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THAT FAMOUS APPLE TREE
j
Surrender j
Under Which the of Lee
to Grant Did Not Occur.
Athens. Ga., March 12.—Prof.
Fylvaiius Morris, Dean jf the Fi
«*nlr\ <>f the University of Georgia
L:i'v -chool, has recently had some
correspondence with Gen. John B.
Gordon, commander-in-chief
th*- United Confederate Veterans,
lint throws some light on the
<piey.tinn as to wh«re the surren
«i»r 'it the Confederate army by
G«u. Lee actually took place.
'i iii-correspondence was brought
about by a gift of a piece of wood
»*» the university museum by an
ol 1 soldier named Richardson *
rli" was in the army of Northern
Virginia at the time of the surren¬
der and who, according to
rv, actually witness' d the surren¬
der lumself.
When Mr. Richardson brought
tins little piece of wood to the
university authorities, he told
I'r- f. Morris that it was a piece of
1 i>e apple tree under which Gen.
j( *( ■ had ktir rendered his r.rniy,
and that he was present at the
lime the tree was cut down and
t'i"k a portion of it to preserve as
ik relic.
The statement of the old sol
dier brought to mind at once the
tradition that, has been handed
down concerning the surrender of
i iO ‘ inder the apple tree, for ns a
to utter of fact, the statement of
hi -1 tv ns to this matter is that
til'* surrender took place in a room
in the McLean House of Appo¬
int 'ox. Nevertheless, nine old
s '!'!:• -rs out of ten wh o wore with
the army at that time. will tell
You . ■ i i Mt the surrender t ook ■ place
una ■ i an apple tre- and tlier re
fuse t > believe that the other
Stan n. Mit is correct.
i’ro;. Morris, believing t hat
t luce i uist ha v • bcei someth ing
upon which til -se old soldiers ■
b'.’se.j their firm statements as to
i p t the appl i» tree plu\ ed in
surrender of Lee’g army, wrote
t lie >1 lowing letter t<> Genera!
Gor dm !
H n John B Gordon, At hints a,
-My Dear Sir: Pleas o ex
Cl;-" '"0 for this trespass upon
your time. I am familiar with
1 accounts of the arrangements
■ I the terms of surrender between
Gens. Lee and Grant at Appo¬
mattox, which took pluce ii .1
house near the village. I presume
it is correct, as Col. Marshall, the
only Confederate other than Gen.
Lee, who was present, approved
t lie account. I think it is by
Adam Badeau. There is a per¬
sistent tradition among the old
soldiers that Gen. Lee surrendered
under an apple tree. I imagine
that lie made some announcement
had some order read or that some¬
thing was done in the open, and
perhaps near a tree, which meant
to Ins army surrender. I have a
piece of the alleged tree, donated
by a soldier, who claims to have
cut it himself, to the museum.
He wishes it labeled and inscrib¬
ed. I aiu at a loss what to write
on it. If you can help me, I shall
much appreciate your kindness.
Respectfully, your friend and ad
mirer. Sylvanus Morris.
To this letter Gen. Gordon re¬
plied as follows:
Mr. Sylvanus Morris, Athens,
Ga.—My Dear Professor: Yours
and myself were present in the
room when the formal surrender
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,
took place at Appomattox, aa was
also Col. Marshall. The account ■
therefore, which states that only
Col. Marshall was present is in
correct. The apple tree incident
is a romance, No surrender took
place, except in the room of the
McLean House, Tiie only con
uectiou of the surrender with the
apple tree is the fact that Gen.
Lee and Gen. Grant met there for
a few , moments . ana j agreed j upon
!, I rohably , , ;r„ the most appropna e
inscription you cou.d place on t lie
piece of wood would be to the ef
feet that it was taken from the
apple tree near which Gens. Lee
and Grant met prior 1 to the sur
render. With best wishes lam,
j sincerely yours,
1
.1. B. Gordon.
Thus it appears that the old
soldiers, while not being correct
I in the statement that the surrend¬
er took place undar the appm tn e.
| are still in a measure correct ns
the apple tree did to them have a
; significance. When the two gen¬
erals met there it was to the sol
diers the evidence of surrender
, and they have ever since regarded
j j it ns the place of the surrender.
The piece of wood properly in¬
scribed will be placed in the mu¬
seum and with it the copies of this
correspondence which settles in
an authentic wav a point of con
troversy.
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