APRIL 8, 1865.
Lieutenant-General GRANT,
Commanding Armies of the United States:
GENERAL: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In
mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of
Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do
not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army; but
as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know
whether your proposals would lead to that end. I cannot, therefore, meet you
with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia; but as far as your
proposal may affect the C. S. forces under my command, and tend to the
restoration of peace, I should be pleased to meet you at 10 a.m. to-morrow, on
the old stage road to Richmond, between the picket-lines of the two armies.
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. 641
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