| Show The Surrender of General Lee Ending the Civil T War Tare are aree s e sr r S S J 6 u uz z S' S 3 r T t 4 S. S 4 r q a j S c. c One of ot the most striking scenes of The Birth of a Nation is the surrender surrender surrender sur sur- render of ot Lee Loe at the historic McLean home in the vicinity of courthouse Donald Crisp is cast for tor the role of General U. U S S. S Grant while Leo is enacted enacted en en- acted by Howard Gaye The members mem mom bers bore of the staffs of the Northern and Southern commanders are shown and the tableaux presented when the scene opens is a reproduction tion of the familiar painting of this occasion It occurred April 9 1865 Lee had dressed for his last public occasion with great care oaro Grant on the contrary lacked his full tull dress and ond appeared in the fatigue and dusty jackboots of ot the hard campaign It I is well known that many supporters supporters supporters sup sup- porters of ot the defeated Confederacy wished to prolong the struggle by means of a guerilla warfare similar to that used by the Boers Doers towards the close of the Anglo Boer Anglo Doer war In Intact fact tact John Wilkes Booth supposed that In killing President Lincoln he would have the support of the South in a new struggle But Aut Lee was of ofa a different temper He realized that the South had bath been beaten in a fair struggle on tho Holds folds of ot battle and anti that prolonging the fighting would merely add to the horrors and Am miseries miser r- r ies endured b by his people There Thera Therefore fore after the battle of Five Forks he opened negotiations with Grant and on the morning of ot April under the budding apple trees of ot an orchard were determined the tho terms of peace which were form formally formally formally ally written down at nt the Wilmer Me Lean house in the afternoon When General Robert E. E Lee p m wished to make some marginal notes on the papers of the tho final nal surrender he asked the bystanders for a pencil Strange to say not one of ot the numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous officers and de camp was able to offer him one At last an officer of ot Lees Lee's staff extracted a pocket poc poe ket inkstand and feather quill from his kit and anel with the aid of ot these the historic document was written and the names of Grant Gront and ami Lee affixed at nt the bottom Att Afterwards an ap effort was made to arrest and indict I Lee ee for tor treason but Grant who knew know Lees Lee's nobility of character and how he had fulfilled to the letter all the surrender obligations obligations obligations obliga obliga- prevented an any such disgraceful sequel to tho the great event Lincoln Theatre Delta one night only onh Wednesday January 30 1918 Prices |
