. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ,except to Seth Williams,with whom he talked quite cordially. Williamsat one time referred in rather jocose a mannerto a circumstance which occurred during theirformer service together, as if he wanted to saysomething in a good-natured way to break upthe frigidity of the conversation, but Lee wasin no mood for pleasantries, and he did not un-bend, or even relax the fixed sternness of hisfeatures. His only response to the allusion wasa slight inclination of the head. General Leenow took the initiative again in leading the con-versation back i
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . ,except to Seth Williams,with whom he talked quite cordially. Williamsat one time referred in rather jocose a mannerto a circumstance which occurred during theirformer service together, as if he wanted to saysomething in a good-natured way to break upthe frigidity of the conversation, but Lee wasin no mood for pleasantries, and he did not un-bend, or even relax the fixed sternness of hisfeatures. His only response to the allusion wasa slight inclination of the head. General Leenow took the initiative again in leading the con-versation back into business channels. He said: 1 have a thousand or more of your menas prisoners, General Grant,anumber of themofficers whom we have required to march alongwith us for several days. I shall be glad tosend them into your lines as soon as it can bearranged, for I have no provisions for have, indeed, nothing for my own men. Theyhave been living for the last few days princi-pally u])on parched corn, and we are badly in GRANTS LAST CAMPAIGN. 149. tENERAL I Eb S REILKN TO HIS LINEb VFTER THE(DRAWN B\ .RRENDER—THE L\STL SHEPPARD ) \1)E\R\NCE \MONC. Hlb I RO U In his Memoirs of Robert E. (J. jNI. Stoddart & Co.),General A. L. Long says of this scene: When, after his inter-view with Grant, General Lee again appeared, a shout of welcomeinstinctively ran through the army. But instantly recollectingthe sad occasion that brought him before them, their shoutssank into silence, every hat was raised, and the bronzed faces ofthe thousands of grim warriors were bathed with tears. As he need of both rations and forage. I telegraphedto Lynchburg, directing several train loads ofrations to be sent on by rail from there, andwhen they arrive I should be glad to have thepresent wants of my men supplied from them. At this remark, all eyes turned towardsSheridan, for he had captured these trains withhis cavalry the night before, near AppomattoxStation. General Grant replied: I should like
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