 | 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... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier - United States - 1911 - 372 pages
...lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all our dinMculties 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... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 468 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 GKANT, Lieutenant-General. GENERAL RE LEE. This letter was received by General Lee as he was on... | |
 | Morris Schaff - History - 1912 - 336 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...the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., "US GRANT, Lieu tenant-General. " General RE LEE." This communication must have brought great disappointment... | |
 | American essays - 1912 - 900 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...the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant-General. General R. Б. LEE. This communication must have brought great disappointment... | |
 | Education - 1915 - 640 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." "April 9, 1865. "GENERAL : — I received your note of this morning... | |
 | Franklin Spencer Edmonds - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 394 pages
...beyond his authority. In the concluding sentence of this letter, however, he expressed his sincere hope that "all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life." While this correspondence was going on, there were animated discussions in the Confederate camp on... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson - Generals - 1916 - 550 pages
...that most desirable event, sav. --s of h ^ hundre >f millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I am, Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, US GRANT, Lieutenant General, USA It is worthy of note... | |
 | Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton, Mary Cornelia Thompson Hamilton - Children - 1917 - 246 pages
...of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Seriously hoping that all of our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant General. GENERAL RE LEE. Lee had hoped that a general peace might be arranged,... | |
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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... 
