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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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Life and Services of Gen. U.S. Grant

Henry Coppée - Presidents - 1868 - 494 pages
...Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would sny, that peace being my great desire, there is but one 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...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 10

Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 796 pages
...is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one coudition I would insist upon, namely : That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up anr.s again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will...
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The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places ...

Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1869 - 478 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,...surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, at any point...
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The Life and Campaigns of General U. S. Grant: From Boyhood to His ...

Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 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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The life and campaigns of general U.S. Grant, from boyhood to his ...

Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1869 - 820 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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The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places ...

Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1869 - 458 pages
...insist upon, namely, that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified from taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 13; Volume 35

Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 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,...men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet...
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History of the American Civil War: Containing the events from the ...

John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 716 pages
...Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that,/>e«ce being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon — namely,...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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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Period of ...

Edward McPherson - Reconstruction - 1871 - 678 pages
...desire, there is but one condition 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 olucere to meet any officers you may name, for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to...
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A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee

John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1871 - 690 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 same purpose, at any point agreeable to...
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