People in attendance Appomattox Courthouse

[Gene C]

It's on p19,
"Robert stayed outside on the porch of Mr. McLean's House on the main street of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, with the other young officers, and could not hear the sound of Grant's and Lee's voices inside, discussing the terms of the surrender. He was called in with the rest of the younger men to be presented to Lee when it was all over - but still did not hear his voice as Lee merely bowed. Then his friends picked up a rag doll that lay on the floor of the surrender room, forgotten in her haste by little Lulu McClean, and outside on the porch again and in the yard the young officers tossed the doll back and forth to each other, calling her the Silent Witness and wishing in their hearts they could have been as fortunate as the doll." (photo of the doll also on the page)