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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 35: (search)
hority, and to carry out the above programme. The next day Sherman published an order to his troops, beginning: The general commanding announces to the army a suspension of hostilities, and an agreement with General Johnston and high officials, which, when formally ratified, will make peace from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. A messenger was instantly sent to convey these terms to Washington, under cover to Grant. The dispatches were received by the general-in-chief on the night of April 21st. He at once perceived that the terms were such as could not possibly be approved, and accordingly wrote the following note to the Secretary of War: I have received and just completed reading the dispatches brought by the 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 the whole cabinet. I would respectfully suggest whether the President should not be not
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Appendix to Chapter XXXV. (search)
fer. General Sherman to General Grant. Headquarters, military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 25, 1865. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, present: General: I had the honor to receive your letter of April 21st, with enclosures yesterday, and was well pleased that you came along, as you must have observed that I held the military control so as to adapt it to any phase the case might assume. It is but just I should record the fact, that I made my terman to Secretary Stanton. Headquarters, military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 25, 1865. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington: dear sir: I have been furnished a copy of your letter of April 21st to General Grant, signifying your disapproval of the terms on which General Johnston proposed to disarm and disperse the insurgents, on condition of amnesty, etc. I admit my folly in embracing in a military convention any civil matters; but, un