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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.38 (search)
il and blood, so nobly lavished by both sides in that fearful war, become the common heritage of a united, just, generous, and noble people. And now I hope I may be pardoned in placing upon record a few items in the history of that time. Friday, April 7, (preceding the surrender on Sunday, April 9,) Sorrel's brigade, Georgia Troops, (formerly Wright's,) under command at the time of Colonel G. E. Tayloe, formed a part of the rear guard of Lee's army. Before noon near Farmville, Va., the eneresting on the road, General Lee passed to our front to meet General Grant and negotiate the terms of surrender. Thus the fact appears that through the lines of the Second Georgia battalion passed the demand for the surrender of Lee's army, Friday, April 7 (about night), and Sunday, April 9 (about noon), General Lee passed to the front by the same command for negotiating terms of surrender. Many particulars of this eventful day can be found in Southern Historical Papers, Volume XV, obtainab