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Wade Hampton (search for this): chapter 17
ster-General at a consultation had between this member of Davis' Cabinet, his Secretary of War, Generals Johnston, and Wade Hampton, it would have made General Sherman's position most uncomfortable before the people. But in view of the services he hit to the Federal commander immediately. The letter, prepared in that way, was sent by me with all dispatch to Lieutenant-General Hampton, near Hillsboro, to be forwarded by him to General Sherman. It was delivered to the latter next day, the 14th,ustment, I requested him by telegraph to join me as soon as possible. General Breckinridge and Mr. Reagan came to General Hampton's quarters together an hour or two before daybreak. After they had received from me as full an account of the discaph, his approval of the terms of the Convention of the 17th and 18th, and, within an hour, a special messenger from General Hampton brought me two dispatches from General Sherman. In one of them he informed me that the Government of the United Sta
S. D. Lee (search for this): chapter 17
irtually the same as those extended by Grant to Lee, and special stress was laid upon the statementmond, and, following close, of the surrender of Lee. General Grant had captured the great army of te would extend the same terms given by Grant to Lee, and immediately writing General Grant that he grant the same terms as General Grant gave General Lee, and be careful not to complicate any pointhat he could not oppose my army, and that since Lee had surrendered he could do the same with honoreneral Grant, in accepting the surrender of General Lee's army, had extended the same principle to Davis' quarters at Charlotte, after the news of Lee's surrender was received: In a telegram dat he offered me such terms as those given to General Lee. I replied that our relative positions w army to surrender on the terms accepted by General Lee at Appomattox Court House. I propose, inst arrange these terms. The disbandment of General Lee's army has afflicted this country with band[4 more...]
Dick Taylor (search for this): chapter 17
if he could control other armies than his own. He said not then, but intimated that he could procure authority from Mr. Davis. I then told him that I had recently had an interview with General Grant and President Lincoln, and that I was possessed of their views. * * * * That the terms that General Grant had given to General Lee's army were certainly most generous and liberal. All this he admitted, but always recurred to the idea of a universal surrender, embracing his own army, that of Dick Taylor in Louisiana and Texas, and of Maury, Forrest, and others in Alabama and Georgia. * * * * Our conversation was very general and extremely cordial, satisfying me that it could have but one result, and that which we all desired, viz.: to end the war as quickly as possible; and, being anxious to return to Raleigh before the news of Mr. Lincoln's assassination could be divulged, on General Johnston's saying that he thought that, during the night, he could procure authority to act in the na
J. M. Schofield (search for this): chapter 17
vening of the 17th and morning of the 18th, I saw nearly all the general officers of the army (Schofield, Slocum, Howard, Logan, Blair), and we talked over the matter of the conference at Bennett's hbsequent meeting, and after a protracted discussion, final terms of surrender, drawn up by General Schofield, not by General Sherman, were agreed upon, approved by General Grant, and forwarded to Wasnd clearly covers the whole case. All of North Carolina was in my immediate command, with General Schofield its department commander, and his army present with me. I never asked the truce to have efclearly enough, viz.: Such part of North Carolina as was not occupied by the command of Major-General Schofield. He could not pursue and cut off Johnston's retreat toward Saulsbury and Charlotte witut hesitation agreed to, and we executed the final terms. But even these were drawn up by General Schofield, and this officer, during the subsequent absence of General Sherman, also made supplementa
Napoleon (search for this): chapter 17
mmanded were concerned, he offered me such terms as those given to General Lee. I replied that our relative positions were too different from those of the armies in Virginia to justify me in such a capitulation, but suggested that we might do more than he proposed; that, instead of a partial suspension of hostilities, we might, as other generals had done, arrange the terms of a permanent peace, and among other precedents reminded him of the preliminaries of Loeben, and the terms in which Napoleon, then victorious, proposed negotiation to the Archduke Charles, and the sentiment he expressed, that the civic crown earned by preserving the life of one citizen, confers truer glory than the highest achievement merely military. General Sherman replied, with heightened color, that he appreciated such a sentiment, and that to put an end to further devastation and bloodshed, and restore the Union, and with it the prosperity of the country, were to him objects of ambition. We then entered
W. T. Sherman (search for this): chapter 17
nown first at the North. It was given out at Sherman's Headquarters that the terms granted Johnstoe military character of the belligerents, General Sherman was willing, in order to stop the furthernear Hillsboro, to be forwarded by him to General Sherman. It was delivered to the latter next dayon to the authority of the United States. General Sherman seemed to regard the resolutions of Congrorandum drawn up on the 18th, except that General Sherman did not consent to include Mr. Davis and or ratification. These statements of General Sherman and Mr. Davis correspond with those made Johnston. By comparing the accounts of Generals Sherman and Johnston, it will appear that the ford to the Confederate Government at once. General Sherman's dispatch, expressing his agreement to aril Lieutenant-General Grant notified me that Sherman's arrangements had been disapproved and orderfficers were under the nominal command of General Sherman, yet after he left Atlanta, they received[95 more...]
