Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-11

boys iii gray. exchanging compliments,
pip y. ;oba coo. knives ard Souvenirs"
tn the last ten days Of fighting.
. which ended in Lees surrender. Gen.
Chamberlain was wounded twice. That
his service was gallant in the eXtremr
may IT, Judged when 1t Is told that
both Gen. Sheridan ana Gen. Grant
commended him personally for his
bravery and hcroism. on this. how
ever. Cen. thamhe.la cared la dwell
but little. Modest, though Il hero Is
he but when il came to describing the
final cncs " tn" war. the gray
haired army leader grow ardent with
enthusiasm for his subject.
ION that night. the 10Th Of April in
1S65. | was commanding the Fifth
Army Corps. which was in the Third
brigade nf the First Division" he said.
1t waS just about midnight when
message came to me to report immJ di-
atrly to headquarters.
II wont thijhcr directly ana found as
SCmtlcd in TIE tent two II fhc three SER
ior officers whom Gen. Grant h1d selected
to SUprriutCnd the paroles. to look after
the transfer of property and To att nj t.
the final details of ten. Lees surrender
Those ware Gen. Griffin Of tho fifth
army corps ANA Con. GihhcU nf thu tWcV-
ty-fourth Tho other COMMITS ioncr. Gen.
Merritt ~ the cavalry. WAS NOT there.
Tho articles uf Clpitulation had H"rn
signed rf, viouSly. aud II had come To- IN"
mere matter al formally setting thc u
tails of the surrender Tho two officers
told me that Gen. Lee bad started for
Richmond and .sthai our leader. Gen.
Grant. was wckon his way to his own
HEADQUARTERS at CITY Point. 50 called. III
Virginia. | was also told THAI Gen. Grant
had decided 10 have 4 formal ceremony
with Il parade ut the time ~ the actual
laying down of arms. y representative
body of Union troops WAS /" be drawl
up in battle array at ApFnmat OK Court
house, and past this Nnrthrrn delegation
were to march the Cntir, Confederate
army. both officers ana mon. with their
arms ana cnlors. exactly aS in actual
service. and 10 lay iwn these arms ann
culors. rs well as Whatever other prna-
crty belonged to the rebel army. before
our men.
Il was told. furthermore, that Gen.
Grant had appointed me 20 take charge
Of this parade. and To receive The fuImDl
surrender Of the guns and flags. rurSu
ant to these orders ! drew up my brcaiN
in battle array ut tho court horse along
the highway leading % l.ynchbu;g. TITS
was very early on tic morning Of tho Eth
Of .\prl.
The Confcdcratcs wcrc stationed on
the hill beyond the valley. and my brig
adC the third. had a position across that
valley on another hill. SO that each bodN
Of soldiers could "cc the Other. Ny m a
were AL veterans. lie brigade being that
which had fired the first snot at York
town At the beginning Of the war. tn il
banners were inscribed with all the bat
ties of the army of the Potomac from thu
first clear through the long list down %
the last.
In the course of those four cvcatfll
years the makeup Of the brigade had
naturally changed considerably, for thcr.
had been not alone changes Of men. but
consultations Of regiments as wei. Ict
the prestige of that history made Il re-
markably strong esprit du corps.
In that Third Brigade line there were
rcSimentS representing The states OF
Maine, MASSACHUSETTS,, Michigan an
pennsylvania, regiments which had be n
through the entire war. The Bay s;atn
veterans had the right nf line adown tho
village Sir St THIS was The thirtv-sc .oni
MASSACHUSETTS, regiment. with some NOM
hcrs OF the ninth. eighteenth and twenty
second regiments. Next in order came
the t'rst Maine Sharpshootcrs, the TWEEN
There were also the First Michigan
Sharpshootcis. the First ana Sixteenth
n rs"s.incn,s ana some men of The Fourth.
ais,himSyihi,na Was rcnrcs.nted y The
hundred and eighteenth ana Tie ono hun
drcd ami ifty-fifth. IN the cthcr two
dred AMI nincty-eich,h PENNSYLVANIA ana
one Hdn!red ana cighty-hfth New York
~ NC second Brigade the one hundred
NH nh, rl%ni%,scyonth and one hundred ana
..Ihc First and Second Rrigadcs were
WIN me th"n because I had previous \ |
c"m ,r, them and they had been very
my corps and division commanders
ne arrangement Of The snIdicry was |
as lolinws: The Third Briradc on ono |
soc az the street in line of battle: The
secohn known as Gregory's, in the rear. |
; .h nero across he street. facing The Third |
". rirSI nrisade also in line Of battle
tnNthG mus formed The hricada 4 |
S.anuln. AZ order arms The head Of the |
nom r column. Gen. Gordon in com
t l,;rau and ne Oh 'Stonewair jackson
pr,.aHe leading. started down into the
valley which lay between us. ana an |
preached our lines. With my STAFF I was !