New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-10
VIRCINIA!.
LEE !. SURRENDERS!.
THE REBELLION ENDED |!
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
GEN. LEE DESTROYS or "PEACE. |"
Manly and Patriotic Letter from
General Grant.
The Rebel Leader Must Lay Down
"a"rI 4 His Arms. "a
lie Capitulates on Gen. Grants
r4las. Own Terms.
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The Rebel Leader Must Lay Down
"cn- Ilr fa His Arms.
lie ,Capituates on Gen. Grants
r.lrs. Own Terms. f
Tho Officers to be Paroled and Sent Home
OmciaE Dispatches.


f4-.sf WAR DEPARTMENT.
WARRINGTON. April g. les5, o'clock p m.
90 To Mgor-Gen. DIX, Ntn. York: This Depart
ment has received the official report Of the sur.
render this day of Gen. Lee and his army to
Lieut. Gen. Grant on the terms proposed by Gen.
Grant. ra .ursl j. -aft '5s- a.,
8 Details will be given az speedily as possible.
ar EDWIN NJ. STANTON, Secretary Of War.
~ HpqRs. ARMIES o. THE UNITED STATES
cole. aa. April 9. 1864 $50 p ms
Hon. EDWIN NJ. STANTON, Seeretary. Of War
Gen. Lee surrendered the army of Northern yir-
gnia this afternoon upon the terms proposed by
myself. The accompanying additional corrcspon-
&snce will show the conditions fully. -
o. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-GeBefal.
APRIL 9, 1865
GENERAL: received your note of this morning
on the pickctline, whittier had come to meet
you and ascertain definitely what terms were en-
braced in your proposition of yesterday with refer
snce to the surrender of this army. '
y Jnow request an interview in accordance with
the offer contained in your letter Of yssteday for
that purpose. Z
Very respectfully, your obdt servant, q
....s X. E. LEE, General.
To lLien.Gen. GkAsT, Commanding United
States Armies. e.t 8 ..r ,.
APRIL 9. 1865
rols
States Armies, Your note Of this date is but this
moment, II so 9. m, received ). VI
In consequence Of my having passed from the
Mchmond and Lynchburg Road to Che FarfnvDle
and Lynchburg Road, l am, at this writing, about
four miles west Of Walters Church, and will push
forward to the front for the purpose Of meeting
> you. n s..a .5s.4.s y I'd
Notice sent to me Oh this road where you wish
the interview to take place viii meet me.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
80 ~ q. s. GRANT, Lieutenant General,
APPoMArTox CorRrHousK, April g. lsSS
Gen. r. E. Lee Commanding c. 8. A. In &C.
eesdance with tho substance Of my letter to you OF
the 9th inst. propose to receive the surrender OF
the Army Of Northern Virginia, on the following
terms, TO wits sl8na1Il1
Rolls Of al the officers and men 70 be made in
duplicate one copy TO be given to an officer desig-
mated by me- the other to be retained by such off,
Gers O. you may designate.
The officers to give their individual paroles not
to take arms against the Government of the United
States until properly exchanged, and each company
or regmental commander sign hhe parole for the
men OF their commands. -'e y ~.
The arms, artillery, and public property to be
parked and stacked and turned over to the officers
appointed by me to receive them. gfaoYC,N l. q,
This will not embrace the side-ars Of the obi.
GERS, nor their private horses OF baggage.
- This done, each officer and man will be allowed
TO return to their homes, not TO be disturbed BY
}. United States authority 90 long ssthey observe
their parole and the laws in force where they may
r. reside. Very respectfully, m.
r-.r U. s. GRANT Lent General.
HDQRs. AEhY OF NORTHERN Vm0n1A Aprus ies1
a Liept.. q. 8. GRANT, Commanding U. SD
GsSxnAL: ! have received your letter Of this
= date, containing the terms Of surrender Of the
q Army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you.
As they are substantially the same as those sx-
pressed in your letter of the 9th inst they are
: cspted. viii proceed to designate the proper
officers to carry the stpulations into effect. ago
Very respectfully, your obsdient servant,
Nt- K. E. LEE, General.
- The following is the previous correspondence be-
tween Lieut..Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee referred to
10 the foregoing telegram to the Secretary Of Wars
CLIFTON HOUSE. Va Aprfs' 1909
Hon. EDWIN NJ. STANTON, Secretary Of VAR