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Personal Reminiscences (search for this): chapter 1.1
, in event of its falling into the hands of the enemy, the very fact of its having been occupied by him might possibly cause its destruction; and * * * * it was only during the last year of the war, when his health was somewhat impaired, that one of his staff had the temerity, on the occasion of one of the General's visits to Richmond, to turn in his tent to the quartermaster's department and move his effects into a house which he was thus almost compelled to occupy. The letter Personal Reminiscences of General Lee. J. Wm. Jones, D. D. Pages 309-11. of General Lee, previously referred to, is as follows: Petersburg, Va., 3 P. M., April 2, 1865. His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Va.: Mr. President,—Your letter of the 1st is just received. I have been willing to detach officers to recruit negro troops, and sent in the names of many who are desirous of recruiting companies, battalions, or regiments, to the War Department. After receiving the general orders on th
R. E. Lee (search for this): chapter 1.1
Commanding the Armies of the United States. General Lee replied as follows: April 7TH. Grmy of the Potomac under Meade. That night General Lee held a council of war with Longstreet, Gord The exigency had come. To the noble mind of Lee, to protract the futile struggle was inhuman. General Grant, so as to let him know where General Lee was. The house [that of Wilbur McLean] h fine, large gray horse, which proved to be General Lee's, and a good-looking mare belonging to Colversation by saying: I met you once before, General Lee, while we were serving in Mexico, when you ies to be delivered up as captured property. Lee nodded an assent, and said: Those are about thed be inserted. Certainly, Grant replied. Lee felt in his pocket as if searching for a pencild entered, and each member of the staff, to General Lee. The General shook hands with General Sethd be still. Colonel Taylor, Four Years with General Lee, page 153. About 9 o'clock on the mor[72 more...]
Joseph W. Scott (search for this): chapter 1.1
that when their headquarters' wagons had been pressed so closely by our cavalry a few days before, and it was found they would have to destroy all their baggage, except the clothes they carried on their backs, each one, naturally, selected the newest suit he had, and sought to propitiate the gods of destruction by a sacrifice of his second best. General Grant began the conversation by saying: I met you once before, General Lee, while we were serving in Mexico, when you came over from General Scott's headquarters to visit Garland's brigade, to which I then belonged. I have always remembered your appearance, and I think I should have recognized you anywhere. Yes, replied General Lee, I know I met you on that occasion, and I have often thought of it, and tried to recollect how you looked, but I have never been able to recall a single feature. After some further mention of Mexico, General Lee said: I suppose, General Grant, that the object of our present meeting is fully under
U. S. Grant (search for this): chapter 1.1
mself in the street and keep a lookout for General Grant, so as to let him know where General Lee wo the door by which we entered, and facing General Grant. Colonel Marshall, his military secretary,y sat ten feet apart facing each other. General Grant, then nearly forty-three years of age, wason of Mexico, General Lee said: I suppose, General Grant, that the object of our present meeting iswould receive the surrender of my army? General Grant replied: The terms I propose are those sta indicating his accord with this wish, and General Grant then went on to talk at some length in a vrk where it should be inserted. Certainly, Grant replied. Lee felt in his pocket as if searcthink that will be a sufficient supply? asked Grant. I think it will be ample, remarked Lee, as whom he had so long commanded. Before General Grant had proceeded far towards camp, he was rem, Ord, Merritt, Custer and the officers of General Grant's staff, a number of other officers, and [53 more...]
Walter H. Taylor (search for this): chapter 1.1
tances impel brevity here. Only a presentation of authentic details may be attempted. Colonel Walter H. Taylor, the devoted and efficient Adjutant-General Four Years with General Lee. New York: 187st his advance: I am, most respectfully and truly yours, [Signed] R. E. Lee, General. Colonel Taylor continues: After a gallant resistance, our troops were retired to the second or inner tter of yesterday for that purpose. R. E. Lee, General. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant. Colonel Taylor, (before cited,) states, that, reporting to General Lee about this time as to the parking ofuarters that he might, in solitude and quiet, commune with his own brave heart and be still. Colonel Taylor, Four Years with General Lee, page 153. About 9 o'clock on the morning of the 10th Gentinued self-denial may be only explained upon the hypothesis that he desired to have his men know that he shared their privations to the very last. Taylor's Four Years with General Lee, page 154.
