“Mead had not been invited to the surrender at the McLean house, but he determined to meet his opposite number before the armies parted. On April 10 he rode through the now-peaceful lines to meet his engineer corps comrade from the old army. "What are you doing with all that gray in your bead!" Lee exclaimed. "That you have a great deal to do with!" Meade replied.” American Civil WarCivil War Eastern TheaterArmy Of The PotomacRobert E LeeUnion ArmyAppomattox Campaign Book:Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac Source: Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
“Harvey Hill expressed no regrets for his mulishness and no sympathy for what Lee was seeking to accomplish. “Genl. Lee is venturing upon a very hazardous movement,” he told his wife; “and one that must be fruitless, if not disastrous.” American Civil WarCivil War Eastern TheaterRobert E LeeArmy Of Northern VirginiaGettysburg Campaign Book:Gettysburg Source: Gettysburg