| John William Jones - 1875 - 596 pages
..." GSNSRAL : I have received your note of this date. Though not entirely of the opinion you express of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before considering your... | |
| Edward Lee Childe - Generals - 1875 - 366 pages
...GENERAL, " I have received your note of this day. Though not entirely of the opinion you express as to the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia, I- reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before considering your... | |
| Edward Lee Childe - Generals - 1875 - 406 pages
...GENERAL, " I have received your note of this day. Though not entirely of the opinion you express as to the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before considering your... | |
| David Hume - 1876 - 942 pages
...chief of the Northern armies, wrote to General Lee, the generalissimo of the South, as follows : — " The result of the last week must convince you of the...hopelessness of further resistance on the part of tho army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift... | |
| Benson John Lossing - North America - 1877 - 764 pages
...7th, Grant had written a note to Lee, suggesting that the events of the past week should convince him of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia. " I feel that it is so," Grant wrote, " and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...Army of Northern Virginia." To this Lee replied : " Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, •I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and, therefore,, before considering... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1878 - 722 pages
...7th, Grant had written a note to Lee, suggesting that the events of the past week should convince him of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia. " I feel that it is so," Grant wrote, " and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility... | |
| James Baird McClure - 1879 - 250 pages
...escape was utterly hopeless, I addressed him the following communication from Farmville:" APRIL 7, 1865. GENERAL: — The result of the last week must...further resistance, on the part of the Army of Northern. I Virginia, in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the... | |
| Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1879 - 680 pages
...portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia." He said : " The result of last week must convince you of the hopelessness of...of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle." Lee replied the same day, saying that though he was not entirely of Grant's opinion as to the hopelessness... | |
| Theodore Burr Gates - New York (State) - 1879 - 656 pages
...General : — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and, therefore, before considering your... | |
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