 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1897 - 712 pages
...General. [From McPhersoii's History of Reconstruction, p. 122.] WASHINGTON, Mardi j, ¿865 — 12 pm Lieutenant-General GRANT: The President directs me...of General 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... | |
 | Manning Ferguson Force - Generals - 1899 - 406 pages
...signed by the Secretary of War, and telegraphed to General Grant : WASHINGTON, March S, 1865—12 PM Lieutenant-General GRANT : The President directs me...capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon... | |
 | 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...capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon... | |
 | 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... | |
 | American essays - 1926 - 878 pages
...instructions and the answer came from the War Secretary, but it had been drafted by Lincoln himself: ' The President directs me to say to you that he wishes...army or on some minor and purely military matter. He ucts i me to say that you are not to le, discuss, or confer upon any ical question. Such questions... | |
 | Howard M. Hensel - United States - 1989 - 344 pages
...message signed by the Secretary of War, but, in fact, written by Mr. Lincoln himself. The message read, The President directs me to say to you that he wishes...with General Lee unless it be for the capitulation of Gen. Lee's army, or on some minor, and purely military, matter. He instructs me to say that you are... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - History - 1990 - 1086 pages
...signed, by the Secretary of War, and telegraphed to General Grant: WASHINGTON, March 3, 1865—12 PM Lieutenant-General GRANT: The President directs me...capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor or purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 1228 pages
...agreement] See note 754.29-30. 1087.26 copy . . . dispatch] This message, sent on March 3, 1865, read: "The President directs me to say to you that he wishes...with General Lee unless it be for the capitulation of Gen. Lee's army, or on some minor, and purely, military matter. He instructs me to say that you are... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1993 - 744 pages
...South. ton, Grant received an answer that, though signed by Stanton, had been dictated by Lincoln: The President directs me to say to you that he wishes...General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of Lee's army or on solely minor and purely military matters. He instructs me to say that you are not... | |
 | Salmon Portland Chase - Governors - 1993 - 894 pages
...Stanton to Gen. Grant on Mar. 3, which was not sent to Sherman, instructed Grant that Lincoln wished him 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," and to avoid political issues. Stanton,... | |
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President directs me to say to you that he wishes you 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 me to say that you are not to decide, discuss,... 
