The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-14

my Stll. HcIt ndS Dctn ilO TeIuAt
tion in the pursuit during its penden
, cy.
(Signed) U. s. GRANT,
Lieunant- G eneral.
APRIL I, 1865
General r. L. Lee, Commandin!
G. 5. A:
GENERAL: The result of the las
week must convince you of the hope
essncss of further resistance on th,
part of the army of Northern Virginit
in this struggle. / feel that it is SO
and regard it as my duty to shift from
mys IF the responsibility of any fur
ther effusion of blood, by asking o
you the surrender of that portion o
the Confederate States Army knowr
as tile Army Of Northern Virginia.
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
US. GRANT,
Commanding U. s. A
APRIL I. 1865.
| GENERAL: I have received your
note of this date. Though not en-
tirely of the opinion You express oI
the hopelessness of the further resis.
tance an the part of the army ol
Northern Virginia, / reciprocate your
desire to avoid useless effusion oil
blood, and, therefore, before consid.
ering your proposition, ask the terms
YOU will offer, on condition of its sur
render.
(Signed) r. +. Lee, General.
To Lieut. Gen. U. S. GRANT, CON-
manding Armies of the u. S.
APRIL, 1866.
/ General r. +. Lee, Commanding
c. s. A:
GENERAL: Your note of last eve.
ming in reply to mine of the same date
asking the conditions Oh which / will
accept the surrender of the army OF
Northern Virginia, is just received.
In reply, l will say that peace being
my first desire, there is but one con-
dition / insist upon, viz: that the men
surrendered shall be disqualified for
taking up arms against the Govern
IN ent of the United States until prop
erly exchanged. / will meet you, or
designate officers to meet any officers
you may name, for the purpose of ar.
ranging definitely the terms upon
which the surrender of army of North,
ern Virginia will be received.
Very respectfully,
your obedent servant,
U. S. GRANT,
Lieut.. Gen. Commanding u. S. A.
ArRIL s, 1855.
GENERAL: I received at late hour
your note of to-day in answer to mine
of yesterday l did not intend to
propose the 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; hut rs the restoration of
peace should be the sole object of all
| desire to know whether your pro
posals would tend to that end. !
would not, therefore, meet you with
view TO surrender the army of
Northern Virginia; but rs far rs your
proposition may affect the c. S. forces
under my command, and tend to the
restoration of peace, j should be
, ,p!eased 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,
your obedient servant,
II. +. LEE, General.
To Lieut.. Gen. GRANT, Commanding
Armies of u. S.
APRiI Q, 1865.
General r. E. LEE, Commanding
c. S. A.:
Your note Of yesterday is received.
AS ! have 40 authority to treat on the
subject of peace, the meeting pro
posed for 10 A. M. to day could not
lead to any good. l will state how
ever, General, that am equally anX-
ious for peace with yourself, and the
whole North entertain the same feel
ing. 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. Sincerely hoping
that our difficulties may be settled
without the loss of another life, i sub,
scribe myself,
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
u. S. GRANT,
Lieut.. Gen. U. S. A
WAR DEPARTMENT, ID. c.,
April 0, 1865.
To Lieut.. Gen. Grant:
Thanks be to Almighty God fol
the great victory with which He has
this day crowned you and the gallan
army under your command. The
thanks of this Department, oftheGov'
ernment and OF the people of thu
United States, their reverence ant