 | Régis de Trobriand - United States - 1888 - 816 pages
...Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen for the surrender of this army ; but, as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposal would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 566 pages
...Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergeney has arisen to call for the surrender of this army; but as the restoration of peaee should be the sole objeet of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that... | |
 | United States. War Dept - Confederate States of America - 1891 - 1056 pages
...Ariny of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a... | |
 | Edmund Neuson Hatcher - South Carolina - 1891 - 448 pages
...of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I cannot therefore meet you with a view... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - United States - 1893 - 1008 pages
...Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a... | |
 | James Henry Stine - United States - 1893 - 916 pages
...Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposal would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1894 - 1674 pages
...ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call lor the surrender of this army; but as the restoration...know whether your proposals would lead to that end. 1 cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia; but as far as... | |
 | Fitzhugh Lee - Generals - 1894 - 468 pages
...Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To he frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposal would lead to that end. I can not, therefore, meet you with a... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Appomattox Campaign, 1865 - 1894 - 36 pages
...Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of...restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals will lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view... | |
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 572 pages
...emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army, but as the restoration of peace should bo the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that mil. I cannot, therefore), meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia; hut an... | |
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GENERAL : I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to... 
