 GENERAL : Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one...  Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 1137by United States. War Department - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1879 - 680 pages
...Grant again wrote, declaring that he should insist upon but one condition, namely : " That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms...government of the United States until properly exchanged." To this, Lee replied that he did not think the emergency had arisen to call for the surrender, but... | |
 | Historical Society of Delaware - Delaware - 1879 - 654 pages
...Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that/«« being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, — namely, that the...surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against kthe government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 786 pages
...Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men...officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking Iip arms again against the government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you,... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1882 - 790 pages
...Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men...United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable... | |
 | William Swinton - History - 1882 - 790 pages
...Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men...surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again •gainst the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet yon, or will designate... | |
 | Charles Folsom Walcott - Massachusetts - 1882 - 562 pages
...Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: that the men and officers surrendered shall bu disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly... | |
 | Andrew Atkinson Humphreys - United States - 1883 - 552 pages
...Virginia ia just received. In reply. I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely, that the men...United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Industries - 1883 - 756 pages
...Grant again wrote, declaring that he should insist upon but one condition, namely : " That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms...government of the United States until properly exchanged." To this, Lee replied that he did not think the emergency had arisen to call for the surrender, but... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - United States - 1884 - 690 pages
...Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men...United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you will name for the same purpose, at any point... | |
 | Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say, that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : That the men...disqualified for taking up arms again against the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers... | |
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