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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN
ESTAULLSHED IIV 1854,
By CHAS. W. HANCOCK.
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’Tis well 1 No alien earth shall claim
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. ’ —Charles W. Huhnkr.
MKi YaILL Y.O S.
APPOMATTOX.
GENERAL SHERIDAN’S DESCRIPTION OF
lee’s SURRENDER.
General Phil Sheridan contributes
to the North American Review a
graphic account of General Lee’s sur
render to General Grant at Appomat
tox, on the 9th of April, 1865* The
most important portions of the narra
tive are given below:
When, April 4th, 18G5, being at the
head of tlie cavalry, I threw across the
line ol General Lee’s march at. Jetcrs
ville, on the Richmond and Danville
railroad, my personal escort, the First
United States Cavalry, numbering
about 200 men, a tall, lank man was
seen coming down the road from the
direction id Amelia Court-house, ri ling
a small mule and heading ti. vard
liurkevillo Junction, to which point
General Crook had, early that morn-
Li.., occn on!ere*l with !:i* tlivi- m of
cavalry, t > break the railr.l ai: ] - tele
graph lines. Tin man a:’.: ■ mule
were brought to a hap and tho mule
and him: ell closely examined, under
strong remonstrances at the indignity
done to a Southern gentleman. Re
monstrance, however, was withont
avail, and in his boots two cablegrams
were found from tho counuk ionary
general of Leo’s army saying: “The
army is at Amelia Court-house, short of
provisions; send 300,000 rations quick
ly to Burkeville Junction.” One of
these dispatches was for tho Oohieder
ate Supply Department at Danville,
the other for that at Lynchburg. It
was at once presumed that, after the
dispatches were written tho telegraph
line had been broken by General Crook
north of Burkeville, and they were on
their way to some station beyond the
break to bo telegraphed. They reveal
ed where Lee was and from them some
estimate could also bo formed of the
number of his troops. Orders were at
once given to General Crook to come
up the road from Burkeville to Jeters
ville, and to General Merritt, who, with
the other two divisions of cavalry, had
followed the road from Petersburg, on
the south side of and near the Appo
mattox river, to close in without delay
on Jetcrsvilie, while the Fifth Army
Corps, under the lamented Griffin,
which was about ten or fifteen miles
behind, was marched at a quick pace
to the same point and the road in front
of Lee’s army blocked until the arrival
of the balance of the Army of the Po
tomac the afternoon of the next day.
INTERCEPTED DISPATCHES.
My commands were pinched for pro
visions, and these dispatches indicated
an opportunity to obtain a supply; so,
calling for Lieutenant-Colonel Young,
commanding my scouts, four men, in
tho most approved gray were selected
—-good, brave, smart fellows, knowing
every cavalry regiment in tho Confed
erate army, and as good “Johnnies”
as were in that army, so far as bearing
and language were concerned. They
were directed to go to Burkeville Junc
tion and ihe iej ai ate. Two \ e
go down the Lynchburg branch of the
railroad until a Confederate telegraph
station was found, from which they
were to transmit by wire the above
mentioned rebel dispatches, represent
the suffering of Lee’s army, watch for
the trains, and burr) the provisions on
to Burkeville or in that direction. The
other two were to go on the Danville
branch and had similar instructions.
The mission was accomplished. I ar
rived at .Tot 01:1 vi 11-.- with the aidance of
my command—the First United States
Cavalry—on the afternoon of the 4th
of April. 1 knew tho condition and
position of tho rebel army from the
dispatches referred to, and also from
tho following letter (erroneously dated
April 5) taken from a colored man
who was captured later in the day:
Amelia 0. 11., April 5, ISCS.
Dear Mamma: Our army is ruined,
I fear. We arc all safe as yet. Shyron
left us sick. John Taylor is well; saw
him yesterday. We are in line of bat
tle this morning. General Robot t Lee
is in the field near us. Sly trust is still
in the justice of our cattso and that of
God. General Hill is killed. I saw
Murray a feiv minutes since. Bernard
Terry, he said, was taken prisoner, but
may get out, I send this by a negro I
see passing up the railroad to Michlen
burg Love to all.
Your devoted son,
VVm. B. Taylor, Colonel.
