 | American essays - 1911 - 994 pages
...support and protect them?' So the decision had to be made. And he made it. ' Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.' His officers protested passionately. 'O General, what will history say of the surrender of the army... | |
 | United States - 1873 - 420 pages
...Longstreet's Corps.' When I " bore this message back to General Lee, he " said : ' Then there is nothing left me but to go "'and see General Grant ; and I would rather " ' die a thousand deaths.' Convulsed with ' ' passionate grief, many were the wild words " which we spoke, as we stood around... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1889 - 894 pages
...applied." There being no remedy Appomattox came, where General Lee said : " Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousands deaths." AT LEE'S TOMB. REV. DR. FIELD ON THE CHARACTER OF LEE. I A Splendid Tribute to the... | |
 | James Longstreet - United States - 1895 - 852 pages
...Longstreet's corps.' ' ' When I bore the message back to General Lee, he said, 'Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.' " Convulsed with passionate grief, many were the wild words which we spoke as we stood around him.... | |
 | William Conant Church - Generals - 1897 - 586 pages
...back to General Lee," reports General Venable, of his staff, " he said, ' Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.' ' General Grant was on his way to join Sheridan at Appomattox when he received the following from Lee,... | |
 | Helen Dortch Longstreet - Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863 - 1904 - 400 pages
...further resistance seemed useless, he quoted General Lee as saying,— " Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." Many were the wild words of passionate grief spoken by the officers around him. Said one, "Oh, General,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1904 - 692 pages
...After receiving the message from Gordon, Lee was convinced and said : " Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths." 2 He ordered the white flag to be displayed, requested by letter a suspension of hostilities and an... | |
 | John William Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 504 pages
...Longstreet's corps." When I bore this message back to General Lee, he said : "Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." Convulsed with passionate grief, many were the wild words which we spoke, as we stood around him. Said... | |
 | John Richard Deering - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 198 pages
...of infantry beyond. When Gordon's reply was borne back to Lee, he said, "Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." A heart-broken subaltern standing near cried, "O General, what will History say of the surrender of... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - United States - 1911 - 788 pages
...H. Carter, a gallant and efficient soldier and Lee's near kinsman. abundant troops to bar the way.1 And Gordon sent Lee word that he had fought his troops...who was still at Curdsville, wrote, and forwarded through General Humphreys, his third letter to General Lee. It is a noble letter: April 9, 1865. General:... | |
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There is nothing left me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths. 
