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April | 2015 | Grant in Wartime
“Every effort should now be made to induce all armed bands of men … to come in and surrender”
Posted on April 30, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	I wrote Gen. Thomas,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 30, 1865-1 p.m.
Every effort should now be made to induce all armed bands of men in Tennessee, Alabama, and every where in each of your commands to come in and surrender their arms on the terms made by Lee and Johnston. Send out under flag of truce a summons to all bands you know of and report here the course you pursue. Make every effort to obtain intelligence of Jeff. Davis’ movements in the South, and spare no pains in setting an expedition on foot to catch him if he should be heard from.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 441
O.R., I, xlix, part 2, p 522
Posted in Uncategorized	“It is probable Davis and his cabinet will try to cross.”
Posted on April 30, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	I have received intelligence that Confederate President Davis may attempt to cross the Mississippi at Vicksburg on his way presumably to Mexico. I wrote Gen. Dana,
WASHINGTON, April 30, 1865 – 1 p. m.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 437
O.R., I, xlviii, part 2, p 248
Posted in Uncategorized	“I certainly shall be able to go home within a few days”
Posted on April 29, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	I just returned to Washington from Raleigh. I hopefully will be able to see Julia and the children soon. I wrote her,
Washington Apl. 29th 1865
I have just returned after a pleasant trip to Raleigh N. C. where Gn, Sherman succeeded in bringing Johnston to terms which are perfectly satisfactory to me and I hope will be well received by the country, I have not yet been able to look over the papers to see what has transpired in my absence. As your letters have been forwarded to Raleigh I do not know whether you have moved yet or are talking of doing so. I certainly shall be able to go home within a few days but before doing so some orders looking to the reduction of the Army, and expenses of the Nation generally, must be attended to.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 436-7
Posted in Uncategorized	“General Johnston surrendered … on the basis agreed upon between General Lee and myself”
Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	After my arrival, Gen. Sherman offered Johnston the same terms which Lee accepted. Johnston accepted those terms as well. I wrote Gen. Halleck,
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 434
O.R., I, xlvii, part 3, p 312
Posted in Uncategorized	Stanton: “The arrangement between Sherman and Johnston meets with universal disapprobation”
Posted on April 25, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	I reached Raleigh yesterday and immediately spoke with Gen. Sherman. I relayed the details of our conversation to Sec. Stanton.
RALEIGH, N. C., April 24, 1865-9 a. m.
Hon EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War:
SIR: I reached here this morning, and delivered to General Sherman the reply to his negotiations with Johnston. He was not surprised, but rather expected their rejection. Word was immediately sent to Johnston terminating the truce, and information that civil matters could not be entertained in any convection between army commanders. General Sherman has been guided in his negotiations with Johnston entirely by what he though was precedent authorized by the President. He had before him the terms given by me to Lee’s army and the call of the rebel legislature of Virginia, authorized by Weitzel, as he supposed with the sanction of the President and myself. At the time of the agreement General Sherman did not know of the withdrawal of authority for the meeting of that legislature. The moment he learned through the papers that authority for the meeting had been withdrawn he communicated the fact to Johnston as having bearing on the negotiations had.
Today, Sec. Stanton wrote back,
Washington City, April 25, 1865-10. 50 a. m.
Raleigh, or Headquarters in North Carolina:
Your dispatch received. The arrangement between Sherman and Johnston meets with universal disapprobation. No one of any class or shade of opinion approves it. I have not known as much surprise and discontent at anything that has happened during the war. No military news of importance has transpired since your departure. Hancock is here. Booth is still at large. Let me hear from you as frequently as possible. The hope of the country is that you may repair the misfortune occasioned by Sherman’s negotiations.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 431-2
O.R., I, xlvii, part 3, p 293, 301-2
Posted in Uncategorized	“The truce entered into by General Sherman will be ended as soon as I can reach Raleigh”
Posted on April 22, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	Sec. Stanton has ordered me to Raleigh to take personal command of forces there in the wake of the peace terms agreed to by Gen. Sherman. I wrote Gen. Halleck,
FORT MONROE, April 22, 1865-4 p. m.
