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For my part, I have heard events that occurred un (ier my own eyes described in such a way that I failed to recognize them. , We do not yet know with certainty the facts of the battle of Waterloo, and as to Chancellorsville and Get tysburg, although I witnessed both, 1 sometimes think, in view of the ab solutely irreconcilable' accounts we have of these two engagements, a Bish op Whately might readily create his toric doubts as to -whether either was in fact fought. With the full knowledge of this tendency to error I will give you as accurately as I can an exact nar ictive of the circumstances attending the surrender of General Lee's army at Appomattox, as they fell under my direct observation. I will exclude everything not immediately connected with the great event, as I am convinced.- thiata.it. ..possesses sufflcien.t in terest in itself to render comment unnecessary, if not inappropriate. Why Lee Met Grant. .There "is one very important mat ter I wish settled at the outset, how ever. It ris this-: .- General Lee did not meet General Grant in the Mc Lean house on the morning of April; 9, 1865, for the purpose of then and there , 'effecting a "surrender of his afmyT On the" contrary it was simply for the purpose of hearing Grant's terms." ' As a mattcV of fact, if they had not suited General Lee he would not My accepted them; but Grant's offer rwas :so liberal, so magnani mous" and so chivalrous that it was accepted forthwith. I wjsh .to have another matter un derstood before beginning- a consecu tive narrative of the surrender.. This is inr regard to General Horace Por- ter'gstgement, made rgpeatedtyv- or-4 offered his sword to General ?Grant. 1 take exception to this statement Lee never offered his sword to Grant and the latter never refused it. I was .with the great Southern, chief tain from the time he, greeted Grant in the McLean house until he rode away, and the only time the mention of a sword was made was when Grant apologized to Lee for his dress, explaining that it was not possible for him to get access to his baggage and at the same time keep the ap pointment. The terms of capitulation expressly excepted side arms, and in view of that fact it would have been most unusual procedure for General Lee to have offered his sword to Grant. These matters are unimpor tant in themselves, but it is well for the sake of history to have, them cleared up. After the disaster of Sailor's Creek, in April, 1865, the army, reduced to two corps under the command of General Longstreet and General Gor don, moved through Farmville, where rations were issued to some of the starving troops. A close pursuit by the overwhelming army of General jGjant made it necessary to remove the wagon - trains before all the men could r. be supplied? and the remnant of the great army of -Northern Vir ginia, exhausted by fight and starva tion, moyed in the road to Appomat tox Courthousel , Grant Writes to Lee. On tho afternoon of the 7th of April, 1865, General Grant wrote to General. Lee ' stating that the liope lessnestf of. further , resistance was apparent; and .asking a surrender of theitarmy of Northern Virginia. - "Vherczthis letter: was received there was -eome- difference of opinion among the general officers as to the nature of the reply to be made to General Grant's letter, some thinking it was; yet possible to save the remnant of-1; the jarray. Finally,, however, General Ledeeidjjl t'ft meet Grant, 'and I was directed tec draw up.?a communication to IhafeeffectS ThtS is- the letter Gen eral" Lee slgtfed:" " " April 7, 1865. General: I have re ceived your note of this date. Though hot entertaining the opinion you ex press of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of. blood, and therefore, before consider ing your proposition, ask. the terms you will offer oh condition of sur: render. Very respectfully, your obe riiATvt sprvant. R. E. LEE, General.?; It was. not until the next day ttiaC a reply was receivea iu Grant states- that he would insisf upon but one condition. This was; that the men and officers surrendered should be -disqualified to take un arms against the Lnited States until properly exchanged. . Even after this correspondence, General Lee did not abandon hopes of successfully extricating himself from the--dilemma. The army had been in straits almost as deplorable, The inarch was continued during April '8, with little interruption from the enemy. In the evening we halt- ed near Appomattox v.uui-"- -- c?al Lee intending to march by , way j nf ramnbell Courthouse, mruugu SttBsXZnia county, toward Dan-. ville, with a view of opening com munications with the army of General Joseph E. Johnston, then retreating before General - Sherman through , North' Carolina. ' General Lee's pur ' pose was to unite with General John ston to his aid in resisting Grant, whichever might be found best. The exhausted troops were halted for rest near Appomattox Courthouse, and the march was resumed at 1 o'clock A. M.'iif mascbrrvey ai-good' idtea of the condition1-of 'affairs by -telling my own ",7!,iA? Night in the Woods, - When1' the army halted General Lee and staff turned out of the road into a dense wood to receive some rest. Lee had a conference with some of the principal officers, at which it was determined to force our way the next morning with the troops of Gordon, supported by the cavalry under General Fitzhugh Lee, the com- jmand of Longstreet bringing up the street and Gordon I sought a little rest. We lay upon the ground with our saddles for pillows, our horses pick eted nearby eating the bark of trees for want of better provender, and our faces covered with the capes of our overcoats to keep out the night air. Soon after 1 o'clock A. M. I was aroused by the sound of a column of infantry, marching along the road. At first I thought they were the federal soldiers. I raised my head and listened in tently. My doubts were quickly dis pelled. It was Hood's old Texas bri gade, and I recognized the command by hearing one of them repeat ' the version of a passage of scripture with which I was familiar I mean with the Texas version: "The raee is not to them that's got The longest legs to run; Nor the battle to that people That shoots the biggest gun." Soon after they passed we were all astir and our bivouac was at an end. We made our simple toilet, con sisting of putting on our caps and saddling our horses. Somebody had a little cornmeal and somebody had y; tin-can such as is used to hold water for shaving. A lire was kind led and each man in his turn, accord ing to rank" and seniority, made