. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . s headquarters tovisit Garlands brigade, to which I then be-longed. I have always remembered yourappearance, and I think I should have recog-nized you anywhere. Yes, replied General Lee, I know Imet you on that occasion,and I have often thoughtof it and tried to recollecthow you looked, but I havenever been able to recalla single feature. After some further men-tion of Mexico, GeneralLee said: I suppose. GeneralGrant, that the object ofour present meeting is fullyunderstood. I asked to seeyou to ascertain upon whatterms you would receivethe
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . s headquarters tovisit Garlands brigade, to which I then be-longed. I have always remembered yourappearance, and I think I should have recog-nized you anywhere. Yes, replied General Lee, I know Imet you on that occasion,and I have often thoughtof it and tried to recollecthow you looked, but I havenever been able to recalla single feature. After some further men-tion of Mexico, GeneralLee said: I suppose. GeneralGrant, that the object ofour present meeting is fullyunderstood. I asked to seeyou to ascertain upon whatterms you would receivethe surrender of my Grant replied: The terms I proposeare those stated substan-tially in my letter of yester-day,— that is, the officersand men surrendered to beparoled and disqualifiedfrom taking up arms again 146 GJiANTS LAST CAMPAIGN. until properly exchanged, and all arms, am-munition, and supplies to be delivered up ascaptured property. Lee nodded an assent, and said: Those are about the conditions which Iexpected would be GENERAL LEE AND COLONEL MARSHALL LEAVING MCLEANs HOUSE AFTER THE SURRENDER.(BY A. R. WAUD, from HIS SKETCH MADE AT THE TIME.) impressions of the writing were made. Hewrote very rapidly, and did not pause until hehad finished the sentence ending with of-ficers appointed by me to receive them. Thenhe looked towards Lee, and his eyes seemed tobe resting on the handsome sword which hungat that officers side. Hesaid afterwards that thisset him to thinking thatit would be an unneces-sary humihation to re-quire the officers tosurrender their swords,and a great hardship todeprive them of theirpersonal baggage andhorses, and after a shortpause he wrote the sen-tence: This will notembrace the side-armsof the officers, nor theirprivate horses or bag-gage. When he hadfinished the letter hecalled Colonel (after-wards General) Parker,one of the military sec-retaries on the staff, tohis side and looked itover with him and di-rected him as they wen
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