The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-09
DANIEL
T'ELLSOF
SURRENDER; | ! |: /
Lion, Of Co.nfe der'a':'.'cy. '.':'.''
Tells Of Appo('ml7,l,a:l't;t'o['x.. nj: / Z
THIS I, ANNIVERSARY
OF FATEEFU|L.,# E J |, DAY. I. !. J !.
Senior. Senator Had Sorr.oW'f>u]l. f>l]
Lo.ok5as He T'old5o'f Events. E:;,y e'l7:t
WAS IN LYNCHB,UIlRF'''G.,i Z 6 B
y. DISABLED E, , BY y WOUNDS Y q ]! '.['' y
Heard Booming of cannoins y AZ and 't Hob =
bIed Out to Hear the News o." l=:'n1 Emi. s5
inently Unsatisfactory He he Was Il.
i old BY Preacher He Met.
!. How Fitzhugh Lee
Surrendered.
WAS In LYNC;HB''lU.Ri'GjI I :; ! 3 y q
DISABLED BY WOUNDS.
Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch Bureau,
No. 1417EG Street N. Va,

~ II ri Washington D. c., April y. 81
Y'To morrow Is the anniversary OF INC
sArrender at Appomattox,' said Senator
Daniel to-day, In his committee room Al
tho Capitol .f he turned his eyes towards
Tho wind ow without rising. and looked IN n
silence up the avenue towards Where It
the washington monument lifted ~. us
head into the heavens. He was silent
for a moment. s5S Z, s$
4 1--WE who followed the fortunes of&the n
5confederacy for four years cannot heip
feeling sad as we recall that day,s'.9Mshe ne
continued. .3 turning from the windoW.3
I'VE cannot forget the cause we e sloVed' ss,
and love still, though It was los . ss5&
N had been at my home In Lynchburg
for some months getting we'll of wounds
when the end came. said The Senator.
S..I was able to hobble around a s little
on that 9th of April. The old 8darky
who woke me up when he brought IN my
breakfast was dreadfully scared. His :n.
face was ashy and his voice tembled.
.N1arse John. amt dem cannons what's
4boomin, down de Srlver7' he asked
~ listened moment and could dis
$tinctlyf hear artillery firing. though It's Is
stwenty-six8 miles from Lynchburg to q p
spomattox a /. "a 5 4 sl5 .i
a 54.t'al'1'hey are cannon sure enough,
atOIQS MN. ana ne NSgUl
and scared II dressed as quickly as -
could and got outdoors where the sound
Of guns could be heard with great dis
stinctness. 8 g IA Isl N II IL Y, II
2 o'clock In the afternoon 4
went out into the street. I could not
get along very we'll; but I managed to-
ret to the top &of the hill overlooking
the river. where I met a Baptist minis
ter hurrying towards me. ! ! asked him
the news. He was greatly disturbed.
(" "'IminentlyS unsatisfactory, sir; emil,
{nently So he rcplied. ~ 1T Is reported
that General Lee has aurrender'd to-
General Grant down at Apponlattox
Courthouse And he hurried on, eyi-9
IDENTIFY IN great distress. s
~ made e my. way on towards the bot
tom When not from the railroad y
saw a group OF Confederate soldiers,
who evidently had a prisoner. When !
drew closer I recognized that they We're
guarding an OLE friend Of mine. Lieu
tenant John Stockton, of the Monticello.
Guard OF Albem;Cles county. was ass
3tonished, and as s?on rs I got to the
men 1 asked why they had arrested my
friend. Lieutenant storkton.}
15s'"I got a reply at once. One Of the.
men said he was n deserter.7
"For Gods sake. John, how Is this?'
II asked. n. q n q lss
1$'.S'Well, Il I Just told them General Lee
had surrendered,' said Stockton, coolly,.
and they thought ] must,be a deserter.
s'"rhe men took up the conversation
and argued that there could be no doubt
that their prisoner Ind deserted. o.
course, General Lee had not quit fight
Ing. II / asked Stockton to explain, and
he said that while the actual ceremony
fof surrender had not taken place when
he left the field, yet the white flags
were out at that time, lie had managed
to slip into the bushes and get away,
Like a number of others who had fought
under Lee, he could not witness the sur
render. OF course, we saw then that
the news OF the surrender was true. That
night We had full confirmation. 5s @ q.
Isl determined at once to join General
Joseph e. Johnston in North Carolina
and began to arrange for departure. said
the Senator, with n reminiscent SMILE
s.'but when i found I would have to travel
in a buggy being unable to ride, ! con. Z
cluded that my Joining any army would
5bo a Joke, so I gave up the idea and
faced the music with the rest Of the boys.
"Dld you ever hear how Fitz Lee sur
rendered 2 You know he managed to es.,
cape from the field atsApponnt ttox. lie
and several companions got down to