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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Introduction. (search)
any were the wild words which we spoke as we stood around him. Said one, Oh! General, what will history say of the surrender of the army in the field? He replied, Yes, I know they will say hard things of us; they will not understand how we were overwhelmed by numbers; but that is not the question, Colonel. The question is, is it right to surrender this army? If it is right, then I will take all the responsibility. Remarks at the Lee Memorial Meeting, held in Richmond, Virginia, November 3, 1870.—Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume, pages 19-20. The following letter, written the previous day, was now sent to General Grant: April 8TH. General,—I received at a late hour your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I 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 b