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, and to carry out the above programme. W. T. Sherman, Major-General, Commanding Army of the United States in North Carolina. J. E. Johnston, General, Commanding Confederate States Army in North Carolina. War Department, Washington City, April 21, 1865. Lieutenant-General Grant: 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,y to the headquarters of Major-General Sherman, and direct operations against the enemy. Yours truly, Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. General Grant to General Sherman. Headquarters, armies of the United States, Washington, D. C., April 21, 1865. Major-General W. T. Sherman, commanding Military Division of the Mississippi: 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 aut