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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... "
The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives ... - Page 347
edited by - 1868
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American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4

Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 768 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,...entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can l»e had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable...
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Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1906 ...

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1906 - 536 pages
...yesterday is received. As 1 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,...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...
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History of the Sixth New York Cavalry: (Second Ira Harris Guard) Second ...

United States - 1908 - 626 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 I am equally anxious for peace with you, and the whole North entertains the same feeling:. The terms upon which peace can be had are well...
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Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick ...

Thomas Kemp Cartmell - Reference - 1909 - 648 pages
...yesterday is received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for 10 AM today could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that l am equally anxious for peace with yourself ; and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The...
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On the Trail of Grant and Lee: A Narrative History of the Boyhood and ...

Frederick Trevor Hill - United States - 1911 - 340 pages
...yesterday is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace ; the meeting proposed for 10 AM today could lead to no good. I will state, however,...terms upon which peace can be had are well understood, . . . Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I...
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The Sunset of the Confederacy

Morris Schaff - Appomattox Campaign, 1865 - 1912 - 338 pages
...proposed for ten 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...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 110

American essays - 1912 - 900 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...
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The Life of John A. Rawlins: Lawyer, Assistant Adjutant-general, Chief of ...

James Harrison Wilson - Generals - 1916 - 550 pages
...however, 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...are well understood. By the South laying down their an ' hasten that most desirable event, sav. --s of h ^ hundre >f millions of property not yet destroyed....
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The Life of Robert E. Lee for Boys and Girls

Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton - Biography & Autobiography - 1917 - 264 pages
...a meeting could do no good, and continued : — I will state however that I am equally desirous of 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...
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Bulletin, Volumes 1-4

Chicago Historical Society - Chicago (Ill.) - 1922 - 256 pages
...Lee: "As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed today at 10 AM could lead to no good. I will state, however, General;...yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirous event, save thousands of human...
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