 | Edward Lee Childe - 1875 - 394 pages
...himself and his enemies. General Grant answered this note :— " April 8th, 1865. "GENERAL, " Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received.... | |
 | James Baird McClure - 1879 - 260 pages
...Lee as follows: APRIL 8, 1865. GENERAL: — Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of Fame dale, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender...that peace being my great desire, there is but one conditijn I would insist upon; namely, that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified... | |
 | Historical Society of Delaware - Delaware - 1879 - 654 pages
...' GENERAL, — Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of the same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of...Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that/«« being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, — namely, that the men and... | |
 | Charles Folsom Walcott - Massachusetts - 1882 - 572 pages
...column, having sent the following reply to Lee's communication : — April S, 1865. GENERAL : Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date,...Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that pence being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1882 - 792 pages
...early on the morning of the 8th, while he was still at Farmville, and he immediately replied: " Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received.... | |
 | Andrew Atkinson Humphreys - United States - 1883 - 552 pages
...its surrender. RE LEE, General. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GBANT. No. 3. April 8, 1865. GENBBAL — Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date,...will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia ia just received. In reply. I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 588 pages
...1865. " GENERAL — Your note of last evening in answer to mine of same date, asking on what terms I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern...upon, namely, that the men and officers surrendered shHll be disqualified from taking up arms against the government of the United States until properly... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 600 pages
...1865. " GEVERAL — Your note of last evening in answer to mine of same date, asking on what terms I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern...desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, mimely, that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms against the... | |
 | William P. Seville - Delaware - 1884 - 178 pages
...' GENERAL, — Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of the same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of...Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that/^a« being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, — namely, that the... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Generals - 1885 - 666 pages
...LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GRANT." To this I immediately replied : "April 8, 1865. " GENERAL : — Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date,...Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say, thatfface being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon — namely. That the... | |
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GENERAL :—Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I 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... 