Lincoln (search for this): chapter 1.1
. Lee, however, was averse to stepping beyond his duties as a soldier, and said the authorities would doubtless soon arrive at the same conclusion without his interference. There was a statement put forth that Grant asked Lee to go and see Mr. Lincoln and talk with him as to the terms of reconstruction, but this was erroneous. I asked General Grant about it when he was on his death-bed, and his recollection was distinct that he made no such suggestion. I am of opinion that the mistake arose from hearing that Lee had been requested to go and see the President regarding peace, and thinking that this expression referred to Mr. Lincoln, whereas it referred to Mr. Davis. After the conversation had lasted a little more than half an hour, and Lee had requested that such instructions be given to the officers left in charge to carry out the details of the surrender that there might be no misunderstanding as to the form of paroles, the manner of turning over the property, etc., the co
S. J. Turnbull (search for this): chapter 1.1
tting these orders, a shell came crashing through the house and the operator declared himself unable longer to work his instrument. He was ordered to detach it, and as the staff-officer and the operator emerged from the house they with difficulty escaped capture at the hands of the Federal infantry which just advanced upon and drove away the battery of artillery which had been placed in position around the house to assist in delaying the advance of the enemy. The comfortable dwelling of Mr. Turnbull, occupied by General Lee as his headquarters, and thus hastily evacuated by the rear guard of his military family, was soon enveloped in flames. It is to be hoped that the fire was accidental; by General Lee it was then thought and feared to have been by design. One of the many arguments always advanced by him why he should not occupy a house was that, in event of its falling into the hands of the enemy, the very fact of its having been occupied by him might possibly cause its destructi
A. Ord (search for this): chapter 1.1
his columns and wagon trains covering the low ground. Our cavalry, the Fifth Corps, and part of Ord's command were occupying the high ground to the south and west of the enemy, heading him off completely. Generals Sheridan and Ord, with a group of officers around them, were seen on the road, and as our party came up, General Grant said: How are you, Sheridan? First rate, thank you; how ar, then, we'll go over, said Grant. The General--in Chief now rode on, accompanied by Sheridan, Ord and some others, and soon Colonel Babcock's orderly was seen sitting on his horse in the street ial Grant's arrival. The General passed in, while the members of the staff, Generals Sheridan and Ord, and some general officers who had gathered in the front yard, remained outside, feeling that he lly. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. There were present at McLean's house besides Sheridan, Ord, Merritt, Custer and the officers of General Grant's staff, a number of other officers, and one
1877 AD (search for this): chapter 1.1
ements of the Army of the Confederate States of America have met undiminishable acknowledgment in the military history of the world. Its fortitude could not be surpassed. The causes of its surrender were manifestly insurmountable. They have been fully discussed by candid and able writers. Circumstances impel brevity here. Only a presentation of authentic details may be attempted. Colonel Walter H. Taylor, the devoted and efficient Adjutant-General Four Years with General Lee. New York: 1877. Page 149, et seq. of the Army of Northern Virginia, gives the following account of the disastrous last days of the Army of Northern Virginia: On the first day of April, General Grant directed a heavy movement against the Confederate right near Five Forks; this necessitated the concentration of every available man at that point to resist the Federal advance, and a consequent stretching out of our line, already so sadly attenuated that at some places it consisted of but one man to every
November 3rd, 1870 AD (search for this): chapter 1.1
any were the wild words which we spoke as we stood around him. Said one, Oh! General, what will history say of the surrender of the army in the field? He replied, Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; but that is not the question, Colonel. The question is, is it right to surrender this army? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility. Remarks at the Lee Memorial Meeting, held in Richmond, Virginia, November 3, 1870.—Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume, pages 19-20. The following letter, written the previous day, was now sent to General Grant: April 8TH. General,—I received at a late hour your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should b
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