Sunday, May 11, 2014

General Robert E. Lee to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, April 9, 1865

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
April 9, 1865.
Lieut. Gen. U.S. GRANT,
Commanding Armies of the United States:

GENERAL: I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
 R. E. LEE,
General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 666

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