The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-22

NaAtA 49, tH4N b''A
iHhstand which ne produced appea e.
u be participating in the general
breaking III. ana had di~-appearti.
colonel Marshall now came 20 The res
cue. and pulled out OF his pocket i
small lockwood Iukstand. which MAS
tut IT Parker service. 80 that after
al We had 10 fail back upon the ~.
sources of the enemy ia procuring Iii,
stage properties" foe Inc final seen.
in this memorable military drama.
Lee in the meantime had directed
Colonel Marshall To- draw UP for 1875
signature Z letter Or acceptance of tie
terms Of surrender. Colonel Marshall
wrote out a draft or Sucn 4 letter.
making il quite formal, ~beginn4n-
with, II have the honor - reply t.
your communication,+ etc. General
Lee took il. and. after reading it nrel.
very carefully, directed that these FOR
mai expressions be stricken out ami
that the letter be otherwise shortened.
He afterWard vent over il again and
seemed To change some words, and
then told the Colonel 10 make a 6pal
copy III ink. When il came To pro-
Viding the paper, it was found that We
had the only supply of that imnoI-
tant ingredient in the recipe for sur
rendering an army, 50 We gave a few
pages to the Colonel. The letter when
completed read as folioWs:
General: ! received your letter Of
this date containing the terms Or the
surrender of the Army Of Northern Nlf-
ginia as proposed by you. As they
are substantially the same as those
expressed in our letter Of the Sth
inst. they are accepted. | Will pro-
coed to designate the proper officers
to c.rry the stimpulations into effect.
X. +. LEE, General.
Northumberland L. :. Grant.
While the letters were being copied.
General Grant introduced the general
AfiGap- y4rhA lal nnttr.I nrl a1aJa
member of the staff, To General Lee.
The General shook hands with Cen
eral Seth Williams, who had been his
adjutant when Lee was superintendent
at West Point some years before the
war, and gave his hand to some Of
the other officers who had extended
theirs, but to most of those who We're
introduced he merely bowed in a dig
niIied and formal manne
Lee did not inter q word while the
introductions We're going on. except t.
seth Williams. with whom he talked
quite cordially. lie now took the mi
tiative again in leading the CONVERSE
ton back into usiness channels. He
said.
4 have a thousand or more Of your
men as prisoners, General Grant, Il
umbe of them officers, whom we
have required to march along with
US for several days. | shall be glad To
send them into your lines as soon as
it can be arranged, for l have no pro-
visions for them. / have, indeed, moth
ing for my own men. They have been
living for the last few days principally
upon parched corn. and we are badly
in need Of both rations and forage
General Grant replied: Il should
like to have our men sent within our
lines a. soon as possible. | viii take
steps at once to have your army sup
piled with rations, but | am sorry we
have no forage for the animals. We
have had to depend upon the country
for our supply Of forage. OF about
how many men does your present
force consist? 2"
Indeed, am not able to say Lee
answered. after d slight pause. My
losses in killed and wounded have been
exceedingly heavy, and besides there
have been many stragglers and some
deserters. All my reports and public
papers, and. indeed, my own private
letters. had to be destroyed on the
march to prevent them from falling
into the hands of your people. Many
companies are entirely without Off
GERS, and | nave not seen any returns
for several days. 50 that | have no
means Of ascertaining our present
strength
General Grant had taken great
pains to have 4 daily estimate made
Of the enemy's forces from all the
data that could be obtained, and,
judging II - Ut dDouj -D.VUV III IIlIt
time. he said. suppose | send over
25.000 rations. DO you him that Will
/, be a sufficient supply?' Il think it
VIII be ample, remarked Lee, and
added. with considerable carneStneSS
Of manner AND it viii be a great re
lief. | assure YOU" The number sur
rendered. including the cavalry. num-
berei $4,000 men.
As to General Grants supplies. he
had ordered the army on starting out
to carry twelve days r%ations. This
was the twelfth and last day of the
campaign.
Grants eye now fell on Lees sword
again. and it seemed to remind him Of
the absence Of his own. ana by way
Of explanation he said to Lee:
u started out from my camp sey-
erai days ago without my sword. and
as ] nave not seen my headquarters
baggage since. | have been riding
about without my side-arms. have
generally worn a sword. however. as
little as possible-only during the
actual operations of a campaign"
4 am IL the habit Of wearing mine
most of the time" remarked Lee. 4
wear it Invariably when / am among
my troops. moving about through the
army"
Alter q few more words had been
exchanged. the two letters were
stoned Grant affixed his signature t.
the terms upon the oval table, which
had been nloved up to him again for
that purpose. Lee signed his accept
ance unon the marble topped table
at which he sat. Colonel Parker folded
M the terms and gave them to Colonel
Marshall. Marshall handed Lees ac-
ceptance to Parker.
We entered the room = few min
utes after one o'clock. It was now
nearly four. ene-al Lee rose from
his chair and bowed to those in the
,aCpa n - 1iunFhaI 1anna Cnnnra1
Grant advanced and shook hands with
him. General Lee then stepped ont
on to the porch, accompanied by Coll
onel Marshall and foIlowed by the
Union officers. He made n motion to