Evening star., 1912-11-03
LEES SURRENDER
Story Of the Sunset Of the
Confederacy.
GRANTS HUMANE TERMS
How Generals of Armies Of North.
ern Virginia and the Potomac
Met at Appomattox.

spirits frustrated We find the reason why
nothing Longstreet can say assua es his
troubled mind, and why the idea of sur
render is so CALLING
1nasmuch as these spirits were not
frustrated by Grant, bat primarily and
inexorably by our countrys destiny, in
this lies the significance OF Lees fortune
Oh, fate! you never drew harder 10
than that you drew for him For h
did not believe in slavery at all; In fact
to him 1t was repuls.ve. and an .nstitu
ton antagonistc to the soutn's ultimat>
political veal. yet you put I'm at the
head OF the last struggle be,w.en slavery
and freedom IN this world.
THIS speculation as 10 the tempera-
mental and lnsrdined qualities of Lee
may be VIDE OF the marx, but l tn nix
not, Tor, as sure as we ave. such ioi.y
pride and burning enthusiasm a.e WA.
We nave rignt 10 expect wnen The ste.-
line Al nuInan ciiai du..f r.I,es true Ih.s,
al ie- st, We Know lnu.spaIduiy, ina.
the one thing he dreaded. and was ready
to lay his ALE down rather tnan submit
TO. was humiliation, a.lu let us be thank
full tnat place mas been PROVIDED IN
.-uInan breasts Tor .nd. ANA oi y. ide,
pride which rebels at abdsement and
Iint Is almost in,olerd .ic-paL Lfon.A-
ing, shifting condescensior. come from
" "noNisOosci Oh 40" II AiiJ. AID ".iie
you and l, reader, may not even dream
ol lL..Ing ouiso..es N t..e CoAiIany y.
the great. yet, in SO far as we have that
v.il.e aud snow t wnen We s..oa-d, we
CAIN, with uncovered heads in their
presence. a common brotherhood.
And now, before the MAJ ra i've journeys
war ended favorably for the soatn he
would inevitably have been called upon
and forced to head government when,
however VICTORIOUS IN tne veiy na.die
of things could not have enjoyed peace.
For SO Ions as slavery exis,ed 1t would
have had it's impIacable enemies, and
sooner or later, torn by Internal dissen-
slOns, the border states would, one after
another, on account of cOmmeic cal ad-
san.ases, have deserted the GonAeueracy,
and it is a question whether Lees fame
military and political. would no. have
been left a sad wreck. But be tnis as 1t
may, the 1-llure o. tie Lonfeuet acy
broke the heartstrings of thousands OF
that it broke Lees very heart itse.f. and
the wonder is that death did not come
sooner
Conversation between Longstreet and
Lee as to Grants prospective terms con-
tlnued in broken sentences till Babcock
was seen approach.ns. and then, as Lee
still seemed apprehensive of hum-l ating
demands, Lonestreet suggested to him
that in that event he s.lou4d break of
the interview and tell Giant to 90 his
worst. The thought of another round
seemed to brace him, and ne rode w.tn
Col. Marshall to meet the Union COM
mander. So closes Lonsstreet's account
of that incident.
Lee rec,ed Marshall to find suit
able house for the conference, and he
chose McLean's, the best in the town, a
BRICK building with elms and lo-usts
about it. and rose bushes blooming on the
lawn. With a cool, inviting veranda, 1t
stood facing west. the last in The VII
lage.
Marshall sent his orderly back to notify
Lee, and he and Babcock soon were seat
you enter the hall Meanwhile. Travel
ler's humane groom removed h.s bit and
he began to nip the fresh springing grass
in the dooryard. while BabcOck's orderly
sat mounted out in the road, to not fy
Grant on h.s arrival. Ord. Sheridan, Gus
ter, Griffin. and with him my friend Mer-
rill, and their staffs, were up the road,
only few hundred yards away, and in
full view.
Grant, after dispatch.ng Babcock,
mounted at once and followed the Wal
ker's Church road TIL he came to the La
Grange road This he took to The left.
and then struck down across Plain run to
the Lynchburg road. AS he passed the
left OF the 1st New York Dragons some
one shouted, There comes Gen. Grant"
He rode directly to Sher dams group,
saying as he drew rein. How are you,
Sneridan?"
''tirst-rate. thank you. how are your
replied Sheridan. with an expressive
smile; and then he told Grant what had
happened. and that he believed it was
all a ruse on the part of the Confeder-
ates to get away.
But Grant answered that he had no
doubt of the good faith of Lee, and
asked where he was.
In that BRICK house, responded Sher-
idan.
"Wel, then. we'll so over" sad Grant
and asked them all to go along with
him.
This must have been about II
o'clock. for Lyman says that "at 2:2O
Col. Kellogg, Sheridan's chief commits
sary. accompanied by memuer of Lee S
staff. brought a note from Grant to
Meade to suspend host:lities.''
Cine nnati s-red by the king of the
turf Lexington, with his delicate ears,
high and thoroughbred port, led the way,
and at his side was Rienz., carrying
perhaps because as boy l played with
the colts on the old home farm, those
horses, from the day / saw Grant on
Cincinnati and Sheridan on Rienzi in the
ances to me; and now it pleases my
fancy to put them with Traveller in d
pasture, far far beyond the reach Of
laundering guns or lamenting bugles-
pasture that remains eternally green.
Meeting at McLean's.
AS Grant mounted the steps and enter
ed the hail. BabcOck, who had seen his
approach, opened the door. Sheridan.
Ord and the other officers remained out
side and took seats on two benches, one
on either side Of the door, and the steps
on the veranda.
Grant, about five feet eight inches tall,
square shoulders. inclined to stoop. was
without a sword, wore a soldiers dark
blue flannel blouse, d splaying a waist
coat of like material, and ordinary top
boots with trousers inside Boots and
clothing were spattered with mud and, in
his memoirs, with his usual unstud ed
frankuess he says I'm my rough trav-
cling suit. the uniform of private, W tn
the straps of a lieutenant general (bul-
ground of black veivst one large and
two smaller stars), l must have con-
trasted strangely with man so hand
somely dressed, six feet high, and of
faultless form. But this was not mat
ter that l thought of until a.terward."
Never was great man less se.f-con-
scious than he. though, as l have OBJ
served elsewhere. while at the head Of
the Army OF the Potomac, he fnainta ned
his dignity day in aid day out, without
cha. ging the air of his he .uq ia le. 5 |
with the usual pompous mi itary fuss. |
This I know from experie--ce. and, al |
though l was mere boy, had he SHOWN |
any affectat ons 1 bel eve l should have |
noticed them
The kind and cut of his beard, deep
brown in shaoe, the way his ndir IA. i. |
and the outl ne of his fice are familiar; |
but his eyes. SO char:taLly direct, and |
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