 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1993 - 744 pages
...He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss or confer upon any political questions. Such questions the President holds in his own hands...and will submit them to no military conference or conventions. No copy of this had been sent to Sherman, although communication with him was open after... | |
 | Walter Herron Taylor - History - 1994 - 358 pages
...capitulation of General 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...his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. Meantime you are to press to the utmost your military advantages. EDWIN... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1994 - 396 pages
...He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political questions. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. Meanwhile you are to press to your utmost your military advantages." There... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - History - 1994 - 278 pages
...the capitulation of Lees army, or on solely minor and purely military matters He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon...his own hands; and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions — mean time you are to press to the utmost, your military advantages."... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 380 pages
...the capitulation of Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon...his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or con• ventions. In the mean time you are to press to the utmost your military advantages.'... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...General Lee unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army." "Such questions," Lincoln directed, "the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions." Lincoln was not just ordering the generals to follow protocol; he wanted... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...capitulation of General 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...his own hands; and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. Meantime you are to press to the utmost your military advantages. Letter... | |
 | Sylvanus Cadwallader - History - 1996 - 402 pages
...capitulation of Lee's Army, or on solely minor and purely military matters. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon...his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. . . ." s Grant felt at the time that Stanton's dispatch was an open rebuke.... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 460 pages
...Gen. Lee's army, or on some minor, and purely military matter," Stanton wired. "He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon...submit them to no military conference or convention." 2 Unfortunately, neither Lincoln nor Stanton nor Grant directed that a copy of this message be sent... | |
 | Carol K. Bleser, Lesley J. Gordon - History - 2001 - 327 pages
...the capitulation of Lees army, or on solely minor and purely military matters He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon...his own hands; and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions — mean time you are to press to the utmost, your military advantages."29... | |
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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 or conventions. Meantime you are to press to the utmost... 
