Friday, February 2, 2018

Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Edwin M. Stanton, April 8, 1865 – 12 p.m.

FARMVILLE, VA., April 8, 1865 12 m.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:

The enemy so far have been pushed from the road toward Danville, and are now pursued toward Lynchburg. I feel very confident of receiving the surrender of Lee and what remains of his army to-morrow.

U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-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. 640

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