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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Appendix to Chapter XXXV. (search)
al Stoneman is under my command, and my order will suspend any devastation or destruction contemplated by him. I will add that I really desire to save the people of North Carolina the damage they would sustain by the march of this army through the central or western parts of the state. I am, with respect, your obedient servant, W. T. Sherman, Major-General. General Sherman to General Grant. Headquarters, military division of the Mississippi, in the field, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 18, 1865. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, or Major-General Halleck, Washington, D. C.: General: I enclose herewith a copy of an agreement made this day between General Joseph E. Johnston and myself, which, if approved by the President of the United States, will produce peace from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. Mr. Breckenridge was present at our conference, in the capacity of major-general, and satisfied me of the ability of General Johnston to carry out to their full extent the terms of this