and one orderly named joshua johns. lee refused to duck the responsibility himself. attending the meeting in person grant offered to save leave a humiliation by stating that he would meet with anybody that lee designated. lee's father had been with washington at yorktown, and witnessed what he deemed to be the shameful behavior of colonel wallace, by sending a subordinate to formally surrender the british army. lee would not shame the family name by transferring the responsibility to a subordinate. as the party left the apple tree and reached the appomattox river, lee's forces stopped to drink. marshall continued into the village behind us. he encountered wilmer mclean, who is outside of his house perhaps looking to have a guard posted at his home. mclean first showed in the building, most likely in the front corner of his yard, the rain tavern as it was known. the building was unfurnished and marshall rejected it. mclean offered his own home which stands behind us. it was a fine brick home. marshall returned to guide lead to the location. the party arrived at the ho

him only lieutenant colonel charles marshall, his aid to camp of his staff and an orderly named joshua johns. his other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attending the surrender meeting. marshall did not. in fact, lee refused to duck the responsibility himself. attending the meeting in person. the previous correspondence, grant offered to save lee the humiliation anymore that he would meet with anyone that lee designated. lee's father, light horse harry lee had been with washington at yorktown and witnessed what he deemed to be the shameful behavior of lord corn wallaceñr by sending a subordinate to formally surrender the british army. lee would not shame the family's name by transferring the responsibility to a subordinate. as the small party left the apple tree site and reached the appomattox river, lee's horse traveler stopped to drink. continued into the village behind us. and encountered wilmer mclean who was outside of his house, perhaps looking to have a guard posted at his home. mclean first showed him a building most likely in the fro

joshua johns held the horses of lee and marshall outside the house, probably in this area where this is set up. babcock, marshall and lee entered the house, turned to the left and took seats in the parlor. lee's biographer suggested this may have been the longest half hour of lee's life. after riding for more than 20 miles, grant arrived with his staff in tow at about 1:30 in the afternoon. he picked up general sheridan and ord at the top of the ridge in front of you. on his way to the mclean house. in fact, he asked sheridan where general lee was and sheridan said he is over in that house waiting to surrender to you. and he invited sheridan to come along with him. he said, come on, let's go. when grant enters the parlor, lee met him. there, indeed was a contrast between the two men. first of all, lee was 58 years old, grant was 42. there was a 16-year difference between each -- the two men. and sometimes, i think too much is made about their dress. general lee put on a new uniform that day. said he expected to be general grant's prisoner, and wanted to make his best appearance. gene

joshua johns held the horses of lee and marshall outside the house, probably in this area where this is set up. babcock, marshall and lee entered the house, turned to the left and took seats in the parlor. lee's biographer suggested this may have been the longest half hour of lee's life. after riding for more than 20 miles, grant arrived with his staff in tow at about 1:30 in the afternoon. he picked up general sheridan and ord at the top of the ridge in front of you. on his way to the mclean house. in fact, he asked sheridan where general lee was and sheridan said he is over in that house waiting to surrender to you. and he invited sheridan to come along with him. he said, come on, let's go. when grant enters the parlor, lee met him. there, indeed was a contrast between the two men. first of all, lee was 58 years old, grant was 42. there was a 16-year difference between each -- the two men. and sometimes, i think too much is made about their dress. general lee put on a new uniform that day. said he expected to be general grant's prisoner, and wanted to make his best appearance. gene

joshua johns held the horses of lee and marshall outside the house, probably in this area where this babcock, marshall and lee entered the house, turned to the left and took seats in the parlor. lee's biographer suggested this may have been the longest half hour of lee's life. after riding for more than 20 miles, grant arrived with his staff in tow at about 1:30 in the afternoon. he picked up general sheridan and ord at the top of the ridge in front of you. on his way to the mclean house. in fact, he asked sheridan where general lee was and sheridan said he is over in that house waiting to surrender to you. and he invited sheridan to come along with him. he said, come on, let's go. when grant enters the parlor, lee met him. there, indeed was a contrast between the two men. first of all, lee was 58 years old, grant was 42. there was a 16-year difference between each -- the two men. and sometimes, i think too much is made about their dress. general lee put on a new uniform that day. said he expected to be general grant's prisoner, and wanted to make his best appearance. general grant w

him only lieutenant colonel charles marshall, his aid to camp of his staff and an orderly named joshua johns other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attending the surrender meeting. marshall did not. in fact, lee refused to duck the responsibility himself. attending the meeting in person. the previous correspondence, grant offered to save lee the humiliation anymore that he would meet with anyone that lee designated.

joshua reynolds. could he be right? ( harpsichord continues ) john singleton copley loved his country, but he wanted the richer artistic influences of the old world. besides, talk of revolution was everywhere. political contests, he felt, were neither pleasing to an artist nor advantageous to art itself. in 1774, copley left; it would make him a better painter, he thought. sad for him, sad for america: he never returned to his home. at 34, john singleton copley was already one of the best and most popular painters in the american colonies. the young american artist john trumbull said of him, "an elegant-looking man dressed in fine maroon cloth with gold buttons, this dazzling to my unpracticed eye, but his painting, the first i'd ever seen deserving the name riveted--absorbed my attention and renewed my desires to enter upon such a pursuit." copley had more work than he could do. early in his career, he mastered the popular rococo style: rich texture of laces and lush fabrics, empty faces. but like many pre-revolutionary americans, copley could not s

joshua chamberlain. the confederate officer of the day is general john gor dan. chamberlain order them to salute the men as as they came in by commanding them to shoulder arms. gordon will have the confederate return the salute shoulder arms as they march into the village. a south carolina unit recognized some troops from maine in front of them. at the end of the day the union soldiers will have stacks of rifles. some units back in their camps hid their flags, tucked them you should their coats. some money cut the flags up and divided them as souvenirs. some units burned their flags. the third arkansas did something unique. their flag was on a captured union flag staff. when they turned over their flag they left a note on it that said dear mr. yankee please return this flag staff to the 9th. it was captured in 1864. it was signed big rebel. for the most part this was done with respect on both sides and after the confederates returned to their camp they were issued parole passes and free to start the journey home. the journey home is fascinating topic onto itself.

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joshua. the conversation continues online at facebook.com/cspan. next up, former deputy of secretary of state, john limbert, will join us on the nuclear framework announced last week. later, don beyer will be here to talk about the agreement as "washington journal" continues. ♪ >> tonight on "the communicators" author, vincent moscow on cloud storage. >> the national security agency is building one of the largest cloud storage facilities in a mountain facility in utah. it is doing so because it surveillance needs require that degree of storage and security. u.s. governments chief officer ordered agencies to move to the cloud. as a result, even civilian agencies are turning to cloud services. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. each night this week at 9:00 eastern, conversations with a few new members of congress. >> i knew my mom would be crying. my dad was proud. it's funny my dad is 82 years old, and he showed up to the capital. he usually walks with a cane and he showed up, and he didn't have a cane. i said, dad, do i need to send someone to the hotel to get your cane?