Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Edwin M. Stanton, April 9, 1865 – 4:30 p.m.

Head-quarters Armies Of The United states,         

April 9, 1865—4:30 P. M.

Hon. Edwin M. Stanton,

Secretary of War:

General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia this afternoon upon the terms proposed by myself. The accompanying additional correspondence will show the conditions fully.^†

U. S. Grant,     
Lieutenant-General.

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^† See Lee to Grant (beginning, “I received your note of this morning.”), p. 664; Grant to Lee (beginning, “Your note of this date”), p. 665; Grant to Lee (beginning, “In accordance with ”), p. 665, and Lee to Grant (beginning, “I have received your letter”), p. 666.

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. 663