 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 600 pages
...that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same fi-eling. The terms upon which peace can be had, are well understood....without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. "DS GRANT, "EE LEE, General." "Lieutenant-General." "APRIL 9, 1865. "GENERAL— I received your... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - United States - 1884 - 690 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...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... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 758 pages
...to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yoursell, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms...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... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 772 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 upon which peace can be had are well understood. Hy the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human... | |
 | 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...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 reached Appomattox... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1928 - 478 pages
...treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for ten AM to-day could lead to no good. * * * The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood....South laying down their arms they will hasten that desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed... | |
 | Howard M. Hensel - United States - 1989 - 344 pages
...authority to negotiate a peace settlement, he also hoped that peace would soon be restored. He added, " 'by the South laying down their arms they will hasten...hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. . . .' " At this point, General Grant could have ordered the final annihilation of the remnants of... | |
 | Edward Porter Alexander - History - 1998 - 702 pages
...could lead to no good. I will state, however, that I am equally desirous for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms...understood. By the South laying down their arms, they would hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 1228 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...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... | |
 | Walter Herron Taylor - History - 1994 - 358 pages
...to no good. I will state, however, general, that T am equally anxious for peace with yourself; and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms...destroyed. Seriously hoping that all our difficulties maybe settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc., US GRANT, Lieutenant-general.... | |
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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... 
