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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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Military and Civil Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...

James Penny Boyd - 1885 - 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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Ulysses S. Grant

Franklin Spencer Edmonds - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 396 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...you, or will designate officers to meet any officers yon may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely...
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Readings in American History

David Saville Muzzey - History - 1915 - 632 pages
...Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that /,e,w 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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Ulysses S. Grant

Franklin Spencer Edmonds - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 394 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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Readings in American History

David Saville Muzzey - History - 1915 - 634 pages
...Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say ^aA 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 again, against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will...
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The Ohio Educational Monthly, Volume 64

Education - 1915 - 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...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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Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Volume 9

Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 566 pages
...just received. In reply I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition that 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...
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Ulysses S. Grant

Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 642 pages
...on condition of surrender, and Grant replied with delicacy: "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 against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet...
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Bulletin, Volumes 1-4

Chicago Historical Society - Chicago (Ill.) - 1922 - 256 pages
...but not admitting that his case was hopeless. Grant replied: "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 against the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you or will designate...
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A History of Prince Edward County, Virginia, from Its Formation in 1753, to ...

Charles Edward Burrell - Prince Edward County (Va.) - 1922 - 438 pages
...received. In reply, I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition that 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...
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