* * * ft %
I began to be afraid the euemy wonld
in the night, by a march to the right
from Amelia Court-house, attempt to
pass our left flank and again put us in
the rear of his retreatingcolumns. Un
der this impression I sent to General
Grant tho following dispatch:
Cavalry Headqua unfits, i
Jetersville, v
April sth, 18G5- Bp. m. )
Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Command
ing Armies of the United States.
General: I send you the inclosed
letter,which willgiveyou an idea of the
condition of the enemy and their where
abouts. I sent General Davies brigade
this morning around on my left flank.
He captured at Fames’ Cross-roads five
pieces of artillery, about 200 wagons,
and eight or nine battle flags, and a
number of prisoners. The Second
Army Corps is now coming up. 1
wish you were here yourself. I feel
confident of capturing the Army of
Northern Virginia, if we exert our
selves. I see no escape for Lee. I
will put all my cavalry on our left
flank, except Mackenzie, who is now
on the right. P. 11. Sheridan,
Major-General.
On receipt of this he immediately
started for my headquarters at Jeters
ville, arriving there about 11 o’clock
of the night of April 5. Next morn
ing, April 6, tho infantry of the array
advanced on Amelia Court-house. It
was found before reaching it that the
enemy had turned our left flank and
taken another road to Sailor’s Creek
and Farmville. The cavalry did not
advance with the infantry cn Amelia
Court-house, hut moved to the left and
near at daylight on the morning of the
6th and struck the moving columns of
the enemy’s infantry and artillery, with
which a series of contests ensued that
resulted in the battlo of Bailor’s Creek,
where Lieutenant-General Kwell lost
his command of about 10,000 men, and
was himself taken prisoner, together
with ten other general officers.
THE Till or APRIL.
We now come to the morning of the
7th. 1 thought that Lee would not
iWindon the direct road to Danville
through Prince Kdw'aril’sCourt-house,
and early on the morning of the 7th
directed General Cr >k to follow up
his rear, while with Merritt (Custer
and Devon’s divisions ) I swung off to
the left and moved quickly to strike
the Danville road six or eight miles
south ol Prince Edward’s Court-house,
and thus again cut off all or some ol
the retreating Confederate army. On
reaching that road it was found that
General Lee’s army had not passed,
and my command was instantly turned
north for Prince Edward’s Court
house. A detachment, ordered to move
forward with the greatest celerity via
Prince Edward’s Court-house, reported
that Lee had crossed the Appomattox
at aud near Farmville, and that Crook
had followed him. General Lee would
be obliged tc pass through Appomat
tox Court house and Appomattox sta
tion on the railroad to reach Lynch
burg by the road he had taken north of
Appomattox river, and that was the
longest road to get there. Ho had
given the shortest one—the one south
of the river—to the cavalry.
BRISK. ENGAGEMENT ON THE BiU.
Our start on tho morning of the Bth
was .before the sun was up, and having
proceeded but a few miles, Major
White, of tho scouts, reached me with
the news that the supply trains were
east of Appomattox station. Before
reaching tho station Custer detailed
two regiments to make a detour, strike
the railroad beyond the station, tear
up the track, and secure the trains.
This was accomplished, but on the
arrival of the main body of our advance
at the station, it was found that the
advance guard of Lee’s army was just
coming on the ground. A sanguinary
engagement at once ensued. The ene
my was driven off, forty pieces artillery
captured and 400 baggage wagon bur
dens. The railroad trains had been
secured in the first onset, anti were
taken possession of by locomotive en
gineers, soldiers in the command,whose
delight at again getting at their former
employment was so great that they
produced the wildest confusion by run
ning tho trains to and fro on the track,
and making such an unearthly screech
ing whistle that I was at ono time on
the point of ordering the trains burned;
but we finally got them off, and ran
them to our rear teu or fifteen miles,
to Ord and Gibbon, who, with the in
fantry, were following the cavalry.
The cavalry continued the lighting
nearly all that night, driving the ene
my back to the vicinity of Appomat
tox Court House, a distance ol about
four miles thus giving him no repose,
and covering tho weakness of tho at
tacking force. I remember well the
little frame house just south of the
station, where the headquarters of the
cavalry rested, or, rather, remained,
for there was no rest the night of the
Bth. Dispatches were going hack to
our honored Chief, General Grant,
and Ord was requested to push on the
wearied infantry. To-morrow was to
end our trouble in all reasonable prob
ability, but it was thought necessary
that the infantry should arrive, in or
der to doubly insure the result. Mer
ritt, Crook, and Custer were, at times,
there. Happiness was in every heart.
