 | William P. Seville - Delaware - 1884 - 178 pages
...yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms on which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms...property not yet destroyed. Seriously hoping that our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., "'US GRANT,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1885 - 410 pages
...yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms...without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself," etc. Two hours after Grant's letter was sent, an orderly dashed up on his foaming steed, and delivered... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 786 pages
...yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms...that all our difficulties may be settled without the losa of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieittenant-General. GENERAL RE LEE. 1 "Ord... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Generals - 1927 - 372 pages
...yourself, and the whole of the North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms...hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 758 pages
...yoursell, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms...hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 772 pages
...whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. Hy the South laying down their arms they will hasten...hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1210 pages
...yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which neace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms...of another life, I subscribe myself, &c., US GRANT, lAeutenant-Oeneral. On the morning of the 9th, General Ord's command and the Fifth Corps reached Appomattox... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1928 - 478 pages
...meeting proposed for ten AM to-day could lead to no good. * * * The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed... | |
 | Edward Porter Alexander - History - 1998 - 702 pages
...terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they would hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of...without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. , US Grant, Lieutenant-General. General RE Lee. Figure 71. Village of Appomattox Court House —... | |
 | Howard M. Hensel - United States - 1989 - 344 pages
...authority to negotiate a peace settlement, he also hoped that peace would soon be restored. He added, " 'by the South laying down their arms they will hasten...hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. . . .' " At this point, General Grant could have ordered the final annihilation of the remnants of... | |
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AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their... 
