two-hours' truce and of the place General Lee
would meet him; also this note from Lee:

"April 9, 1865.
"General,--I received your note of this morning on the picket line,
whither I had come to meet you, and ascertain definitely what terms
were embraced in your proposal of yesterday with reference to the
surrender of this army. I now ask an interview, in accordance with
the offer contained in your letter of yesterday, for that purpose.

"R. E. Lee, General.
"Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant."

Grant wrote to Lee (11.50 A.M.), saying he would meet him as
requested. General Porter asked Grant, as they rode on, about the
pain in his head. Grant answered: "The pain in my head seemed to
leave me as soon as I got Lee's letter."(27) He reached the Court-
House about 1 P.M., where he was met by Ord and Sheridan. Lee had
already arrived, and was awaiting Grant at the McLean house. The
two Generals met face to face. Lee wore a new Confederate uniform
and a handsome sword. He was tall, straight, and soldierly in
appearance. He wore a full gray beard. Grant, much below Lee in
stature, wore only a soldier's blouse and soiled suit, and was
without a sword, having only some dingy shoulder-straps denoting
the rank of Lieutenant-General.

Lee, on his arrival, dismounted, and was seated for a short time
at the roadside, beneath an apple tree. This circumstance alone
gave rise to the widely circulated report that the surrender took
place under an apple tree.(28)

Some civilities passed between the Generals at the McLean house.
There was substantially no negotiation as to the terms of surrender.
Lee asked Grant to write them. Grant said: "Very well, I will
write them out." He took a manifold order-book, and without
consultation with anybody, in the presence of Lee and others, wrote:

"General,--In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of
the 8th inst. I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of
Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all
the officers and men to be made in duplicate. One copy to be given
to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such
officer or officers you may designate. The officers to give their
individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of
the United States until properly [exchanged], and each company or
regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their
commands. The arms, artillery and public property to