 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 545 pages
...save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Seriously hopmg that all our difficulties may be settled without 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... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...an invitation for him to meet Grant and discuss terms of surrender, this in line with Grant's hope "that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life." On Palm Sunday morning, April 9, 1865, across the path of Lee's army and blocking its wav stood the... | |
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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... 
