheard fol
owed By the jjngung Of spurs and
the c.anking OF sabre as the commun-
catio1 vas carried upstairs. Next
We heard rather moderate converse
ion. then the deep bass voice Of Gen
R4wIjus protesting It seems Lee :
ao5e 9for it was from him. i1vit-
d Grant TO meet him next morning
Il 3 certain . ace To arrange terms +.
y peace. g ant attached no i'm
J0rt4nce to that-said il was hur
,edtv wrlttec-ueaut the same
asL- that at IL st Lee on.y wanted
% 81 let down easy-tnat he could 20
there aud settle the whole matter il
! hall hour. Then Raw.ins again
No sir No sir. Iou asked Ger. .
Lee to surrender. He replied 81 ask
NJ what terms vol could offer. YOU
replied il tu' { stating them Now
be ASKS you to meet him to arrange
terms OF peace. Ii is a change o. the
terms of spondeEcs made or f
purpose to gain time. We cannot .
presume 10 teach Gen. Lee the use
81 the English language. beg 70
say. Gen. Grant. that YOU have 10
authority for arranging the terms Of
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