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" Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences... "
Edwin McMasters Stanton: The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and ... - Page 259
by Frank Abial Flower - 1905 - 425 pages
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Triumphant Democracy: Or, Fifty Years' March of the Republic, Volume 1

Andrew Carnegie - United States - 1886 - 552 pages
...of War, was written without blot or erasure by President Lincoln himself. I have seen the telegram : "WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865, 12 PM " LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT : " The President directs me to'say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation...
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Triumphant Democracy; Or, Fifty Years' March of the Republic

Andrew Carnegie - United States - 1887 - 396 pages
...himself. I have seen the telegram : " WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865, 12 PH " LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GEANT : " The President directs me to say to you that he wishes...to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some other minor and purely military matter. He...
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The Republic, Or, A History of the United States of America in ..., Volume 17

John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...not averse to meeting Lee. The following reply, written by Mr. Lincoln himself, was returned : — " WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865, 12 PM " LIEUTENANT-GENERAL...to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. He instructs...
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Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice: Being a Complete Compilation of His Letters ...

Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 494 pages
...PRESIDENT LINCOLN DICTATED THE FOLLOWING TO SECRETARY STANTON, TO BE SENT TO GENERAL GRANT. March 3, 1865. The president directs me to say to you that he wishes...to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs me...
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Abraham Lincoln; a History, by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Volume 10

John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 554 pages
...of an experienced ruler, perfectly sure of himself and of his duty : The President directs me to say that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee unless it be for capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs...
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"The Beckwiths"

Paul Edmond Beckwith - 1891 - 402 pages
...dispatch, handing it to Mr. Stauton, who signed, sealed and forwarded it, which ran as follows : " The President directs me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with Gen. Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of Gen. Lee's army or on some minor or purely military...
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Life on the Circuit with Lincoln: With Sketches of Generals Grant, Sherman ...

Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...Secretary of War, and telegraphed to General Grant: WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865, 12 PM " Lieutenant- General GRANT: "The President directs me to say to you that...to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs...
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The Life of General William T. Sherman

James Penny Boyd - 1892 - 630 pages
...terms upon which Lee surrendered : — WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865, 12 PM " Lieutenant- General GBANT : " The President directs me to say to you that he wishes...to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs...
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abraham lincoln

charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...bills, and wrote this reply, purporting to be from Mr. Stanton : " The President directs me to say that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee. unless it be for capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matters. He instructs...
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...bills, and wrote this reply, purporting to be from Mr. Stanton : " The President directs me to say that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely political matters. He instructs...
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