 | Edward Porter Alexander - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 674 pages
...Lee from Curdsville, as follows : — "APRIL 9, 1865. " GENERAL : Your note of yesterday is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace....the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. " US GRANT, Lt.-Gen." Meanwhile, during the afternoon, we had approached Appomattox CH, two miles beyond... | |
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 | United States - 1908 - 626 pages
...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 loss of another life. I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant-general. April 9th, 1865. LIEUT.-GEN. US GRANT. General: I received your note... | |
 | George Iles - 1908 - 202 pages
...event, save thousands of human lives, and 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 myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant-General. 20 General Ulysses S. Grant I proceeded at an early hour in the morning,... | |
 | George Iles - Artists - 1909 - 204 pages
...event, save thousands of human lives, and 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 myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant-General. 20 General Ulysses S. Grant I proceeded at an early hour in the morning,... | |
 | Thomas Kemp Cartmell - Reference - 1909 - 648 pages
...thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all difficulties may be settled, without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, Very respectfully, Your obdt. Servt., US GRANT, L. Genl. US Army. "April 9, 1865. General : I received... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - United States - 1911 - 788 pages
...letter to General Lee. It is a noble letter: April 9, 1865. General: Your note of yesterday is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace....the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant-General. GENERAL RE LEE. "'Ord left Petersburg with 20,000 troops, all arms; Fifth... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - Biography & Autobiography - 1911 - 790 pages
...letter to General Lee. It is a noble letter: April 9, 1865. General: Your note of yesterday is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace....the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant-General . GENERAL RE LEE. 1 "Ord left Petersburg with 20,000 troops, all arms;... | |
 | Frederick Trevor Hill - United States - 1911 - 340 pages
...North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood, . . . Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may be...the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., "US GRANT, "Lt. General." The courier bearing this message dashed off and disappeared and the chase... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - United States - 1911 - 362 pages
...event, save thousands of human lives, and 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 myself, etc." There remained for Lee the bare possibility, by desperate fighting, of breaking through the Federal... | |
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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 arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of... 
