 | Benson John Lossing - North America - 1877 - 764 pages
...a meeting for such a purpose would be useless. " The terms upon which peace can be had," he said, " are well understood. By the South laying down their...hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed." In the meantime Sheridan had settled the question, and rendered further parley unnecessary. He stood... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1878 - 722 pages
...a meeting for such a purpose would be useless. " The terms upon which peace can be had," he said, " are well understood. By the South laying down their...hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed." In the meantime Sheridan had settled the question, and rendered further parley unnecessary. He stood... | |
 | James Baird McClure - 1879 - 250 pages
...to no good. I will state, however, General, that I anx equally anxious for peace with yourself; and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms...may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribemyself, etc. US GRANT, Lieutenant-General ',. After transmitting this letter, General Grant... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - New York (State) - 1879 - 656 pages
...GORDON TO CUT HIS WAY THROUGH. [1865. Oeneral, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms...Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may be ended, without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, &c." Evidently General Grant did not propose... | |
 | Julian K. Larke - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 538 pages
...however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself; and the whole North entertain the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be...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... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1879 - 680 pages
...of peace. On the ninth, Grant wrote that he had no authority to grant such an interview. He said : " The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood....hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed." In taking the ground that he did in thia correspondence, Grant acted expressly in accordance with the... | |
 | Historical Society of Delaware - Delaware - 1879 - 654 pages
...equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms on which peace can be had are well understood. By the...property not yet destroyed. Seriously hoping that our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., "'US GRANT,... | |
 | James Baird McClure - 1879 - 260 pages
...to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself; and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms...desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hunqreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1880 - 1064 pages
...to no good. I will state, however, general, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms...destroyed. Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may he settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, &c., US GRANT, Lieutenant-General.... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 786 pages
...with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can he liad are well understood. By the South laying down their...without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US Grant, Lieutenant-General." He then set out to join Sheridan's column, and to hasten the emergency... | |
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AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, general, that 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... 