Our long and weary labors were about
to close; our dangers soon to end.
There was no sleep; there had been but
little for the previous eight or nine
days.
LEE HEMMED IN,
Before sunrise Gen. Ord came in, re
porting the near approach of his com
mand. After a hasty consultation
to bo taken up by the incoming troops,
( we were in the saddle and (iff for the
front, in the vicinity of Appomattox
Court House. As we were approach
ing the village a heavy line of Confed
erate infantry was seen advancing, and
rapid firing commenced. Riding to a
slight elevation, where I could get a
view of the advancing enemy, 1 imme
diately sent directions to General Mer
ritt for Custer’s and Deven’s divis
ions to fall slowly back, and as they
did so to withdraw tc our right flank,
thus unmasking Ord’s and Gibbon’s
infantry. Crook and Mackenzie, on
the extreme left, were ordered to hold
fast. Shortly afterward I returned
from Gen. Ord, to the front, making
for Gen. Merritt’s battle flag on the
right flank of the line. On reaching
it the order to advance was given, and
every guidon was bent to the front,
arid as we swept by toward the left of
the enemy’s line of battle he opened a
heavy fire of artillery. No heed was
paid to tho deadly missives, and, with
the wildest yells, we soon reached a
point some distance to his right and
nearly opposite Appomattox Court
House, beyond us, in a low valley, lay
Lee and the remnant of his army.
There did not appear to be much or
ganization, except in the advanced
troops under General Gordon, whom
we had been fighting, and a rear guard
under Gen. Long treet, still further up
ihe valley. Formations were imme
diately commenced to make a bold and
sweeping charge down the grassy slope,
when an kid-de-camp from Custer, fill
ed with excitement, hat in hand, dash
ed up to me with the message from his
chief: “Lee lias surrendered do not
charge; the white flag is up!” Orders
wore given to complete the formation,
but not to charge.
CONFEDERATE 1) ES l ■ AIR.
Looking to the left of Appomattox
Court House, a large group was seen
near by the lines of Confederate troops
that had. fallen back to that point.
Gen. Custer had not come back, anil
supposing he was with tho group ;.t
the c rart-house, i moved on a gallop
down the narrow ridge, followed by
my staff. The court-house was, per
liaps, three-fourths of a mile distant.
\Ye lie. 1 not gone far before a heavy
lire was opened on us from a skirt ol
timber to our light, and distant not
much over Buo yaids. 1 halted for a
moment, and taking off my hat, called
out that the Hag was being violated,
but could not stop the firing, which
now caused us all to take shelter in a
ravine running parallel to the ridge we
were on. 1 remained stationary a mo
ment after those events, then, calling a
staff officer, directed him to go over to
the group of Confederate officers ami
demand what such conduct meant.
Kind apologies were matte and we ad
vanced. The superior office s met
were General J. B. Gordon and Gen
eral Cadmus M. Wilcox, the latter an
old army officer. As soon as the first
greeting was over a furious firing com
menced in front of our cavalry, from
whom we had only a few minutes be
fore separated. Gen. Gordon seemed
to be somewhat disconcerted by it. I
remarked to him: “Gen. Gordon, your
men fired on me as I was coming over
here, and undoubted they have done
the same to Merritt’s and Custer’s
commands. We might just as well
let them fight it out.” To this propo
sition Gen. Gordon did not accede. I
then asked: “Why not send a staff
officer and have your people cease fir
ing? They are violating the flag!”
He said: “I have no staff officer to
send.” I replied I will let you have
one of mine,” and calling for Lieuten
ant Vanderbilt Allen, he was directed
to report to General Gordon and carry
his orders. The orders were to go to
General Geary, who was in command
of a small brigade of South Carolina
cavalry, and ask him to discontinue
the firing. Lieutenant Allen dashed
off with the message, but on deliver
ing it to General Geary was taken pris
oner, with the remark from that offi
cer that he did not care for white flags,
that South Carolinians never surren
dered.
MERRITT’s LAST CHARGE.
It was about this time that Merritt,
getting impatient at the supposed
treacherous firing, ordered a charge ol
a portion of his command. While
Gens. Gordon and Wilcox were en
gaged in conversation with me, a cloud
of dust, a wild hurrah, a flashing ol
sabres, indicated a charge, and the
ejaculations of my staff officers were
heard. “Look! Merritt has ordered a
charge.” The flight of Geary’s bri
gade followed; Lieut., Allen was thus
released. The last gun had been fired
and the last charge made in the Vir
ginia campaign. While the scenes
thus related were taking place tho con
versation I now speak of was occuring
between General Gordon and myself.
