 | David J Eicher - History - 2002 - 992 pages
...date. T hough not entertaining the opinion you express of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate...terms you will offer on condition of its surrender." Lynchburg now became Lee's goal. The road there led through the hamlet of Appomattox Court House, near... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 785 pages
...hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of N. Va.— reciprocate your desire to avoid the useless effusion of blood, and therefore before considering...proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender.113 Lee was not ready to surrender, but he did not want to break off negotiations. It was... | |
 | Susan Provost Beller - United States - 2003 - 132 pages
...date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate...terms you will offer on condition of its surrender. RE LEE, General. APRILS, 1865. General RE LEE: GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of... | |
 | Michael Gerhardt - Fiction - 2003 - 412 pages
...resistance on the part of the Army ofN. Va. -1 reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, & therefore before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of surrender. Very respy your obt.Servt RE Lee Genl Lee folded the paper and handed it to a courier. "Please... | |
 | Frederick Trevor Hill - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 224 pages
...this day. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia I reciprocate...you will offer on condition of its surrender. "RE Lee, "General." Grant promptly responded that peace being his great desire, there was only one condition... | |
 | History - 2004 - 552 pages
...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...you will offer, on condition of its surrender. RE LEE, GENERAL. To LIEUT.-GEN. US GRANT, GENERAL: Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same... | |
 | James Longstreet - Generals - 2004 - 796 pages
...this day. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate...you will offer on condition of its surrender. "RE LEE, "General. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, " Commanding Armies of the United States." I was not informed... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 736 pages
...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...terms you will offer on condition of its surrender. RE LEE, General. To this Grant immediately sent the following reply : GEN. RE LEE: General: Your note... | |
 | Andrew A. Humphreys - History - 2004 - 492 pages
...you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1 reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion...terms you will offer on condition of its surrender. RE LEE, General. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GRANT. No. 3. GENERAL—Your note of last evening in reply to mine... | |
 | Edward A. Pollard - History - 2004 - 760 pages
...this day. 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...to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, bofore considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender. KE... | |
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GENERAL: I have received your note of this date. 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... 
