 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...  The Boys of '61: Or, Four Years of Fighting - Page 565by Charles Carleton Coffin - 1896 - 572 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1912 - 912 pages
...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 call for the surrender of this army, but, as the restoration of peace should be the object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...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 call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all. I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, / do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army ; but, as th» restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your... | |
 | Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1866 - 736 pages
...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 call for the surrender of this army ; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...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 call for the surrender of this army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...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 call for the surrender of this army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | 1865 - 278 pages
...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 call for the surrender. But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1866 - 602 pages
...made Lee's condition more hopeless. Grant had despatched a letter to Lee on the 7th, from Farmvine, asking the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia....was in such a position that it was impossible for Lee to get away with his army. Breckenridge, with a large number of officers and many thousands of... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...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 call for the surrender of this army, but a,s the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals... | |
 | J. T. Headley - History - 1866 - 774 pages
...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 call for the surrender of this army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals... | |
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