After the first salutation, General Gor
don remarked: “General Lee asks
for a suspension of hostilities pending
the negotiations which he has been
having the last day and night with
General Grant.” I rejoined: I have
been constantly informed of the pro
gress of the negotiations, aud think it
singular that, while such negotiations
are going on, General Lee should have
continued his march and attempted to
break through my lines this morniiij:
with the view of escaping. I can en
tertain no terms except the condition
that General Lee will surrender to
General Grant on his arrival here. I
have sent for him. If these terms are
not accepted we will renew hostilities.”
General Gordon replied: “Gen. Lee’s
army is exhausted. There is no doubt
of his surrender to General Grant on
his arrival.” General Wilcox, whom
I knew quito well, he having been
'captain of the company to which I was
attached as cadet at the military acad
emy, then stepped to his horse, and,
taking hold of the saddle-bags, said in
a jocular way: “Here, Sheridan, take
these saddle-bags; they have one soiled
shirt aud a pair of drawers. You have
burnt everything else I had
in the world, and 1 think you are en
titled to these also.” He was allud
ing of course to the destruction of the
baggage trains which had been going
on for some days.
ARRIVAL OF GENERAL GRANT.
When the terms above referred to
were settled, each army agreed to re
main in statu quo until the arrival ol
General Grant. We had waited some
hours, and, I think, about 12 o’clock
Gen. Grant arrived. Gen. Ord, my
self and many officers were in the man. I
road leading through the town, at a
point where Lee’s army was visible
General Grant rode up and greeted me
with “Sheridan, how are you?” Ire
plied: “I am very well, thank you.”
He then said: “Where is Lne?” I then
said there is his army down in tliai
valley; he is over in tliathouse, (point
ing out McLean’s) waiting to surren
der to you.” General Grant, still
without dismounting, said. “Come,
let ns go over.” He then made the
same request to Gen. Ord, and we all
went to McLean’s house. Those who
entered with General Grant were, as
nearly as 1 can recollect, Ord, Rawlins,
Seth Williams, Ingalls, Babcock, Bar
ker and niy -*-!(, the stall officers, oi
tb i'e wli>>;" • mpanied, remaining out
side on the pel. h steps and in the yard
< in entering the parlor we found Gen
Lee .-landing in company with Colonel
Marsh 1, hi- aid-de-camp. The firs'
greeting v.m- to Gcii. Seth Williams
who ha ! I mi Lee’s adjutant when In
we.- -up i a' . cut of ihe military
my. < oral Lee was then pie
seated to General Grant, aud all pres
ent weie inti-iliiced. General Lee was
die- id.: l a nee.- gray uniform, evi
dantly .ait on lor the occasion, anti
a k >!:■ .-•■■!ue sword. He had on
Id a the expression of relief from a
li" ivy i'lirdeti. General Grant’s uni
1 mu was soiled with mud and service,
an !he wore i. ■ sword. After a few
wo: Is had been -( diet, by tbo.-e who
k.i ■' n. i.' -. , all the officers retired,
except, j - tailofficer of Gen.
Grant ■ a:: ! : • one who was with
Gon. I. o. V, had not been absent
from tlie :■ ■ i:i ■ ager than about liv*
minuses when Gen. Babcock came ti
tlie door and said: “The surrender ha
taken place—you can come in again.”
Till: FoiIMAI. SI.'tiRENDER.
When we re-entered Gen. Grant was
writing on a little wooden elliptical
shaped table (purchased by me from
Mr. McLean and pre-onted to Mrs. G
A. Cu-ter) the conditions of the sur
rendei. Gen. Lee was sitting, hi
hands resting on the hilt of his sword,
to the left of Gen. Grant, with his back
to a small marble-topped table, on
which many books were piled. While
Gen. Grant was writing friendly con
versation was engaged in by General
Lee and his aid with the officers pres
ent and he took from his breast pock
et two dispatches which had been sent
to him by me during the forenoon, no
tifying him that some of his cavalry in
front of Cook were violating the agree
ment entered into by withdrawing
I had not had time to make copies
when they were sent, and had made a
request to have them returned. He
handed them to tue with the remark,
“I am sorry, it i possible.my cavalry
at that point of the line did not fully
understand the agreement.” About
one hour was occupied in drawing up
and signing the terms, when Gen. Lee
retired from the house with a cordial
shake of the hand with Gen. Grant,
mounted his chunky gray horse, and
lifting his hat, passed through the
gate and rode over the crest of the hill
to his army. On his arrival there we
heard wild cheering, which seemed to
bo taken up progressively by his troops,
either for him or because of satisfaction
with his last official act as a soldier.
