Question

Compare Grant’s account of the meeting with the painting. Do you think they are consistent with each other? Why?

Answer 1

The Grant's Meeting

Explanation:

• In Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops of Confederate to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American war and harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option.
• Lee and Grant, both holding the absolute best rank in their respective armies, had known each other slightly during the war and exchanged awkward personal inquiries. Characteristically, Grant always looked in his mudded white attire while Lee always seen in neat outfit with sword.
• Lee informed the terms, and Grant wrote them out in a hurry. All officers and men was ought to be pardoned, for which they might be sent to home with their private property– vital one is the horse, that can be used for late spring sapling planting. Lee’s starving men would run Union rations. The  Officers would keep their side arms.

Thus the painting was consistent with Grant's meeting