. Young folk's history of the war for the union . replied Grant, thatall the enlisted men of your cavalry and artillery who ownhorses are to retain them, just as the officers do theirs. 1865.] GRANT AND LEE. 539 They will need them for their spring plowing and other farmwork. General, said Lee, with earnestness, there is nothingthat you could have done to accomplish more good either forthem or the government. At half-past three oclock that afternoon General Lee re-turned to his headquarters. As he rode through the rankshis men saw that all was over. With one imi)ulse they rushedtoward their be
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . replied Grant, thatall the enlisted men of your cavalry and artillery who ownhorses are to retain them, just as the officers do theirs. 1865.] GRANT AND LEE. 539 They will need them for their spring plowing and other farmwork. General, said Lee, with earnestness, there is nothingthat you could have done to accomplish more good either forthem or the government. At half-past three oclock that afternoon General Lee re-turned to his headquarters. As he rode through the rankshis men saw that all was over. With one imi)ulse they rushedtoward their beloved commander and strove with each other topress his hand. With tears upon his cheeks. General Leeturned toward his comrades, and, as soon as he could com-mand his voice, said: Men, we have fought through the wartogether. I have done the best that I could for you. It issaid by one who was present that there was not a dry eyeamong all who looked ujjon the scene. The next day GeneralLee issued a farewell addressto his army. On the 12th yy^ y^y^. he returned to Eichmond, ^ C^^ -^ i!^^^^^^^^^^(^^^ and entered as a paroledprisoner of war the city hehad so long defended. Headvised the Southern peopleto accept the results of thewar, and not to hold them- „ ^ ^ Signatures of Grant and Lee. selves aloof and keep up the bitter feelings occasioned by the quarrel, but to try to do their duty and to become good citizens. General Grant, whose delicacy in his treatment of GeneralLee is praised even by Southern writers, did not wait to wit-ness the surrender and paroling of the army, but left GeneralMeade to attend to the necessary duties, and returned to CityPoint on the 11th of April. On the next day the Army ofNorthern Virginia had its last parade. The trooj)s marched toa place near Appomattox Court-House, where they stackedtheir arms and piled \\\) their accoutrements. Only about eightthousand men had muskets, but more than eighteen thousandothers, who had lost their weapons in t
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