CHAPTER XLIII.

APPOMATTOX.

Some of General Lee's Officers say to him that "Further Resistance is Hopeless"--Longstreet does not approve--General Grant calls for Surrender--"Not yet"--The Confederate Chieftain asks Terms--His Response to his Officers as represented by General Pendleton--Correspondence of Generals Lee and Grant-- Morning of April 9--General Lee rides to meet the Federal Commander, while Longstreet forms the Last Line of Battle-- Longstreet endeavors to recall his Chief, hearing of a Break where the Confederate Troops could pass--Custer demands Surrender of Longstreet--Reminded of Irregularity, and that he was "in the Enemy's Lines"--Meeting with General Grant-- Capitulation--Last Scenes 618