 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...At midnight Grant received from Lee the following note :* "APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL : I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday...this army, but a,s the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | J. T. Headley - United States - 1866 - 640 pages
...received the following communication from General Lee • — April 8, 1865. GENERAL : — I received at a late hour your note of to-day* In mine of yesterday...this army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1866 - 728 pages
...infantry. He sent General Grant the following note : "APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL : — I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday,...this army ; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...received from Lee the following note :* " APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL : I received at a late hour your noto of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to...this army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 586 pages
...received the following communication from General Lee: " APRIL S, 1888. " GENERAL—T received, at a late hour, your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday...be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen t<i call for the surrender of this •rmy: but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 398 pages
...States. IV. APRIL 8, 1865. GENERAL — I received, at a late hour, your note of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 782 pages
...United States. April 8, IMS. General : I received, at a late hour, your note of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | James Fitz James Caldwell - South Carolina - 1866 - 278 pages
...Grant : April Sfh, 1865. GENERAL : — I received, at a late hour, your note of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But, as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know if your proposals... | |
 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 576 pages
...TO GENERAL QUANT. AprilS. GENERAL — I received, at a late hour, your note of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender. But, as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...before, the following response to Grant's later overture: "APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL—I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday,...to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, / do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army ; but, as the restoration... | |
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General: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to... 
