 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, / be that offen th» restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals... | |
 | Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1866 - 736 pages
...cavalry, and resolved upon a charge of massed infantry. He sent General Grant the following note : "APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL : — I received at a late...army ; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...TO GEN. GRANT. April 8, 1865. GENERAL : I received at a late hour your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the...army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...TO GEN. GRANT. April 8, 1865. GENERAL : I received at a late hour your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the...army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end. I can not, therefore,... | |
 | Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1866 - 728 pages
...cavalry, and resolved upon a charge of massed infantry. He sent General Grant the following note : "APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL : — I received at a late...army ; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...supplies for Lee's army. The chase was up. At midnight Grant received from Lee the following note :* "APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL : I received at a late hour...army, but a,s the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore,... | |
 | J. T. Headley - United States - 1866 - 640 pages
...General Meade's column, and about midnight received the following communication from General Lee • — April 8, 1865. GENERAL : — I received at a late...army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore,... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1866 - 920 pages
...midnight received the following communication from General Lee : 'APRILS, 1365. "GENERAL: I received .it a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday...this army, but as the restoration of peace should bo the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...received from Lee the following note :* " APRIL 8, 1865. " GENERAL : I received at a late hour your noto of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to...army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 586 pages
...letter : APBIL 8,1865. GENERAL—I received, at a late hour, your note of to-day. In mine of yeste»day, I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army...army ; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether yonr proposal* would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore,... | |
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I received at a late hour your note of today. 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 call for the... 
