The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-04-01

ending OF the war is Interestingly de-
scribed by Horace Porter, breyet brig.
adler general. as follows:
1T was then about half-past one Of
Sunday, 'he 9th of April. We entered,
and found General Grant sitting at a
marble-topped table in the center Of
the room, and Lee sitting beside Il
small oval table near the front win
dow, In the corner opposite to the door
by which we entered, and facing Gen
eral Grant. Colonel Marshall, his
military secretary, was standing at
his left. We walked in softly and
ranged ourselves quietly about the
sides of the room, very much as the
people enter a sick-chamber when
they expect to find the patient dan
gerously ILL., Some found seats on
stltuted the furniture, but most of the
party stood.
The contrast between the two
commanders was striking, and could
not fail to attract marked attention as
they sat ten feet apart, facing each
other. General Grant, then nearly
forty-three years of age, was five feet
eight inches in height, with shoulders
slightly stopped. His hair and full
beard were nut-brown, without trace
of gray in them. He had on a single
breasted blouse, made OF dark blue
flannel, unbuttoned In front, and show.
ing a waistcoat underneath He wore
an ordinary pair of top boots, with his
trousers inside, and was without
spurs. The boots and portions OF his
clothes were spattered with mud. Ne
had had on pair of thread gloves, OF
dark yellow color, which he had tax
en- off on entering the room. His felt
sugar loaf" stiff-brimmed hat was
thrown on the table beside him lie
had no sword, and a pair Of shoulder
straps was all there was about him to
designate his rank. In fact, aside
from these. his uniform was that of a
private soldier.
Lees Fine Presence.
Lee, on the other hand, was fully
six feet in height and quite erect for
one OF his age, for he was Grants
senior by sixteen years, His hair and
full beard were a silver-gray and quite
thick, except that the hair had be
come a little thin in front. He wore
a new uniform OF Confederate gray,
buttoned up at the throat, and at his
side he carried a long sword of eX-
ceedingly fine workmanship, the hilt
studded with jewels. 1t was said to
be the sword that had been presented
to him by the state Of Virginia. His
top boots We're comparatively new
and seemed to have on them some or
namcutal stitching OF red silk. Like
his uniform, they were singularly
clean and but little travelstained. On
the boots were handsome spurs with
large rowcls A felt hat, which in
color matched pretty closely that of
his uniform, and a pair Of long buck.
skin gauntlets lay beside him on the
table We asked Colonel Marshall
afterward how It was that both he and
his chief wore such fine toggery and
looked so much az If they had turned
out TO 20 TO church, while with us
our garb scarcely rose to the dignity
even OF the 'shabbygenteel,' He
Strengthened us out regarding the con
trast by explaining that when their
headquarters wagons had been
pressed so closely by our cavalry a
few days before, and 1t was found
they would have to destroy all their
baggage, except the clothes they car
ried on their backs, each ore, natural,
ly, selected the newest suit he had,
and sought to propitiate the god of
destruction by sacrifice of his sec.
Ond best"