 | American essays - 1912 - 900 pages
...so, — he lay down on the sofa again. Here is the letter. 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 object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot therefore... | |
 | Education - 1915 - 640 pages
...Virginia will be received. "US GRANT, Lieut-General." "April 8, 1865. "GENERAL : — I received, at a late hour, your note of today. In mine of yesterday...this army • but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Franklin Spencer Edmonds - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 396 pages
...received. April 8, 1865. US GRANT, Lieutenant- General. GENEBAL EB LEE. [No. 4.] 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 desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Charles W. Smith - Generals - 1915 - 26 pages
...Lee's army ; but during the day of the 8th, Lee had answered General Grant's note, saying in part : "To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army." But at the close of that day he found General Sheridan's cavalry was across the line of his retreat. He... | |
 | Joseph A. Osgoode - Puritans - 1918 - 232 pages
...commanded, and of the cause which it had perished to maintain. "To be frank," ran his significant words, "I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for...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... | |
 | Arthur Caswell Parker - Generals - 1919 - 420 pages
...Grant explaining his stand. "In mine of yesterday," he wrote, "I did not intend to propose to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia but to ask the terms...has arisen to call for the surrender of this army. ... I can not therefore meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia. . . . " The... | |
 | Charles Edward Burrell - Prince Edward County (Va.) - 1922 - 438 pages
...General Lee replied: April 8, 1865. General : I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender...this army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposal would lead to that end. I cannot... | |
 | Henry Hollingsworth Humphreys - United States - 1924 - 378 pages
...8, 1865. Lieutenant General Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States. 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 desire to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Generals - 1927 - 372 pages
...1865 To Lieutenant-General US Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States 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 desire to know whether your proposals will lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Mrs. Elsie Porter Mende, Henry Greenleaf Pearson - United States - 1927 - 456 pages
...Massachusetts Military Historical Society, vol. vi, p. 501.) 9. 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,... | |
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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... 
