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" GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition... "
Abraham Lincoln; a History, by John G. Nicolay and John Hay - Page 190
by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890
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The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as "Gregg's" and ...

James Fitz James Caldwell - South Carolina - 1866 - 278 pages
...condition that I insist upon, viz. : That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or designate officers to meet any officers you may name, for the same purpose, at any point agreeable...
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The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the ...

United States. President - United States - 1866 - 722 pages
...northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men and officers surrendered shall bo disqualified for taking up armi again against the government of the United Stale» until properly...
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Southern Generals: Their Lives and Campaigns

William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 576 pages
...condition that I insist upon, viz. : That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to...
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The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1

J. T. Headley - United States - 1866 - 640 pages
...Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely ; that the men and officers surrendered should be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly...
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Grant and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 586 pages
...upon— namely, That the men find officers surrendered ( shall bo disqualifled'for takinir up anus again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet yon. or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point...
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The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1

J. T. Headley - History - 1866 - 774 pages
...jusl received. In reply, I would say that ;,'.-ace being my great desire, there is Uit one o-,miitlC3 I would insist upon, namely : that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified''0' taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged....
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The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates ...

Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 776 pages
...is but one condition that I insist upon, viz. : That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the...States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the purpose, at any point agreeable to you,...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...condition I would insist upon, namely : that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the...United States until properly exchanged. I will meet yon, or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point'...
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Life and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee

James D. McCabe - Generals - 1866 - 752 pages
...Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely : that...men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will...
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Lee and His Lieutenants: Comprising the Early Life, Public Services, and ...

Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 894 pages
...condition that I insist upon, viz. : That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or designate officers to meet any officers you* may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable...
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