About two o'clock
`` It is a sign . They have relented . '' This was the opinion of many of the women . About two o'clock , after we had eaten and felt better , a white man appeared , carrying a white flag . Will Hamilton went out and talked to him , came back and talked with father and the rest of our men , and then went out to the stranger again . Farther back we could see a man standing and looking on , whom we recognized as Lee . With us all was excitement .