Evening star., 1925-04-05

and his aide, Col. Marshall, selected
the best in their wardrobe to wear
and thus save
Some time before Gen. Stuart had
sent through the lines abroad in some
way and had new uniform made for
Lee, which he presented to his be-
loved leader. The uniform worn by
Lee at Appomattox was probably this
very one.
Gen. Grant, who was short in stat
ure, was very differently arrayed.
HIS blouse of blue flannel was un-
buttoned, his boots and clothing spat-
tereo with mud. He wore no sword
or shoulderstraps and one would have
taken him for private in the ranks
He seated himself at a marble-ton
table in the center of the room. while
Lee sat by small table near a front
window; Marshall stood behind Lee
at his left. Grants staff erouned
themselves in silence about the room.
some using sofas and others the
chairs.
After discussing Mexico for a few
moments. Lee opened the subject for
which they had met, asking Grant
upon what terms he would receive
the surrender of the Confederate
army.
MY terms" Grant replied. 'are
those of which I wrote you yester
day-that the officers and men sur
render to be paroled and disqualified
from taking up arms again tiii
properly exchanged and all arms
ammunition and supplies be deliy-
cred up as captured property"
AFTER further discussion Lee asked
Grant to put into writing the terms
ol surrender, so that some formal
action could be taken. VERY weu.''
Grant replied and proceeded to write
rested on the table before him. The
document was as follows:
"Appomattox CT. H. Va.
April 9Th, 1865.
General R. E. Lee,
commanding c. S. A
General: In accordance with tho
substance of my letter TO Won ~ tba
otn INST, l propose to receive the
surrender OF the army of Northern
virginia on the following terms. to
wit: Rolls of all the officers and man
to be made in duplicate. one conv n
De given to an officer to be desig
mated by me, the other to be retained
oy such officer or officers as Won NAV
uesishale' The officers to be given
their individual paroles not to take
up arms against the Government Of
the United States until properly ex-
chaneeo' and each company or regi-
a
parole for the men of their COM
mands The arms, artillery and pub
TIC property to be parked .and
stacked and turned over to the Of
ncers appointed by me to receive
them This will not embrace the
sloe- arms OF the officers, nor their
private horses or baggage Tbis
done. each officer and man will he al
lowed to return to his home. not to be
disturbed By the United States au-
thoritfes SO long as they observe
their paroles and the laws In force
wnere they reside.
Very respectfully,
| y. >. GRANT. Lieutenant-General"
zen LEE read over the papar
- which was handed him bv Ger
Grant, and when he came to the mar,
Which stated that the horses. side
arms ana baggage could be kept by
the officers, it seemed to please him
greatly. i'
Gen. Grant asked If there was anv
suggestion which he wished to make.
Lee replied that in the Confederate
army the men of the artillery and
cavalry owned their horses, and
asked If these men would be per-
mitted to retain them.
Grant explained that such was
not in the terms OF the paper lust
written; that he did not know that
IN the Confederate army the horses
were the property OF the men. ami
that, while he would not change ~
terms as written, he would Instruct
MS officers who received the paroles
OF the Confederates to let every man
VINO claimed to own horse or n
mule take 1t home with him. to worl,
their farms. This evidently Eratitied Lee
VINO expressed the opinion that such
an act would have the best possihIe
! erect upon the men
After some more deliberat,or ,nd
much searching for ink and paner
Col marshall wrote out for Gen. Lee
the Following acceptance of Grants
terms.
Headquarters. Army of Northern
a.. virginia, April 9, 1865
| General: L received your letter of
ms oate containing the terms of the
surrender of the Army of Northern
virginia as proposed by you. As thev
are substantially the same as those
expressed in your letter of the Sth
inst, they are accepted. | will pro
ceed to designate the proper officers
to carry the stlpulations into effect.
| 'R f. LEE, General
Lieut.. Gen. L. S. Grant"
| Gen. Grant took advantage Of the
| Ni'iiS NQiCn these DaDerS
| were being copied to introduce 70 Lee
the officers who formed the COMPANY
ABOUT the room. One, Col E Parker
| was a full-blooded Indian and the
hereditary chief of the Six Nations,
| but his swarthy skin made him. at
| nrst glance, resemble a negro. Parker,
| who wrote a fine hand acted as sec
retary to Grant on this occasion.
| Lee, after the introductions, turned
at once to the business on hand. He
| informed Grant that many Federal
prisoners were within the Confeder-
| ate lines and that, while he would
have been glad to feed them well,
he had nothing with which to feed
| either his own men or those ne had
captured, and that parched corn had
for several days been the only food OBJ
tainable. He added that he expected
| shortly the arrival of supply trains
from Lynchburg. having wired for
them to be sent him. Lee was not
| aware that Gen. Sheridan, who was
then standing in the room, had the
night before captured these same
supply trains at Appomattox station.
Gen. Grant, who showed plainly
| that he was anxious to do all in his
power to prevent any further suf-
fering, replied at once that he would
be glad to receive his own men i'm
mediately, and added:
Il WIN take steps at once to have
your army supplied with rations. but
am obliged to say / have no forage
for the animals. OF how many do your
forces consist?"
Lee answered that In his hasty
march all papers relating to the
| army, even his private letters, had
to be destroyed and that he had no
means of making any correct esti-
mate of his men. The loss in killed
and wounded had been heavy and