The truce entered into by General Sherman will be ended as soon as I can reach Raleigh. Move Sheridan with his cavalry toward Greensborough as soon as possible. I think it will be well to send one corps of infantry with the cavalry. The infantry need not go farther than Danville unless they receive orders hereafter.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 430
O.R., I, xlvi, part 3, p 888
Posted in Uncategorized	“I read it carefully myself … and felt satisfied that it could not possibly be approved”
Posted on April 21, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	With the rejection of Sherman’s terms by the President, I wrote him to resume hostilities.
Washington, D. C., April 21, 1865.
GENERAL: The basis of agreement entered into between yourself and General J. E. Johnston for the disbandment of the Southern army and the extension of the authority of the General Government over all the territory belonging to it, sent for the approval of the President, is received.
I read it carefully myself before submitting it to the President and Secretary of War and felt satisfied that it could not possibly be approved. My reasons for these views I will give you at another time in a more extended letter.
Your agreement touches upon questions of such vital importance that as soon as read I addressed a note to the Secretary of War notifying him of their receipt and the importance of immediate action by the president, and suggested in view of their importance that the entire cabinet be called together that all might give an expression of their opinions upon the matter. The result was a disapproval of the negotiations altogether, except for the surrender of the army commanded by General Johnston, and directions to me to notify you of this decision. I cannot do so better than by sending you the inclosed copy of a dispatch (penned by the late President, through signed by the Secretary of War) in answer to me on sending a letter received from General Lee proposing to meet me for the purpose of submitting the question of peace to a convention of officers.
Please notify General Johnston immediately on receipt of this of the termination of the truce and resume hostilities against his army at the earliest moment you can, acting in good faith.
The rebels known well the terms on which they can have peace and just when negotiations can commence, namely, when they lay down their arms and submit to the laws of the United States. Mr. Lincoln gave the full assurances of what he would do, I believe, in his conference with commissioners met in Hampton Roads.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 424-5
O.R., I, xlvii, part 3, p 263-4
Posted in Uncategorized	Stanton: “You will give notice of the disapproval to General Sherman and direct him to resume hostilities”
Posted on April 21, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	I received a response from Sec. Stanton,
Washington City, April 21, 1865.
GENERAL: The memorandum or basis agreed upon between General Sherman and General Johnston having been submitted to the President, they are disapproved. You will give notice of the disapproval to General Sherman and direct him to resume hostilities at the earliest moment. The instructions given to you by the late President Abraham Lincoln on the 3rd of March by my telegraph of that date, addressed to you, express substantially the views of President Andrew Johnson and will be observed by General Sherman. A copy is herewith appended. The President desires that you proceed immediately to the headquarters of General Sherman and direct operations against the enemy.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 423-4
O.R., I, xlvii, part 3, p 263
Posted in Uncategorized	“They are of such importance that I think immediate action should be taken on them”
Posted on April 21, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	The agreement between Sherman and Johnston goes well beyond the terms agreed between Gen. Lee and myself. They touch on civil matters that exceed Gen. Sherman’s authority. I forwarded the agreement to Sec. Stanton immediately,
I have received and just completed reading the dispatches borough by special messenger from General Sherman. They are of such importance that I think immediate action should be taken on them and that it should be done by the President in council with his whole cabinet. I would respectfully suggest whether the President should not be notified and all his cabinet, and the meeting take place to-night.
The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 14, p 423
Posted in Uncategorized	Sherman “I enclose herewith a copy of an agreement made this day between General Joseph E. Johnston and myself”
Posted on April 21, 2015 by Ulysses S Grant	Johnston has finally surrendered to Gen. Sherman. He wrote Gen. Halleck,