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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Last days of the army of Northern Virginia. (search)
the 1st of March, 1865, in the armies of Meade, Ord and Sheridan, an available total of all arms ofh around and attack its flank if possible. General Ord, commanding the Army of the James, taking hSunday, the 2d, Grant ordered Parke, Wright and Ord to assault. With the exception of three placesmeantime reached Burkeville, and on the 6th General Ord was directed towards Farmville. Meade discressed on. It was too late. The infantry under Ord, nearly 30,000 strong, now filed across our pat Gordon thereupon sent flags which Sheridan and Ord received asking a cessation of hostilities in hany captures could be made by either Meade's or Ord's army. If these small arms were captured at Aen the last of Lee's troops stacked arms before Ord's men, and which, if Badeau's version is correcore arms on the morning of the 9th of April. Ord's troops, the Army of the James, arrested our pr charged with seeing to the formal surrender. Ord's ordnance officers quite naturally received th[9 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Appomattox Courthouse. (search)
ly, and Colonel Babcock said that as General Grant was approaching on the road, in front of the house, it would only be necessary for him to leave an orderly to direct him to the place of meeting. Leaders face to face. 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 for a short time in conversation 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 proposition to writing. Terms of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
rrupting him in this train of thought, I suggested, interrogatively: Say 25,000 men? He replied: Yes; say 25,000 men. I started to withdraw for the purpose of giving the necessary orders, and at the door met Colonel Kellogg, the chief commissary of General Sheridan's command. I asked him if he could feed the Army of Northern Virginia. He expressed his inability, having something very important to do for General Sheridan. I then found Colonel M. P. Small, the chief commissary of General Ord's army, and asked him, as I had asked General Sheridan's chief commissary, if he could feed the Army of Northern Virginia. He replied, with a considerable degree of confidence, I guess so. I then told him to do it, and directed him to give the men three days rations of fresh beef, salt, hard bread, coffee, and sugar. He mounted his horse immediately, and proceeded to carry out his order. Both Colonels Kellogg and Small are now dead. That we had any rations on the spot to spare ma