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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 77 77 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 61 61 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 40 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 36 36 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 33 33 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 31 31 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 27 27 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 26 26 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 23 23 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 20 20 Browse Search
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had given Lee the choice of surrendering or receiving the shock of the whole Union army. The actual correspondence in relation to the surrender was, in brief, as follows: At Farmville, the 7th, Grant wrote, asking the surrender of Lee's army. The same night Lee wrote asking the terms of surrender. To this Grant immediately replied, stating generally the terms, and proposing to designate officers to meet Rebel officers named by Lee, to arrange definite terms of surrender. On the 8th, still flying as he wrote, Lee sent a note, stating that he did not think the emergency had arisen to call for the surrender of his army but was ready to consider proposals tending to a restoration of peace, and appointed a meeting with Grant to that end. Grant answered this on the morning of April 9th, stating that lie had no authority to treat on the subject of peace, but that the South would hasten the end by laying down their arms, and closed by hoping that all our difficulties may be