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FOOD FOB THOUGHT.
None are so old as those who have
outlived enthusiasm.
Advice is seldom welcome. Those
who need it most take it least.
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity
is the only balance to weigh iriends.
Our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but in rising every time we
fall.
The man who commands himself is
greater far than he who commands the
world.
Blessed is he who loveth God, and
his friend in God, and his enemies for
God.
The more we do, the more we can
do; the more busy we are, the more
leisure we have.
Time does not end all at once. It is
ending in part, every day and hour and
moment.
In this world, full often, our joys are
only the tender shadows which our sor
rows cast.
Knavery is supple, and can bend,
but honesty is firm and upright and
yields not.
No principle is more noble, as there
is none more holy, than that of a true
obedience.
In character, in manners, in style,
in all things, the supreme excellence is
simplicity.
God sends us ten thousand joys blit
we will not even stretch out our" hand
to grasp them.
_ Charity is not a meteor which occa
sionally glares, but a luminary that is
f never shining.
Never let your zeal outrun your
charity. The former is but human,
the latter is divine.
lie who is the most slow in making
a promise is the most faithful in tlie
performance of it.
As there is nothing in the world
great but man, there is nothing truly
great but character.
The greatest pleasure I know is to
do a good action by stealth, and to
have it found out by accident.
In every man there is a loneliness,
ati inner chamber of peculiar life, into
which God only can enter.
Duty cannot be neglected without
Harm to those who practice as well as
to those who suffer the neglect.
Love in marriage should be the ac
complishment of a beautiful dream,
and not, as it too often is, the end.
We are all building a soul-house lor
Eternity; yet with what different archi
tecture and with what various care!
The work of vanity and ambition
are demolished and destroyed by time,
but wisdom is venerable to posterity.
Great results cannot be achieved at
once; and we must be satisfied to ad
vance in life as we walk, step by step.
Precept is instruction that is written
in sand, and washed away by the tide;
example is instruction engraved on the
rock.
Look not mournfully into the past;
improve the present, and go forth to
meet the shadowy future without a fear.
Sincerity is no sign of security. A
stream is never so smooth, equable, as
at the instant before it becomes a cata
ract.
A noble man compares and estimates
himself by an idea that is higher than
himself aud a mean man by that which
is lower.
Secrecy is the virtue of a confessor.
And assuredly the secret man heareth
many confessions, for who will open
himself to a blat or babbler?
Whoever has a contented mind has
all riches. To him whose foot is en
closed in a shoe, is it not as though the
eart were carpeted with leather?
We must choose between the romance
of a man and the mysteries of God.
God only reveals Himself through
many a veil, but those veils are not
falsehoods.
The coin that is most current among
mankind is flattery, the only benefit of
which is that by hearing what we are
not, wo may be instructed what we
ought to be.
The great desire of this age is for a
doctrine that may serve to condense our
knowledge, guide our researches and
-hape our lives, so that conduct may
really be the consequence of belief.
Fame confers a rank above that of
gentlemen and kings. As soon as she
issues her patent of nobility, it matters
not a straw whether the recipient be
the son of a Fourbon or of a tallow
chandler.
The first and deepest want of our be
ing is rest. St. Augustine among all
his sayings, has none sweeter or stron
ger than this: “Thou has made us for
thyself, and our heart is restless till it
rests in thee.”
Go with mean people and you think
life is mean. Then read Plutarch, and
the world is a proud place, peopled
with men of positive quality, with
heroes and demigods stauding around
us, who will not let us sleep.
I like men who are temperate and
moderate in everything. An excessive
zeal for that which is good, though it
' may not be offensive to me.at all events
| raises my wonder, and leaves me.in a
difficulty how I shonld call it.
Let us accept different forms of re
ligion among men, as we accept differ
ent languages wherein there is still one
human nature still expressed. Every
genius has most power in his own lan
guage, and every heart in its own re
ligion.