walter taylor observed his boss at this time and declared him, quote, self-contained and serene. noting that he acted as one who was conscious of having accomplished all that was possible in the line of duty and who was undisturbed by the adverse conditions in which he found himself. demonstrating that lee's leadership contributed to a fierce determination of his men undaunted by the critical circumstances of april 2nd, the army fought hard for nearly three hours southwest of the break-through, repulsed two attacks at sutherland station, and made a defense where they held off 8,000 federals for two hours, to allow fields' brigades to take position in petersburg's inner defenses, and repulsed the union's ninth corps inflicting more than 1,500 union casualties and contemplating a massive counterattack when the orders to evacuate reached the second corps. that night executing flawlessly the contingency plan he had developed earlier, lee's army slipped across the appomattox river at petersburg the james river at richmond, and in chesterfield county between the rivers, and marched wes

walter taylor observed his boss at this time and declared him, quote, self-contained and serene. noting that he acted as one who was conscious of having accomplished all that was possible in the line of duty and who was undisturbed by the adverse conditions in which he found himself. demonstrating that lee's leadership contributed to a fierce determination of his men undaunted by the critical circumstances of april 2nd, the army fought hard for nearly three hours southwest of the break-through, repulsed two attacks at sutherland station, and made a defense where they held off 8,000 federals for two hours, to allow fields' brigades to take position in petersburg's inner defenses, and repulsed the union's ninth corps inflicting more than 1,500 union casualties and contemplating a massive counterattack when the orders to evacuate reached the second corps. that night executing flawlessly the contingency plan he had developed earlier, lee's army slipped across the appomattox river at petersburg the james river at richmond, and in chesterfield county between the rivers, and marched wes

while lee was there one of his aides, walter taylor, instead of being available had gone off to richmondo get married. apparently in richmond they got a message from lee's headquarters, saying we are preparing to withdraw our troops from the city. then send a message back to the house in lee's headquarters asking her more specific instruction. they broke through the union lines and lee was forced to abandon his headquarters. when that second message came for where do we send them, nobody was there to receive them. that comes out of the four vines. it is the tendency -- the appendixes. -- lee was forced to abandon his headquarters. so, when that second message came for where do we send them no one was there to receive them. to me, that comes out of the four volume set and appendix in the back of volume number four. i think knowing that area quite well, i think that is probably what happened. >> anyone else have a question? ron has a question. he is making his way to the microphone. i will throw something out for chris here. over seven days, 100 miles, is there a particular incident that i

while lee was there one of his aides, walter taylor, instead of being available to lee, had gone off to richmond to get married that night. and so what happened was apparently in richmond, where the supplies were to be sent from they got a message from lee's headquarters saying, you know, we're preparing to withdraw our troops from the city. you know, send the supplies down the line.

he asked only one other officer to come that did not and that was walter taylor. he had gotten married. he had only been married a week. he declined to come. 1825 he would attend the united states military academy and graduate in 1829 with no demerits graduating second in a class of 46. he would be responsible for building projects of fort monroe and saving the water front in st. louis. he and mary would have seven children, three sons all which would serve in the confederate army and four daughters. he later would say that lee was the very best soldier he had ever saw in the field. he would be in the military academy from 1852 to 1855. on the 17th of april 1861, virginia would succeed. the following day colonel lee would be offered by frances p.blair junior command of all forces. he would reject the offer. he would resign from the army on the 20th of april and take command of virginia forces on the 23rd of april. february 9th of 1865 he was made general in chief of all confederate forces. 39 years of military service. grant is making his way toward this intended

while lee was there, one of his aides, walter taylor, instead of being available to lee had gone off to richmond to get married that night. apparently in richmond where the supplies were to be sent from, they got a message from lee's headquarters, saying we are preparing to withdraw our troops from the city. send the supplies down the line, but they didn't say exactly where. the commissary or whoever was in charge of supplies ascsent a message back to the house in lee's headquarters asking for more specific instruction. they broke through the union -- what happened, lee was forced to abandon his headquarters. when that second message came for where do we send them, nobody was there to receive them. that comes out of the four vines of re lee, it's an appendix at the end of volume four. i think that is probably what happened. >> anyone else have a question? ron has a question. he is making his way to the microphone. i will throw something out for chris here. it is a large campaign. seven days, 100 miles, is there a particular incident that is most intriguing to you during the campaign

night in the program on the photograph at richmond, there is a famous photo of general lee with walter taylor behind general lee's house in richmond. the other gentleman is george washington cust s lee and his son that commanded this conglomerate of forces at sailor's creek. as i mentioned last night when lee decided to withdraw his army from not only the richmond and petersburg front but that in between those two cities called bermuda hunter and under four columns his men would march to amelia courthouse where they would rendezvous there they were expecting to receive rationed supplies for the army for various reasons supplies were not there. lee goes ahead and decides to spend an extra day in the area canvassing the locals for any surplus food items they had. of course, amelia being about 30 miles from petersburg and richmond i'm sure most of surplused goods had been sent to those two fronts. so when general lee leaves amelia and he is now lost his one day lead that he had on the union army he moves down to richmond heading towards north carolina and with the immediate goal of reaching danv

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 front corner of his yard. the rain tavern as it was known but the buildings was unfurnished. then mclean of

his other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attendingsurrender 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 front corner of his yard. the rain tavern as it was known but the buildings was unfurnished. then mclean offered

his other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attendingsurrender 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.

his other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attendingeeting. 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 front corner of his yard. the rain tavern as it was known but the buildings was unfurnished. then mclean offered his own ho

while lee was there one of his aides, walter taylor, instead of being available to lee, had gone off to richmond to get married that night. and so what happened was apparently in richmond, where the supplies were to be sent from they got a message from lee's headquarters saying, you know, we're preparing to withdraw our troops from the city. you know, send the supplies down the line. but they didn't say exactly where. what happened was, the individual, the commissary sergeant, or whoever was in charge of the supplies in richmond, then sent a message back to the turnbull house, to lee's headquarters, asking for more specific instructions. but what had happened as tracy again mentioned, these union sixth army corps that morning had broken through the confederate lines,j basically were pamplin park is if you're familiar with that area, they broke through the union lines and lee was then forced to abandon his headquarters, so when that second message came for where do we send them, nobody was there to receive them. and that's -- to me and that comes out of the four volume seat of r.e. le