The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09

sir. Editor.-I, clipped from the Jour
nal and Tribune. of Knoxville, Tenn.
the following account OF tho surrend or
Of General K. E. Lee to General u. s.
Grant at AppomattoX Courthouse, Va.
b; General Eorace Porter. General
Grants chief OF STAFF. and send It with
tho request that you publish II, az i
feel 1t will be read by your thousands
of Subscribers as tho most accurate
account of tho surrender. Gas 1 was
thcre) that has ever boon IN print
3. j. ROGERS.
Native of Mecklenburg County, Va.
veteran Confederate States OF America
lssl-5 Inmate Soldiers Home. Rich-
mond. Va. February 10. 1913.
rho hest and most reliable account
OF what happened IN the Mclean
house Is from tho pen of General Por-
ter. General Grants chief OF STAFF. who
was ono of the eye-witnesses OF the
rnoment!ous treaty. General Porter
says in his campaigning With General
Grant:
The house had comfortable
wooden porch with seven steps lead
ing up to it, A hall ran through the
middle from front TO back, and upon
each side was room having two
windows. one In front and one in
the rear. Each room had two doors
opening into the hall. The building
stood little distance back from the
street, with Il yard in front. and to
the left on entering was gate for
carriages and roadway running to
stable IN the rear. Wa entered the
grounds By this gate aud dismounted.
In the y.frd were seen a fine, large
gray horse. which proved to be Cen
erai Lees favorate animal. called
Traveller and "a good looking. dark
- =,
Marshall Ar orderly in gray was in
charge OF them and had taken Off
their BRIDES 10 let them crop the
grass
General Grant mounted the steps
and entered the house. AS he stepped
into the hall Colonel Babcock, who
had seen Ills approach from the win
dow. opened the door OF the room on
rhe loft in which he had been sitting
With General Leo and Colonel Mar
snail awaiting General Grants ar
rival. The general passed in. and as
Lee arose and stepped forward Grant
extended his hand. saying. General
Lee and the two shook hands cordi-
ally.
Tho members OF the staff, Generals
sheridan and Ord and some other gem
erai officers who had gathered IL, the
front yard. remained outside feeling
that General Grant would probably
prefer his first interview with Cen
eral Lee TO be in >mesure private. In
few minutes Colonel Babcocis came
to the front door. and, making a motion
with his hat toward the sitting rooms
said: The general says come In II
was then about 1880. on Sunday, April
9. We entered and found General
in tho centre OF the room and Lee sit
ting in plain armchair with a
cane seat beHide a square. mar
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in the corner opposite tho door by
which we entered. and facing Grant
Colonel Marshall was standing at his
left with his right elbow resting upon
the mantlepiece We walked in softly
and ranged ourselves quietly about the
sides of the room, very much as people
enter a sick chamber when they expect
TO find the patient dangerously ILL
Some found seats on the sofa stand
ing against the wall between the two
doors and on the few plain chairs
which constituted the furniture. but
most Of the party stood
Contrast Between the Two Commando
ers.
The contrast between the two com
nanders was singularly striking, and
could not fall to attract marked at
tention as they sat, six or eight feet
apart, facing each other. General Grant,
then nearly forty-three years of age
III,
with shoulders slightly stopped His
hair and full beard were nut brown,
without trace of gray I'm them. He
had on his single breasted blouse of
dark blue flannel unbuttoned in front
and showing n waistcoat underneath
He wore an ordinary pair OF top boots,
with his trousers inside and without
spurs. Tho boots and portions OF his
clothes were spattered with mud He
had worn a pair OF thread gloves of
dark yellow color, which he had taken
of on entering the room. His felt
ing on his lap. lie had no sword or
sash. and pair OF shoulder straps was
all there was about him to designate
Ills rank. In fact, aside from these, his
uniform was that OF a private soldier.
'Lee. on the other hand was six feet and
one inch in height and erect for one OF his
age. for he was Grants senior by sixteen
gray, and thick, except that the hair had
become a little thin In front. Heswore u
TO the throat. and a handsome sword and
sash. Tho sword was OF exceedingly fine
M n ~ pa ah hes se nsswas studied with
some women In England, who sympathize1.
with the cause he represented. His top boots
were comparatively new and had on them,
red .R ;SP his eisa Of
/, matched that that OF his uniform. and a pair
him on tho table. We endeavored afterward
10 learn how 1t was that he wore such
had turned out to go to church that Sunday.
aisernoon. while W. With ns , our outward garb
genteei. One explanation was til that snS WSsn
his headquarters wagons HAD been pressed
few wo ass
s9s n Re fs sssss s ZACH si0s ons
and sought to propitats the. god OF destr,ic.