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" 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 be disqualified for taking up arms again against the government of the United States until properly exchanged. "
THE AMERICAN CONFLICT: A HSTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION - Page 742
by HORACE GREELEY - 1866
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A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant: And Sketch of Schuyler Colfax

Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 664 pages
...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...namely, That the men and officers surrendered shall bo disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly...
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Life and Services of Gen. U.S. Grant

Henry Coppée - Presidents - 1868 - 494 pages
...will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would sny, that peace being my great desire, there is but one...— namely, that the men and officers surrendered shall.be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government .of the United States until properly...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 10

Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 796 pages
...is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one coudition I would insist upon, namely : That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up anr.s again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you,...
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A Popular and Authentic Life of Ulysses S. Grant

Edward Deering Mansfield - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 386 pages
...Grant replied, saying that peace was his great desire, and there was but one condition of surrender, " that the men and officers surrendered " shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States till properly exchanged. On the 8th, Lee replied that he...
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The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places ...

Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1869 - 478 pages
...what terms I will accept the surrender of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say, that peace being my great desire, there is but one...men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet...
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The Life and Campaigns of General U. S. Grant: From Boyhood to His ...

Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 pages
...condition that I insist upon, viz. : — That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the 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 to...
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The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places ...

Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1869 - 458 pages
...insist upon, namely, that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender...
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The life and campaigns of general U.S. Grant, from boyhood to his ...

Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1869 - 820 pages
...condition that I insist upon, viz. : — That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking np arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet yon, or designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 13; Volume 35

Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...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...surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate...
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A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1871 - 690 pages
...that peace being my first desire, there is but one condition that I insist upon, viz. : That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms...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 to...
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