when you think of robert e. lee, you think of a very stately, dignified virginian, and that s what he was. when he arrives at appomattox court house to surrender, he looks as dignified as if he d just stepped off the parade ground. for this surrender, lee takes it very formally. he takes it very serious, and he puts on his dress uniform and his sword and gets cleaned up, and grant doesn t. grant shows up in his road uniform, and his boots were muddy. grant is the epitome of the soldier who has slogged through this. [ horse whinnies ] probably the most painful thing that robert e. lee ever had to do in his life was to meet with general grant and surrender his army.
when you think of robert e. lee, you think of a very stately, dignified virginian, and that s what he was. when he arrives at appomattox court house to surrender, he looks as dignified as if he d just stepped off the parade ground. for this surrender, lee takes it very formally. he takes it very serious, and he puts on his dress uniform and his sword and gets cleaned up, and grant doesn t. grant shows up in his road uniform, and his boots were muddy. grant is the epitome of the soldier who has slogged through this. [ horse whinnies ] probably the most painful thing that robert e. lee ever had to do in his life was to meet with general grant and surrender his army.