HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF
THE UNITED STATES,
April 7, 1865
– 5 p.m.
General R. E. LEE,
Commanding C. S. Army:
GENERAL: The result of the last week must convince you of
the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern
Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to
shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking
of you the surrender of that portion of the C. S. Army known as the Army
ofNorthern Virginia.
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General, Commanding Armies of the
United States.
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. 619
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