Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Grant” in chapter 1.36 of Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government:
...ioners to agree upon terms of capitulation, he replied:
No terms, except unconditional and immediate surrender, can be accepted.
When General Lee asked the same question, on April 9, 1865, General Grant replied:
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 thoussands of human lives and hundreds...
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