 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 558 pages
...eondition l would insist upon, namely, that the men and offieers surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exehanged. l will meet you, or will designate offieers to meet any offieers you may name for the same... | |
 | Morris Schaff - History - 1912 - 336 pages
...right to harbor such a thought? Had not Grant said to him in the note received the evening before: " Peace being my great desire, there is but one condition...men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged " ? Was there... | |
 | Franklin Spencer Edmonds - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 396 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...you, or will designate officers to meet any officers yon may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely... | |
 | Bradley Gilman - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 244 pages
...reply was put into his hands ; it read, in part, "There is one only condition upon which I insist ; namely, that the men and officers surrendered shall...disqualified for taking up arms again against the United States Government, until properly exchanged." But General Lee, now that the hard step was indeed... | |
 | Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 642 pages
...asked the terms which would be offered on condition of surrender, and Grant replied with delicacy: "Peace being my great desire, there is but one condition...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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Secession - 1917 - 504 pages
...captured and held at Appomattox station. The next morning, April 8th, Grant replied to Lee, saying: "There is but one condition I would insist upon, namely,...surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. " At midnight he received another... | |
 | Chicago Historical Society - Chicago (Ill.) - 1922 - 256 pages
...replied, asking the terms of surrender, but not admitting that his case was hopeless. Grant replied: "Peace being my great desire, there is but one condition...surrendered, shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you or will designate some officers... | |
 | Henry Hollingsworth Humphreys - United States - 1924 - 378 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 condition I would insist upon, viz., that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms against the Government... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - Determination (Personality trait) - 1925 - 472 pages
...the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender. "RE LEE, "General." To this Grant replied: "Peace being my great desire, there is but one condition...again against the government of the United States." Emphasizing the "desire for peace," Lee then suggested peace negotiations and received this answer... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Generals - 1927 - 372 pages
...received. In reply, I would say, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition that I insist on, namely, that the men and officers 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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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. 
