Friday, February 2, 2018

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

APRIL 9, 1865.
Lieut. Gen. U.S. GRANT,
Commanding U.S. Armies:

GENERAL: I received your note of this morning on the picket-line, whither I had come to meet you and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposal of yesterday with reference to the surrender of this army. I now request an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.

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. 664

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