Too bad all the Yankee Generals didn’t fair so well. I have General Crook’s sidearm sitting in a cabinet. One of my ancestors rode with McNeil’s raiders. When they snatched Crook he relieved the good General of his Whitney Dragoon and then passed it on down. :-)
Just proves that Grant was a class act. He accepted the surrender of 3 Confederate armies and did not accept the sword of any of the generals surrendering to him.