Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-27

worked his way to within eight miles
of Appomattox, when he was met by a
galloping horseman with letter from
Lee, saying he had concluded to surren-
der. Grant dismounted, and from
grassy bank by the roadside he told
Lee TO meet him at Appomattox.
AS General Grant got on his horse
l asked him how his pain was.
Do you know he said, that pain
left me the moment j got that letter
from Lee"
Grant reached Appomattox at 10
o'clock in the forenoon and at once
was directed 10 the house where Lee
was waiting to receive him. General
Porter gave a very detailed description
Of the incidents Of the surrender, re
producing from his personal notes all
of the conversation between Grant and
Lee In its exact language He con-
trasted the appearance of the two gen
erals
Grant" said General Porter, "took
Off a pair of dark thread gloves and
threw them and his hat on table In
the center of the room. General lee
who was sitting at table In a corner
of the room, had removed pair of
me huckskin gloves. The two men
now presented singular contrast.
General Grant, only 43 years Of age.
was in the full vigor of life, of medium
height, with no supertluous flesh. He
was slightly stopped lie had on n
pair of muddy, wrlnkled top boots, and
he was actually dressed in the uniform
OF private soldier. There was moth
Ing TO indicate his rank, but the three
stars ON his shoulder straps. He wore
no sword, no spurs, and was covered
with mud.
General Lee was sixteen years older
than Grant, and his beard and hair
were silvered. He was dressed In .
handsome, brand-new Confederate uni
form. He wore fine new boots. worked
on top with figures of crimson silk He
carried beautiful long. straight sword
studded with jewels which had been
presented TO him by some ladies' OF
England and sent to him by one of the
blockade runners.
ITO look at these two men stranger
might have thought General Grant was
surrendering to General Lee"
Lee opened the conversation with
reference to their meeting years before
In Mexico. He was evidently in hur.
ry to have the formal details of the
surrender arranged and had no great
relish for conversation. General Grant
wrote a hasty draft of the terms OF
surrender and General Porter handed
1t TO General Lee
Lee" said General Porter, "took
out large silk handkerchief and a
| pair of steel-rimmed spectacles, rubbed
| the spectacles with the handkerchief
and read the rough draft with extreme
deliberation. He suggested an inter.
polation of one word Grant agreed.
and he made the Interpolation with my
lead pencil, the very one have here"
| The children cheered as General Por.
ter held up the pencil, sharpened Mt
both ends, and about half the full
| length.
That was not the most expensive
pencil in the world" said General Por-
ter, but 1t got in great deal of fine
work that afternoon"
General Grant had no Ink, and 30 his
secretary borrowed a bottle from Lees
secretary, and with 1t copied the draft
of the surrender into It's final and per
| manent form.
General Lee had no paper, and so he
borrowed a sheet from Grant, with the
Union army letterhead, and on 1t his
| secretary, Colonel Charles Marshall
wrote the formal acceptance of Grants
terms After the terms were agreed
on, put III writing and signed the party
| moved out into the front yard
II shall never forget how General
Lee looked as he stood with one foot on
the step, about TO mount his horse"
said General Porter. ''1e seemed ob.
liyious to everything. He looked out
blankly and did not recognize our sa-
lutes. He seemed the absolute picture
of despair"