Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-05-26

Soon after, General Lee referred to
the terms of surrender, and General
Grant, saying that they would be
| substantially the same as mentioned
in his note of the previous day
stepped over to a small table at the
side of the room, where he sat down
and wrote the following terms of sur
render:
Appomattox, c. H., Va,
April 9, 1866.
Gen. r. E. Lee,
Comd. c. S. A.
| General:-
In accordance with the substance OF
| nv letter to you of the 9Th instant
| | propose to receive the surrender OF
the army of Northern Virginia on the
| following terms, to-wit: Rolls of the
| officers and men to be made in dupli
| cate, one copy to be given to an Of
| ficer designated by me. the other to
| be retained by such officer or officers
| as you may designate. The officers
| to give their individual paroles not
| to take up arms against the govern
| ment of the United States until
| properly exchanged, and each com
pany or regimental commander sign
like parole for the men of their
| commands. The arms, artillery and
| public property to be parked and
stacked and turned over to the officers
! appointed by me to receive them
This will not embrace the side arms
of officers. nor their private horses or
baggage This done, each officer and
man will be allowed to return to
their homes, not to be disturbed by
United States authority, so long as
they observe their paroles and the
laws in force where they may reside.
Very respectfully,
U. S. Grant,
Lieut.. general.
In the meantime General Lee had
taken chair near table in the
center of the room. General Grant
rose as he finished writing. and hand
ing the note to General Lee, took a
chair near and facing him. General
Lee read the note silently, moving a
little to let the light fall directly up
on the writing. Then he turned
around to the table, wrote the follow
ing note of acceptance and handed it
to General Grant:
Headquarters. Army Northern Va.
April 8, 1865
General
| received your letter of this date
containing the terms of the surren-
der Of the army of northern Virginia,
as proposed by you. AS they are sub
stantially the same as those ex-
pressed in your letter of the Sth in
slant, they are accepted. l will pro-
ceed to designate the proper officers
to carry the stipulations into effect.
r. E. Lee, General.
Lieut.. General u. S. Grant
At this supreme moment of the sur
render, consummated in the silent
reading of the terms by General Lee,
and the silent reading of the accept
ance by General Grant, not word
was spoken
When General Lee handed to Gen
eral Grant his note of acceptance for
the latter to read, General Dent took
a step nearer to General Rawlins, and
whispered: ''Rawlins, this is histor-
ic." Then going back noislessly to
the fire place, General Dent took
from the mantel what he thought was
a piece of paper, but what was in
fact a torn pit of pasteboard box.
and with a pencil hastily sketched
the positions Of the persons in the
room General Lee was the first to
break the silence, by referring to the
very liberal terms, which gave to his
officers their horses, and which was
not mentioned in General Grants
note of the Sth.
Eyes, General, you will want all OF
your horses. and the terms are to IN.
clude the horses belonging to your
men Also" said General Grant "They
will need them when they get home
in blowing and putting in their crops. "
General Lee had not expected this,
and he thanked General Grant with
much feeling, saying that it would
have good effect upon his army
Then General Grant added: q
will have two copies made of these
papers, one for you and one for me
Colonel Marshall and Colonel Parker
can copy them now, and We will sign
them" Colonel Marshall and Colonel
Parker sat down at the side table, the
former making two copies of Genera
Lees note, and Colonel Parker max
ing two of General Grants.
They We're then read aloud, Gener
al Grant holding the original of his
terms, and General Lee holding the
original of his acceptance. while Mar
shall and Parker read from the
copies. The signatures were immedl
ately affixed, at the same time. each
using separate pen.
| While the papers were being copied