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Jim Garrett · (This post was last modified: 01-09-2015 08:32 AM by Jim Garrett.)

Lee arrived at the McLean house before Grant. Grant's staff was already there, but the General had not arrived. Lee came with Col. Charles Marshall, his military secretary. Sgt. Beverly Tucker also came to hold the horses outside, he did not go in the house. Lee was immaculately dressed for the surrender. Earlier in the day, Lee was in his rough field uniform and did not want to go to meet General Grant in that uniform. The uniform that he wanted to wear was in the baggage train (line of wagons) that had been captured. The only uniform he had other than the one he was wearing was his full dress uniform. That was the reason he was in the full dress uniform.

(01-07-2015 01:44 PM)Gene C Wrote: I can easily see how someone wearing the uniform of a Union officer could be mistakenly taken as a "butler"

while digging through the archives of youtube, I was able to find this little known video of the actual surrender (of coarse I'm sure you anti-conspiracy theorist won't believe it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OqhVZsN08Q

A butler would have been better dressed than Grant that day.