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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Last days of the army of Northern Virginia . (search)
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memorial address (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
Feeding General Lee's army.
[from the Washington Post, January 25, 1894.]
A New version of an incident of the surrender at Appomattox.
Editor of the Washington Post:
The incidents connected with the order for the issue of rations to General Lee's army at the time of the arrangement of the details of the surrender, as given in the account published in your issue of the 20th instant, are not quite accurate as to the personnel involved, according to my recollection.
I was General Grant's chief commissary, and was present in the room during the interview between him and General Lee.
After the terms of the surrender had been agreed upon, General Lee said to General Grant:
General, I would like my army fed.
General Grant turned to me, as his chief commissary, and said: Colonel, feed the Confederate army.
I asked: How many men are there?
General Grant asked: How many men have you, General Lee?
General Lee replied, Our books are lost; our organizations are broken
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.38 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)