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" I had authority to act. Sincerely desiring to leave nothing untried which may put an end to the calamities of war, I propose to meet you at such convenient time and place as you may designate, with the hope that upon an interchange of views it may be... "
The Novels, Stories, Sketches and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page - Page 283
by Thomas Nelson Page - 1912
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Life and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee

James D. McCabe - Generals - 1866 - 752 pages
...that upon an interchange of views it may be found practicable to submit the subjects of iontroversy between the belligerents to a convention of the kind...place selected by Generals Ord and Longstreet for the interview, at 11 AM, on Monday next. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, (Signed) RE LEE,...
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A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant: And Sketch of Schuyler Colfax

Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 664 pages
...such convenient time and place as you may designate, with the hope that, upon an interchange of views, it may be found practicable to submit the subjects...Generals Ord and Longstreet for their interview, at eleven AM on Monday next." Grant, with characteristic subordination, forwarded this to Stanton,* with...
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A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant: With a Portrait and Sketch of ...

Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 640 pages
...convenient time and place as you mny designate, with the hope t hat, upon an interchange of views, it may be found practicable to submit the subjects...controversy between the belligerents to a convention of the khul mentioned. "In such event, I am authorized to do whatever tho result of the proposed interview...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 32; Volume 54

Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1897 - 1172 pages
...such convenient time and place as you may designate, with the hope that, upon an interchange of views, it may be found practicable to submit the subjects...proposed interview may render necessary or advisable.* There came inclosed with this letter another stating that General Lee feared there was some misunderstanding...
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History of the American Civil War: Containing the events from the ...

John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 708 pages
...you at such time and place as you may designate, with the hope that, upon an interchange of views, it may be found practicable to submit the subjects...belligerents to a convention of the kind mentioned. III.— NN "In, such event, I am authorized to do whatever the result of the proposed interview may...
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John William Jones - 1875 - 596 pages
...subjects of controversy between the belligerents to a convention of the kind mentioned. In such an event I am authorized to do whatever the result of...place selected by Generals Ord and Longstreet for the interview, at 11 AM, on Mon day next. " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) "RE....
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John William Jones - Generals - 1875 - 586 pages
...subjects of controversy between the belligerents to a convention of the kind mentioned. In such an event I am authorized to do whatever the result of...if agreeable to you, we meet at the place selected bv Generals Ord and Longstreet for the interview, at 11 AM, on Mon day next. " Very respectfully, your...
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Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865, Volume 3

Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 786 pages
...such convenient time and place as you may designate, with the hope that, upon an interchange of views, it may be found practicable to submit the subjects...a convention of the kind mentioned. In such event * "What the insurgent party seemed chiefly to favor was a postponement of the question of separation...
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Scribner's Magazine, Volume 50

Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - American periodicals - 1911 - 936 pages
...CONFEDERATE STATES ARMIES, "March 2nd, 1865. ''LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GRANT, ''Commanding United Stales Armies. "General: Lieutenant-General Longstreet has...Generals Ord and Longstreet for their interview, at n AM on Monday next. "Very respectfully, "Your obedient servant, "RE LEE, General." This letter was...
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Abraham Lincoln: A History, Volume 10

John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 568 pages
...between the belligerents to a convention of the kind mentioned." In such event he said he was "anthorized to do whatever the result of the proposed interview may render necessary or advisable." Grant at once telegraphed these overtures to Washington. Stanton received his dispateh at the Capitol,...
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