Civil War chivalry at Appomattox

The "Annals of America" contains a stirring account of the momentous encounter between Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House. The author of the document was Brigadier General Horace Porter, Grant's aide-de-camp. Porter vividly describes the historic meeting of April 9, 1865, at which Grant and Lee discussed the terms of surrender. A little known detail of the event transformed the tenor of the occasion, and helped reconcile the warring officers and

The "Annals of America" contains a stirring account of the momentous encounter between Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House. The author of the document was Brigadier General Horace Porter, Grant's aide-de-camp. Porter vividly describes the historic meeting of April 9, 1865, at which Grant and Lee discussed the terms of surrender. A little known detail of the event transformed the tenor of the occasion, and helped reconcile the warring officers and…