 | Horace Porter - Generals - 1897 - 640 pages
...Stanton, and forwarded to General Grant. It was received the morning of the 4th, and read as follows : " 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 and purely military matter. He instructs... | |
 | Manning Ferguson Force - Generals - 1899 - 406 pages
...and signed by the Secretary of War, and telegraphed to General Grant : WASHINGTON, March S, 1865—12 PM Lieutenant-General GRANT : The President directs...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... | |
 | Manning Ferguson Force - Generals - 1899 - 438 pages
...by the Secretary of War, and telegraphed to General Grant : WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865 — 12 p. M. Lieutenant-General GRANT : The President directs me...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... | |
 | George Congdon Gorham - Biography & Autobiography - 1899 - 564 pages
...It was then dated, addressed, and signed by the Secretary of War, and telegraphed to General Grant. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, — The President directs...to have no conference with General Lee, unless it he for the capitulation of General STANTON'S NINE REASONS 187 Lee's army, or on some minor and purely... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1899 - 740 pages
...McPherson's History of Reconstruction, p. 122.] WASHINGTON, March j, r865 — 12 pm I,ientenant-General GRANT: The President directs me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General I,ee unless it be for the capitulation of General I,ee's army or 0n some minor and purely military... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1899 - 478 pages
...and asked about a conference, Lincoln had written immediately, with his own hand, this despatch : — "WASHINGTON. March 3, 1865. 12 PM " LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT : "The President directs me to say that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee unless it be for capitulation of General... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1899 - 478 pages
...and asked about a conference, Lincoln had written immediately, with his own hand, this despatch: — "WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865. 12 PM " LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT : " The President directs me to say that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee unless it be for capitulation of General... | |
 | William Henry Condon - Generals - 1900 - 406 pages
...1865): (CIPHER.) Office United States Military Telegraph. Headquarters Armies of the United States. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT: The President directs me...to have no conference with General Lee. unless it be for the capitulation of Lee's army, or on solely minor and purely military matters. He instructs... | |
 | William Henry Condon - Generals - 1900 - 408 pages
...Telegraph, Headquarters Armies of the United States. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT: The President directs rne to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of Lee's army, or on solely minor and purely military matters. He instructs... | |
 | Joseph Warren Keifer - Slavery - 1900 - 438 pages
...from any person, took his pen, and with his usual precision wrote: " 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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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... 
