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Old 11-28-2005, 12:01 AM
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A couple of questions
Does anyone know if Lee and Scott met up at all before Scott died in 1866? If they did meet up, is there a record of what was discussed?

What about Scott's death, what was Lee's reaction, is it recorded in his correpondance or elsewhere?
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Old 11-29-2005, 10:04 AM
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Matt,
Yea they met and Scott offered him the command of Union forces.Scott tried to persuade Lee a fellow Virginian ,but Lee wouldn't go against Virginia(although they hadn't seceded yet).Scott warned that Lee was making a mistake etch...
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Old 11-29-2005, 10:10 AM
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I meant after the war was over, sometime in 65-66 before Scott died.
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Old 11-29-2005, 11:26 AM
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Milhistbuff,

I don't know the answer to your question, but I doubt they met after the war. Scott died May 29, 1866 at West Point, NY. Given his girth even early in the war (didn't he have to be hoisted on a horse with a crane-like device?), it's hard to believe that he was capable of traveling to Virginia in the last year of life, and I've never heard that Lee traveled north.
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Old 11-29-2005, 11:43 AM
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Figured they might've met up at West Point, graduating class of 65. I believe Scott attended, might be wrong though.
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Old 11-29-2005, 01:17 PM
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If they met, the occasion didn't make a spash in contemporary accounts. I suspect that such an occasion would have been widely noted, therefore it didn't happen.
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Old 11-29-2005, 01:28 PM
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Wouldn't Lee's sense of honor demand that he at least make an attempt to admit to Scott that he was right re: their meeting April 1861, if only to soothe his own conscience?
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Old 11-29-2005, 02:53 PM
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It would make sense, Matt, and it would have been widely noted or a complete secret. Could Lee have slipped across the river incognito? Doubtful. I'll stand by my guess.
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I'm pretty sure D. S. Freeman would have mentioned it had it occurred. Lee didn't travel much after the war and never went North as far as I know.

He did visit with Grant however in May 1869 at the White House for about 15 minutes.

(Fly on the wall stuff, for sure!)
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Has anyone read his memiors published in 1864?
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