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Appomattox (continued).

General Grant further said in his Memoirs: "General Lee was dressed
in a full uniform which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of
considerable value, very likely the sword which had been presented by
the State of Virginia; at all events, it was an entirely different
sword from the one that would ordinarily be worn in the field. In my
rough traveling suit, the uniform of a private with the straps of a
lietenant-general, I must have contrasted very strangely, with a man so
handomely dressed, six feet high and of faultless form. But this was
not a matter that I thought of until afterwards.--------"

"The much talked of surrendering of Lee's sword and my handing
it back, this and much more that has been said about it is the purest
romance."

General Grant's generous terms of surrender seem to have made
him liked in the South regardless of his position on reconstruction
while president.

The McLean House, Appomattox.

[image of two story brick home with balconly. People cover the balconly and in the yard soliders pose on the fence, white tents located to the side of home]

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