General: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to... General Grant - Page 282by James Grant Wilson - 1897 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
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...at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army, but, as the restoration of peace should be the object of all, I desire to know whether... | |
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...think the emergency ' ^iS arisen to call for tho surrender of this army, hut as tbe i . y-'.oration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals wouUL lead to that end. I canuol, therefore, mo-* you with a view to surrender tho Army of Northern... | |
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...General Grant and accepted his conditions, and at half-past " I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms...whether your proposals would tend to that end. " I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia, but so far as your... | |
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...at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday, I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms...the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army ; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know... | |
| Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...mice of yesterday. " I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virgin«, bot to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has nrisen to call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the tote object of all,... | |
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...mine of yesterday. " I did not intend to propore the surrender of the Army of Kortliern Virgin», tat to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emeryoncv hi« arisen to call for the surrender. But as tie restoration of ptai* should be the sv-.г... | |
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