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William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 17: (search)
e terms as follows: The Military Convention made between General Johnston and General Sherman is, in substance, an agreement that if the Confederate States will cease to wage war for the purpose of establishing a separate government, the United States will receive the several States back into the Union, with their State Governments unimpaired, with all their Constitutional rights recognized, with protection for the persons and property of the people, and with a general amnesty. Mr. George Davis, Attorney-General, wrote: Taken as a whole, the convention amounts to this, that the States of the Confederacy shall re-enter the old Union upon the same footing on which they stood before seceding from it. In the light of these opinions, how unjust does General Sherman's attack upon the memory of Secretary Stanton appear! General Sherman relates that at the first meeting with Johnston, after the rejection of these terms, the latter, without hesitation agreed to, and we exec
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 18: (search)
ople from the horrors of war and anarchy. I therefore respectfully advise that upon the ratification of the convention by the Executive of the United States, you issue your proclamation, plainly setting forth the circumstances which have induced you to assent to the terms proposed, disbanding the armies of the Confederacy, resigning your office as chief magistrate, and recommending to the people of the States that they assemble in convention and carry into effect the terms agreed on. George Davis. Views of Mr. Breckinridge, Secretary of War: Charlotte, N. C., April 23, 1866. To His Excellency the President. Sir: In obedience to your request I have the honor to submit my advice as to the course you should take upon the memorandum or basis of agreement made on the 18th inst. by and between General J. E. Johnston, of the Confederate States Army, and Major-General W. T. Sherman, of the United States Army, provided that paper shall receive the approval of the Governm