Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-04-14
LEE sURRENDERs.
CORRESPONDENTS OF GRANT AND LIE

| surrendered the Army of Northern Virgin;
this afternoon upon terms proposed by myself
The accompanying additional correspondence
will show the conditions fully.
q. S. GRANT, Lieut.. .-Gen.
CORRESPONDENTS.
Clifton House, Va, April 9-HOp. f. Stan.
ton: The following correspondence has taken
place between Gen. Lee and myself. There
has been relaxation in the pursuit during its
pendency. u. S. GRANT, Lieut..
April T. To Gen. r. f. Lee, Commanding dc:
GENERAL: TheIresult of the last week must have
convinced you of the hOpelessness Of further
resistance ON the part the of Army Of Northern
Virginia in this struggle. | 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.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
u. S. GRANT,
Lieut.. Gen. Commanding, DC
April I, I865.-GENERAL: have received
yOurinOte of this date though not entirely OF
the opinion you express of the hOpelessness Of
further resistance on the part of the Army Of
Northern Virginia l reciprocate your desire
TO avoid the useless efusion of blood, and there
fore, before considering your proposition, ask
the terms you will offer on condition of its sur
render. r. +. LEE, General.
To Lieutenant General q. s. Grant, DC.
April 8, lS65-Ge, r. E. Lee, Commanding.
de- GENERAL-Your note of last evening in
reply to mine of the same day, asking on what
conditions ! will accept the surrender of the
Army of Northern Virginia, is received. In
reply, / will say that peace being my first de-
sire, there is but one condition that insist up
on-that the men surrendered shall be disqual-
flied for taking up arms against the United
States till properly exchanged. | will meet
you or designate officers to meet any officers
you may name for the same purpose, of arrang-
ing definitely the terms upon which the sur
render of the Army of Northern Virginia will
be received. Very respectfully,
Your Ob't serv't
U. S. GRANT
Lieut.. Gen. Comd'g Armies of the U. S.
April 6, I865.-GENERAL: | received at a
late hour, your note of to-day in answer TO mine
of Yesterday 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 surrender; but as the restoration
of peace should be the sole object of all, de-
sire to know whether your proposals would
tend to that end. | cannot therefore meet you
with view to surrender the Army of North
ern Virginia. gbut as far as your proposition may
effect the Confederate States Army forces un-
der my command, and tend 10 the restoration
of peace, l should he pleased to meet you at
10 A. NJ. To- morrow, on the old stage road to
Richmond, between the picket lines of the two
armies. Very respectfully, DC,
R.E.LEE,
To Lieutenant General Grant.
April 80 Gen r. Z. Lee, Commanding
C. s. A: GENERAL-Y our Dote of yesterday, is
received As | have no authority TO treat on
the subject of peace the meeting proposed for
10 a. W., to- day, could lead TO no good. will
state however; General, that / am equally as an
xious for peace with yourself, and the whole
North entertain the same feeling. The terms
upon which peace can be bad aIe well under
stood by the South. BY laying down their
arms they will hasten that most desirable
event save thousands of human lives and hun
dreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may
be settled without the loss of another life SUBJ
scribe myself Very respectfully, DC,
u. S. GRANT, Lieut.. Gen.
April ., S65.-GENEAL: received your note
of this morning on the picket line, whittier |
had come to meet you and ascertain definitely
what terms were embraced in your proposition
of yesterday with reference to the surrender of
this army. now request an interview, in ac-
cordance with the offer contained in your let
ter of yesterday for that purpose.
Very respectfully, DC,
r. E. LEE, General
TO Lieut.. Gen. Grant, Commanding, &c.
April 3, 1865 Gen. R h. Lee, Comntar,di,aq
C. S. A.: Your note of this date is but this mo-
ment 80 a. M received. In consequent
of my having passed from the Richmond and
Road. l am at this writing about
four miles west of Waters Church, and will
push forward to the front for the purpose of
meeting you. Notice sent TO me on this road
where you wish the interview to take place,
will meet me.
Very respectfully, DC,
U. S. GRANT, 1t. Gen.
Appomattox Court House, April 9, IS65.-To
Gen. h. T. Lee, Commanding G. S. H.: In ac-
cOrdance with the substance of my letter to you
of the Sth inst, propose TO receive the surren-
der of the Army of Northern Virginia on the
following terms, TO wit:
Rolls of all officers and men to be made in
duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer
to be designated by me, the other to be retain
ed by such officer as you may designate. The
officers are TO give their individual paroles not
to take up arms against the Government of the
United States until properly exchanged, and
each company or reg mental commander to sign
a like parole for the men of their commands
The arms, artillery. and public property to be
parked and stacked, and turned over to the Off
GERS appointed by me to receive them. This
will not embrace the side-arms of the officers,
nor their private horses or baggage. This done,
each officer and man will be allowed to return
to their homes, not to be disturbed by the Uni
ted States authority so long as they observe
their parole and the laws where they may reside
Very respectfully,
U. S. GRANT, Lit. Gen.
Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia
April 8, I665.-LieutenGRt General u. S. Grant
Commanding, de-: GENERAL-I have received
your letter of this date, containing terms of sur
render 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 inst, THEY ARE ACCEPTED.
| will proceed to designate the proper officers
to carry the stipulations into effect.
Respectfully, your obedient servant
r. Z. LEE, General.
War Department, Washington. April g. 9:3O
p. m.-IO Lieutenant General Grant: Thanks
be to Almighty God, for the great victory with
which He has this day crowned you and the
gallant armies under your command. The
thanks OF this Department, and of the Govern
ment, and of the people of the United States. and
their reverence and honor, have been deserved.
and will be rendered TO you and the brave sol
diers and gallant officers of your army, for all
time. Z. NJ. STANTON, Sec'y of War.
War Department, Washington, April 9. $40
p.m.-Ordered, That salute of 900 guns be fred
at the headquarters of the Army and Navy De-
partment, and at every post and arsenal in the
United States, and at the Military Academy at
West Point on the day oftbe reception of this
order, IN cOmmemoration of the surrender of
Gen. r. +. Lee and the Army of Northern Vir
GINA, TO Lieutenant General Grant and the ar
mics under his command. report of the re-
ceipt and execution of this order to be made to
the Adjutant- General, at Washington
Z. NJ STANTON, Sec'y of War
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