 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - Determination (Personality trait) - 1925 - 472 pages
...yesterday is received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however,...hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Generals - 1927 - 372 pages
...yesterday is received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state however, General, that I am equally anx1ous for peace with yourself, and the whole of the North entertains the same feeling. The terms... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 772 pages
...is received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for ten AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however,...terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. Hy the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 758 pages
...received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for ten A M. to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however,...General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yoursell, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1210 pages
...yesterday is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace; the meeting proposed for 10 am to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however,...entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which neace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most... | |
 | William S Mcfeely - Biography & Autobiography - 1981 - 612 pages
...He did add a plea for a battlefield surrender without any talk of the general political situation: "I will state however, general, that I am equally...the whole North entertains the same feeling." The eloquence of his statement, but perhaps not its persuasiveness, was diminished by his comment that... | |
 | Edward Porter Alexander - History - 1998 - 702 pages
...proposed for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, that I am equally desirous for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains...understood. By the South laying down their arms, they would hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of... | |
 | Walter Herron Taylor - History - 1994 - 358 pages
...yesterday is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace; the meeting proposed for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, general, that T am equally anxious for peace with yourself; and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The... | |
 | Charles Marshall - History - 2000 - 386 pages
...yesterday is received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for 10 AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state however,...equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole of the North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood.... | |
 | George Walsh - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 502 pages
..."The meeting proposed for 10 AM today could lead to no good," the note read. ". . . The terms under which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they would hasten that most desirable event. . . ." Semantics now discarded, Lee promptly replied that he... | |
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General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself; and the whole North entertain the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save... 
