. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . h you all at Appomattox Sta- 65 tion on the evening of the 8th and the 9th of April, that me-morable clay of Lees surrender, which has been so graphicallydescribed by General George A. Forsyth in his book, ThrillingDays in Army Life. I was at the McLean House whenGeneral Lee arrived, and immediately after the signing of thepapers by General Grant and General Lee I was ordered byGeneral Sheridan to bring up the Cavalry Corps subsistancetrain for the purpose of
. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . h you all at Appomattox Sta- 65 tion on the evening of the 8th and the 9th of April, that me-morable clay of Lees surrender, which has been so graphicallydescribed by General George A. Forsyth in his book, ThrillingDays in Army Life. I was at the McLean House whenGeneral Lee arrived, and immediately after the signing of thepapers by General Grant and General Lee I was ordered byGeneral Sheridan to bring up the Cavalry Corps subsistancetrain for the purpose of issuing Commissary stores to theRebel Arm v. The order was as follows: Head Qrs. Cavalry,Appomatox C. H., Va.,April 9th, F. Lyon, A. Q. M. 3rd Cavy. Div. Captain: The Maj. Genl. Comdg. directs that you pro-ceed at once to the Cavalry Supply Train in rear of 6th CorpsTrain, and bring it without delay by the shortest and mostpracticable route to this place. The Trains contain Sub. Stores, which are required to issueto prisoners taken this resp. Your obt. Servt., A. J. McGonnigIvE,Capt. & A. C. 0. 66.
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