J. P. Benjamin (search for this): chapter 17
were a burden car, near, and in sight of those of the President. The General and myself were summoned to the President's office in an hour or two, and found Messrs. Benjamin, Mallory, and Reagan with him. We had supposed that we were to be questioned concerning the military resources of our department, in connection with the quesquestion. General Breckinridge, Mr. Mallory, and Mr. Reagan, thought that the war was decided against us; and that it was absolutely necessary to make peace. Mr. Benjamin expressed the contrary opinion. The latter made a speech for war, much like that of Sempronius in Addison's play. The President replied to our suggestion as from us in regard to it, and leaves it subject to the Constitution and Laws of the United States and of the several States just as it was before the war. Mr. Benjamin, Secretary of State, summed up the terms as follows: The Military Convention made between General Johnston and General Sherman is, in substance, an agreeme
Forrest (search for this): chapter 17
He said not then, but intimated that he could procure authority from Mr. Davis. I then told him that I had recently had an interview with General Grant and President Lincoln, and that I was possessed of their views. * * * * That the terms that General Grant had given to General Lee's army were certainly most generous and liberal. All this he admitted, but always recurred to the idea of a universal surrender, embracing his own army, that of Dick Taylor in Louisiana and Texas, and of Maury, Forrest, and others in Alabama and Georgia. * * * * Our conversation was very general and extremely cordial, satisfying me that it could have but one result, and that which we all desired, viz.: to end the war as quickly as possible; and, being anxious to return to Raleigh before the news of Mr. Lincoln's assassination could be divulged, on General Johnston's saying that he thought that, during the night, he could procure authority to act in the name of all the Confederate armies in existence, w
Wright (search for this): chapter 17
ers No. 1.) Four days later, April 26th, he reports to the Secretary that he has ordered Generals Mead, Sheridan, and Wright to invade that part of North Carolina which was occupied by my command, and pay no regard to any truce or orders of mine.sboro, precisely as I did move them, there to await his further orders. My instructions to Generals Meade, Sheridan, and Wright were just such instructions as General Grant had directed me to give. The offense, or whatever he may please to call it,cumstances, justified in stopping the movements of my troops, even by destroying the commands of General Sheridan and General Wright, the responsbility of this sacrifice of human life must have rested either upon General Sherman or upon General Grantbel sources. 4th. The burthen of General Sherman's complaint on this subject is, that I ordered Generals Sheridan and Wright to push forward their troops as directed by General Grant, regardless of any orders from any one except General Grant.
Bennett (search for this): chapter 17
e proposed to General Sherman another armistice and conference for that purpose, suggesting as a basis, the clause of the recent convention relating to the army. This was reported to the Confederate Government at once. General Sherman's dispatch, expressing his agreement to a conference, was received soon after sunrise on the 26th; and I set out for the former place of meeting, as soon as practicable, after announcing to the Administration that I was about to do so. We met at noon in Mr. Bennett's house as before. I found General Sherman, as he appeared in our previous conversation, anxious to prevent further bloodshed, so we agreed without difficulty upon terms putting an end to the war within the limits of our commands which happened to be co-extensive-terms which we expected to produce a general pacification. As will be remembered, Mr. Stanton caused to be made public the following among others, as the grounds upon which the original terms were rejected: First—It w
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