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English: General Robert E. Lee Signing the Terms of Surrender

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Title: Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Derry, Joseph Tyrone, 1841-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America -- History
Publisher: Richmond, Va., B.F. Johnson Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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GENERAL CLEMENT A. EVANS. that the arms and artillery and public property wereto be parked and stacked and turned over to the offi-cers appointed to receive them; that the officers shouldretain their side arms, private horses and baggage;and that officers and men should be allowed to returnto their homes, not to be disturbed by the United Statesauthorities so long as they observed their paroles andthe laws in force where they might reside. Lee men-tioned to Grant that a great many of the men ownedtheir own horses and mules. Grant replied that theymight keep them, and that he would instruct his offi-cors to let all the men who claimed to own a horse
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( 415 416 Story of the Confederate States. or mule take the animals home with them to work theirlittle farms.^ 25. When Lee returned to his army his men greetedhim with the old shout of welcome; then, remember-ing the occasion, became silent. Every hat was raisedand tears rolled down the cheeks of the grim warriorswho had faced death on many a bloody field. Filledwith deep emotion Lee at length found words to say: Men, we have fought through the war together. Ihave done the best that I could for you. Then hetold them to return to their homes and prove them-selves as worthy in peace as they had been in war.Such was the parting between Lee and that gallantband that had never yet known fear. 26. Horace Greeley in his American Conflictsays: Of the proud army which, dating its victoriesfrom Bull Run, had driven McClellan from beforeRichmond, and withstood his best effort at Antietam,and shattered Burnsides host at Fredericksburg, andworsted Hooker at Chancellorsville, and fought Meadeso st

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