. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . he United States forces (un-to above, and who talked with General Lee on the der Scott) was offered to Lee. and was declined bysame day, thus gives the substance of his parting him on the same ground.— that he must be guidedwords (see Texas Before and on the Eve of the wholly in his action by that of Virginia. ColonelKebellion. Cincinnati, 18841: I still think . . Albert G. Brackett, U. S. A., says: Wlien thethat my loyalty to Virginia ought to take precedence civil war broke out.
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . he United States forces (un-to above, and who talked with General Lee on the der Scott) was offered to Lee. and was declined bysame day, thus gives the substance of his parting him on the same ground.— that he must be guidedwords (see Texas Before and on the Eve of the wholly in his action by that of Virginia. ColonelKebellion. Cincinnati, 18841: I still think . . Albert G. Brackett, U. S. A., says: Wlien thethat my loyalty to Virginia ought to take precedence civil war broke out. Lee was filled with sorrowoverthat which is due to the Federal Government, at the condition of affairs, and, in a letter to meand I shall so report myself at Washington. If Vir- deploring the war in which we wore about to en-ginia stands by the old Union, so will L But if she gage, he made use of these words: I fear the liber-secedes (though I do not believe in as ties of onr country will be buried in the tomb ofa constitutional right, nor that there is a sufficient a great nation. — RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TIVIGGS SURRENDER. 37 a statement of the amount of indebtedness and funds on hand and requiieda promise from each officer that he would pay outstanding debts with fundsand tm-n the balance over to the State: it being very desuable to the enemyto possess the Grovernment records, which exhibited the number of troops andthe condition of the whole department. Imprisonment and death were tobe the penalty in case of refusal; but Major Vinton of the quartermasters department declared that he did not feareither, would do nothing dishonorable andwould not comply. Major Daniel Me-Clui-e of the pay departments!^ and Cap-tain Whiteley of the ordnance departmentalso refused, but several officers did com-ply and were returned to theti larger responsibilities of the quarter-masters department detained Major Vin-ton after the above-named officers hadleft, a
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