 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...  Grant and His Campaigns: A Military Biography - Page 428by Henry Coppée - 1866 - 521 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1912 - 912 pages
...letter. April 8, 1865. 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...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... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...Lee requested an 9• interview with General Grant and accepted his conditions, and at half-past " I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army...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
..."APRIL 8, 1885. " GENERAL — I received at a late honr your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday, es thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom...hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free / do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army ; but, as th» restoration... | |
 | Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1866 - 736 pages
..."APRIL 8, 1865. " 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...the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to the surrender of... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...April 8, 1865. GENERAL : I received 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...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore, meet you with a... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...April 8, 1865. GENERAL : I received 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...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore, meet you with a... | |
 | 1865 - 278 pages
...April 8, 1865. GENERAL : I received 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...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 - 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... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...GRAKT. GENERAL : — I received at a late hour your note of to-day in answer to 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... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...:* "APRIL 8, 1865. " 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...the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the army... | |
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