Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-01

on, the thought occurred to me that
the officers had their own private
horses and effects, which were i'm
portant to them but OF no value 10
us also that it would be an unnec-
essary humiliation to call upon them
to deliver their side arms
No conversation. not one word,
passed between General Lee and my
self either about private property.
side-arms or 'Sindred subjects.
The surrender OF his ara " was nee.
essarily a painful ordeal to General
Lee. But no man in the room had
so little the air OF conqueror as
General Grant, who, as he laid down
mis- pen. turned to General Lee and
asked in his quiet. matter-of-fact way,
How are you off for rations, Cen
eral?"
Pretty badly OF. expected TO
get some supplies here but was dis
appointed" General Lee replied. look
ing over to General Sheridan, who
Immediately said:
Yes. General. we got in ahead OF
you last night and helped ourselves
to your supplies at the station, with
out waiting for permission.
Everyone laughed al General Sher-
idan for owning up so promptly to
his capture of General Lees supplies
When the laughing subsidized. General
Grant said:
General sheridan. can you let Gen.
eral Lee have the necessary rations
for mis- army?''
General Sheridan replied in the al
firmative. adding: You know I'm al
ways pretty well supplied. General. j"
General ingalls,, when can you
have the railroad repaired to get up
snpplies?" asked General Grant OF
his quartermaster general.
AT zine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, G. neral and the supplies can be
up in an hour or two
Very well, General Morgan. adj
dressing the commissary general,
you viii please send forward to Ap.
pomattox in the morning two hun
dred thousand rations. and furnish
General Lee with what he needs for
his troops. We shall also want some
for ourselves said General Grant.
Tne bravest men are always the
most generous. The victorious sol
der, in these thoughtful considerable
words. had turned attention to the
common duty of providing for the two
armies. and thus relieved the van.
uuished leader from the embarrass.
ment of his position This at once
gave a social atmosphere to the oc-
casion, and General Lee said to Gen
eral Grant.
General. my officers wish 10 come
in and pay their respects to you. If
You VIII receive them
Certainly. General, ! shall be zap
by to see them. And you have hosts
of old friends here who win be glad
to meet you again replied General
Grant.
The veranda was by this time
crowded with officers OF both armies.
Those of General Grants stan we're
first presented 70 General Lee. whom
few of them had ever seen. Naturally
there was the same curiosity on their
part TO see the confederate leader
That The confederate officers had to
see General Grant. Robert T. Lin.
coin. speaking of 1T many years after.
wards. said:
T remember that /, for one, was
curious TO see General Lee. When
we went in from the veranda looking
pretty rough and feeling awfully tireL.
from our weeks march. winding up
with the ride from daylight till near.
~ one O'Clock that day, / remember
well the impression made upon me
by General Lees fine figure in his
brilliant uniform of gray and gold.
There hadn't been much ceremony
among us fellows outside, and
thought the introduction quite formal.
As the youngest officer with General
Grant and lowest IN rank, ] was at
the end Of his staff. and was prob
ably more impressed by General Lee s
appearance than the Others. At any
rate, that part of the scene always
comes TO my mind more wildly than
anything else. There were fifteen in
our stan and General Lee had four.
teen on his. so the stan officers filled
up the room, and a good many soon
went back to the veranda where It
was cooler and less crowded
After ii was over. I remember that
! ] went OFF and slent tne rest Of ne