. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . as known to beawaiting General Grants arrival. Dis-mounting at the gate, the w^hole partycrossed the yard, and the senior officerspresent Avent up on to the porch whichpiotected the front of the house. It ex-tended nearly across the entire house andwas railed in, except where five or sixsteps led up the centre opposite the frontdoor, which was flanked by two smallwooden benches, placed close againstthe house on either side of the door opened into a hall that ran theentire length of the house, and on eitherside of it was a single
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . as known to beawaiting General Grants arrival. Dis-mounting at the gate, the w^hole partycrossed the yard, and the senior officerspresent Avent up on to the porch whichpiotected the front of the house. It ex-tended nearly across the entire house andwas railed in, except where five or sixsteps led up the centre opposite the frontdoor, which was flanked by two smallwooden benches, placed close againstthe house on either side of the door opened into a hall that ran theentire length of the house, and on eitherside of it was a single room with a win-dow in each end of it, and two doors, oneat the front and one at the rear of eachof the rooms, opening on the hall. Theroom to the left, as you entered, was theparlor, and it was in this room that Gen-eral Leo was awaiting General Grantsarrival. As General Grant step])ed on to theporch he was met by Colonel Babcockof his staff, who had in the morningbeen sent forward witli a inessage to Gen-eral Lee. He had found him resting at the. w^^v THE LAST VICTIM. side of the road, and bad accompanied liiiuto McLeans house.* General Grant went into the house, ac-companied by General Rawlins, his chiefof statT; General Setb Williams,his adju-tant-general; General Rufus Ingalls, hisquartermaster-g-eneral; and bis two aides,General Horace Porter and Lieutenant-Colonel Babcock. After a little timeGeneral Sberidan ; General ]\L R. Morgan,General Grants cbief commissary; Lieu-tenant-Colonel Ely Parker, bis military * Captain Amos Webster, of General GrantsoflScial staff, was present on this occasion, but in-forms me that ho did not go into the room. Fourof the headquarters staff were absent, viz., (icn-eral C. B. Comstook, who liad been sent on a specialmission to North Carolina; (iencral F. T. Dent,who was left in ciiarge of field headquarters duringGeneral Grants absence; Captain William McKeeDunn, who had been sent with despatches to Gen-eral Meade ; and Major George K. Lee
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