The Last Four Weeks of the War |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2d Brigade advance Appomattox Appomattox Court House April April 14 April 9 Army Corps Army of Georgia arrived artillery assassin assault attack Battery battle Boydtown Boydtown plank Brigade Burkesville captured cavalry cheers City Point Colonel column command Confederate Account Court House Danville Davis dispatch enemy enemy's eral Fifth Corps fight fire flag flank force Front of Petersburg Georgia Goldsboro Grant guns Hatcher's Run headquarters heavy hour hundred Illinois Jeff Johnston large number Lee's army Lieutenant Lynchburg Major manding March 25 March 30 miles Mobile moved N. Y. Infantry night Ninth Corps North Carolina o'clock this morning officers Ohio paroled Penna Petersburg Potomac President prisoners Raleigh rear regiments Richmond River road Second Corps Selma Sheridan Sherman Sherman's Army Sixth Corps skirmish soldiers Southside Railroad staff surrender thousand tion to-day troops Twentieth Corps Twenty-fourth Corps Union Account wagons Washington wounded Yankees yesterday
Popular passages
Page 197 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : " Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 196 - 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 arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 189 - I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received.
Page 197 - HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. "GENERAL: — I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. "RE LEE, General. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GRANT.
Page 215 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last...
Page 179 - The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Page 215 - You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed ; and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection. With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful 'remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell. RE LEE, General.
Page 322 - ... as well as you have performed the duties of thorough soldiers in the field. By such a course you will best secure the comfort of your families and kindred and restore tranquillity to your country.
Page 197 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the sidearms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 215 - I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that...