 | Charles Edward Burrell - Prince Edward County (Va.) - 1922 - 438 pages
...is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace. I will state, however, General, I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and...the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. IT. S. GRAXT, Lieutenant General, General Humphrey sent this note forward by Colonel Whittier. his... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - Determination (Personality trait) - 1925 - 472 pages
...desirable event, save thousands of 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, "Lieut.-General." Checkmated at every move, Lee realized that there was nothing to do but... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1911 - 786 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....that all our difficulties may be settled without the losa of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieittenant-General. GENERAL RE LEE. 1 "Ord... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Generals - 1927 - 372 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, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, US GRANT, Lieutenant-General Colonel Whittier gave me this... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 758 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. . . Lee . . . sent . . . this message ... to me. [April 9.] ... I received your note of this morning... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1210 pages
...for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which neace can be had are well understood. By the South laying...without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, &c., US GRANT, lAeutenant-Oeneral. On the morning of the 9th, General Ord's command and the Fifth Corps... | |
 | Edward Porter Alexander - History - 1998 - 702 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 RE Lee. Figure 71. Village of Appomattox Court House — McLean... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 1228 pages
...yesterday is received. I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace; the meeting proposed for ten AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however,...the loss of another life. I subscribe myself, etc. "US GRANT, Lieutenant-General. "GENERAL RE LEE." On the morning of the 9th, General Ord's command and... | |
 | Robert F. Sayre - Autobiographies - 1994 - 750 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-Gencral. I proceeded at an early hour in the morning, still suffering with the... | |
 | Charles Marshall - History - 2000 - 386 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, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, US GRANT, Lieutenant-General Colonel Whittier gave me this... | |
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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... 