a can of oatmeal gruel and was allowed to keep' the can until the J gruel ' became coolfenough r,to drink. General Lee, who reposed as we had done, not far from us, did not; as I remember, have even such refreshments as I have described. v Last Meal in Confederate States.1.. This was our last meal in the Con lederacy Our next was taken in the United States and consisted mainly of a generous portion of that noble American animal whose strained re lations with the chancellor of the Ger man empire made it necessary at last for the president of the United States to, send an Ohio-man to the. court of Berlin. : ; ; "Tantas componere lites." ; ..'As soonas we allhad our turn.t tfie:' shaviHg" -cafw&rr6WetowrardwAp pomattox Courthouse, when tho sound of guns announced that Gordon had already begun the attempt to open the way. He forced his way through the cavalry of the . enemy only to . en counter a force of infantry far su perior to his own wearied and starv ing command. He informed General Lee that it was impossible to ad vance further, and it became evident that the end was at hand. General Lee had written Grant stating that he would meet him at 10 o'clock on the morning of April 9 on the old stage road to Richmond. Attended by myself and one orderly, Lee . proceeded down this road to meet General Grant. , . As we advanced through the rear guard, composed of the - remnants of Longstreet's corps, the men cheered their chieftain as he passed. Their confidence and enthusiasm was not one whit abated by defeat, hunger and danger. It was lucky for the secretary of the treasury that this rear guard was not permitted to try its hand at increasing the pension roll with which he is now struggling. These men made no fraudulent pen sioner. When tncy were done with n man he or his . representative had an indisputable claim" to a pension under any kind of a pension law. , , General . Lee, with, an orderly , in front bearing a flag of truce, had proceeded but a short distance after passing through our rear guard when he became upon the advancing ene my. I rode forward to meet a feder al officer, who turned out to be Lieu tenant Colonel Whittier of . General Humphrey's staff, and who . delivered to me General Grant's" reply to Gen eral Lee's letter, declining to discuss terms of a general pacification. I took this letter to General Lee, who at once dictated to me a letter to Grant asking an interview for the purpose- of discussing terms of sur render. Colonel Whittier took this letter to Grant. General Lee then returned to the front, and with General Longstreet proceeded to. a small orchard, and there waited for Grant's reply. As he was much fatigued a rude couch was prepared under an apple tree, upon which he reclined uptil the ap pearance of a flag of truce and Grant's affirmative reply. . Where the Meeting Was Held. Colonel Babcock, who brought the reDly, told General Lee that he had been pent to ' make any arrangements fori ath fleeting jttl t '.General Lee desim? ' within-? tbs tSfe&era? or .Con federate lines. Genera. ,Le directed, nxe to ac company him- wlth 'an ! ftterly, and immediately mounting his horse rode with Colonel Babcock toward. Appo mattox Courthouse. . We passed ". through ;. an .. infantry force in front of the village, and General Lee directed me to find a suitable place for the meeting., I rode " forward and asked the first citizen I met to direct me to a house suitable for that purpose. I learned afterward that the citizen was Mr. McLean, who had lived on tHe battlefield of Bull Run, but had removed to Aintattox - Ccmse iu Ui McLean conducted me to an unoc- trating and sootmng properties, all unpleasant feelings, and so crdeal tnat sne passes through the event safely-, and , with ,but little suffering, numbers have testified and said,' "it r is worth its weight in gold." $1.00 per . bottle of druggists; Book containing valuable information mailed free; THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. cupied and unfurnished house inH a very bad state of repair. I told him that it was not suitable, and then he offered his own house, to . which he conducted me. " I found a room suitable for the purpose in view and sent back the orderly who had accompanied me to direct General Lee and "Colonel Bab cock to the house. ;They ';caniih Cpresontly and Col. Babcock said 'that' -as General : Grant was approaching on. the road in. front of the house, it would only be neces sary for him to leave an orderly to direct him, to. the place of meeting. General Lee, Colonel Babcock and myself sat in the parlor for about half an hour when a large party of mounted men arrived,, and in a few minutes General Grant came into the room, accompanied by his staff and a number of federal officers of rank,' among whom were General Ord and General Sheridan. General Grant greeted General Lee very civilly, and -they engaged in a conversation for a short time about their former acquaintance during the Mexican war: Some other federal officers took part in the conversation which was terminated by General Lee saying to General Grant that he had come to discuss the terms of the surrender of his army, as indicated in his note of that morning, and he suggested to General Grant to reduce his proposi tion to writing. ' General Grant assented and Colonel Parker of his ..staff moved a small table from , the 'opposite ' side of the room and placed ,it by General Grant, who sat facing General Lee. When General Grant . had written his letter in. pencil ne took it to Gen eral Lee, who remained seated. Gen eral Lee read, the letter' and called General Grant's . attention to the fact that he required tho surrender of -the cavalry, as if they were public horses. He told Genera .Grant that Confed erate cavalxynjQn,, ,Q,yned.,theirJ.hoi;se.s, and they wouldiieed'-them for; plant ing a spring crop." General Grant at once accepted the s-uggestion. Drawing Up the Articles. The terms of the letter having been agreed to ; General Grant direct ed Colonel Parloer to make a copy of it in ink, and General - Lee directed me to write its .acceptance, t Colonel Parker .took the table upon which General Grant had been; writ ing to the other side of the room, and I accompanied him, and after he had finished copying the letter I sat down at the -same table and wrote General Lee's acceptance. When General Grant had signed the copy of his letter made by Colonel Parker, and General Lee had signed the answer, Colonel Parker handed to me General Grant's letter and I handed to him General Lee's reply and the work was done. 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