General: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to... Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware - Page 141by Historical Society of Delaware - 1879Full view - About this book
| American essays - 1912 - 912 pages
...I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to...army, but, as the restoration of peace should be the object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot therefore meet... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...think the emergency ' ^iS arisen to call for tho surrender of this army, hut as tbe i . y-'.oration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals wouUL lead to that end. I canuol, therefore, mo-* you with a view to surrender tho Army of... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...with General Grant and accepted his conditions, and at half-past " I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all. I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...received at a late honr your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday, I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, / do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army ; but, as th» restoration... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...at a late hour your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to...sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...at a late hour your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to...sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army... | |
| Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1866 - 736 pages
...received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday, I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a... | |
| 1865 - 278 pages
...at a late hour your note of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
| Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...mice of yesterday. " I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virgin«, bot to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has nrisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the tote object of all,... | |
| Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...mine of yesterday. " I did not intend to propore the surrender of the Army of Kortliern Virgin», tat to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emeryoncv hi« arisen to call for the surrender. But as tie restoration of ptai* should be the sv-.г... | |
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