 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...commander in the following terms, under date of April 7th, at Farmville : — " GENERAL : The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia." Lee, though continuing his retreat, wrote a reply the same night, which reached Grant early the next... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...Northern Virginia in this struggle. I fed that it is so, and regard It as my duty to shirt from myself tho responsibility of any further effusion of blood by...Army known as the Army of Northern Virginia. " ' US GHANT, Lieutenant-GeneraL " ' General R. E L«*.' " Early on the morning of the 8th, before leaving,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...dispatched to the front next morning the following letter : " APRIL 7, 1865. " GENERAL — The result " U. 8. GRANT, Lt.-General. " Gen. RE LEE." The letter reached Lee toward night; ere which, Humphreys,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 702 pages
...note to the Confederate head-quarters coached in the following terms : — " General, — The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...States' army known as the Army of Northern Virginia." This note reached Lee on the evening of the same day. after ho had repulsed, with severe loss, an attack... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 652 pages
...following terms :— " General, — The result of the last week must convince you of the hepelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern...States' army known as the Army of Northern Virginia." This note reached Lee on the evening of the same day. after he had repulsed, with severe loss, an attack... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...latter dispatched to the front next morning the following letter: "APRIL?, 1865. " GENERAL—The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...known as the Army of Northern Virginia. " US GRANT, Lt.-General. " Gen. KE LEE." The letter reached Lee toward night; ere which, Humphreys, following on... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...dispatched to the front next morning the following letter: " APRIL 7, 1865. " GENERAL—The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...army known as the Army of Northern Virginia. " US GKANT, Lt.-General. " Gen. RE LEE." The letter reached Lee toward night; ere which, Humphreys, following... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1866 - 712 pages
...on the 7th of April, the Federal General addressed the following note: — "General, — The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia." This led to correspondence as to the terms of the proposed surrender, and ultimately the following... | |
 | William Swinton - History - 1866 - 702 pages
...the 7th General Lee received the following communication : APRIL 7. Ic6o. GENERAL : — The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia. U. 8. GRANT, Lieutenant-General. GKXKRAI. RE 1 ,ri:. It was at Farmville that General Grant wrote this... | |
 | J. T. Headley - United States - 1866 - 640 pages
...which we give below, with the correspondence that followed. "April?, 1865. GENERAL : — The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...States Army known as the Army of Northern Virginia. IL S. GEANT, Lieutenant^GeneraL General RE LEE. " Early on the morning of the 8th, before leaving,... | |
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GENERAL :-The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of... 
