Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . ar,even from a financial point of view. So with these views Iwrote Lee, and opened the correspondence with which theworld is familiar. Lee does not appear well in that corre-spondence, not nearly so well as he did in our subsequent in-terviews, where his whole bearing was that of a patriotic
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . ar,even from a financial point of view. So with these views Iwrote Lee, and opened the correspondence with which theworld is familiar. Lee does not appear well in that corre-spondence, not nearly so well as he did in our subsequent in-terviews, where his whole bearing was that of a patriotic andgallant soldier, concerned alone for the welfare of his army andhis state. I received word that Lee would meet me at a pointwithin our lines near Sheridans head-quarters. I had to ridequite a distance through a muddy country. I remember nowthat I was concerned about my personal appearance. I had an 4c5 CONVERSATIONS CONTINUED—ARRIVAL IN JAPAN. old suit on, without my sword, and without any distinguishingmark of rank except the shoulder-straps of a lieutenant-gen-eral on a woolen blouse. I was splashed with mud in my longride. I was afraid Lee might think I meant to show himstudied discourtesy by so coming—at least I thought so. But Ihad no other clothes within reach, as Lees letter found me. INNER HARBOR OF NAGASAKI, away from my base of kept on riding until I metSheridan. The geneiwas one of the heroes of thecampaign, and whose pursuit ofLee was perfect in its general-ship and energy, told me where to find Lee. I remember thatSheridan was impatient when I met him, anxious and suspiciousabout the whole business, feared there might be a plan to es-cape, that he had Lee at his feet, and wanted to end the busi-ness by going in and forcing an absolute surrender by fact, he had his troops ready for such an assault when Lees THE SURRENDER OF LEE. ,cy white flag came within his lines. I went up to the house whereLee was waiting. I found him in a fine, new,
Size: 1601px × 1560px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury180, bookdecade1870, booksubjectvoyagesaroundtheworld
