AKMY OPERATIONS. 



sued until 9 A. M., when a flag of truce appeared 

 in front of his line, with the information that 

 hostilities had been suspended, in order to 

 arrange terms of surrender. At this time Gen. 

 Hancock was advancing, having left Winches- 

 ter on April 4th, with a strong column, and 

 moved up the Shenandoah valley for Lynch- 

 burg. Gen. Stoneman had already reached 

 Boone, in North Carolina, in his march from 

 East Tennessee, and would have aided in the 

 capture of Gen. Lee's army if it had not sur- 

 rendered. Gen. Sherman was also rapidly 

 moving on Gen. Johnston in North Carolina, 

 and cut off all possibility of his ultimately 

 rendering any assistance to Gen. Lee. 



The letter of Gen. Grant, addressed to Gen. 

 Lee on the 7th, as above mentioned, was as 

 follows : 



April T. 

 General R. E. Lee, Commander Confederate States 



Armies: 



GENERAL : The result of the last week must con- 

 vince 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 sur- 

 render of that portion of the C. S. army known as 

 the Army of Northern Virginia. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



tJ. S. GRANT, 

 Lieute-Gen. Commanding Armies of the U. States. 



To this note Gen. Lee replied as follows : 



April 7. 

 To Lieut. -Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of 



the United States : 



GENERAL : I have received your note of this date. 

 Though not entirely of the opinion you express of 

 the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of 

 the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your 

 desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and there- 

 fore, before considering your proposition, ask the 

 terms you will offer, on condition of its surrender. 

 R. E. LEE, General. 



The following correspondence then ensued : 



April & 



To Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States 

 Army : 



GENERAL : Your note of last evening, in reply to 

 mine of same date, asking the conditions on which I 

 will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern 

 Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say, 

 that peace being my first desire, there is but one 

 condition that I insist upon, viz. : 



That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for 

 taking up arms against the Government ot the United 

 States until properly exchanged. 



I will meet you, or designate officers to meet any 

 officers you may name for the same purpose, at any 



oint agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging 

 efinitely the terms upon which the surrender of the 

 Army of Northern Virginia will be received. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



U. S. GRANT, 

 Lieut-Gfcn. Commanding Armies of the U. States. 



April8. 

 To Lieut.. Gen. Grant, Commanding Armies of the 



United States : 



GENERAL : I received at a late hour your note of to- 

 day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend 

 to propone the surrender of the Army of Northern Vir- 

 ginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To 

 be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to 

 call for the surrender. But as the restoration of 



peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to 

 know whether your proposals would tend to that end. 

 I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to sur- 

 render the Army of Northern Virginia, but so far as 

 your proposition may affect the Confederate States 

 forces under my command, and lead to the resto- 

 ration of peace, I should be pleased to meet you at 

 10 A. M. to-morrow, on the old stage-road to Rich- 

 mond, between the picket lines of the two armies. 



Very respetfully, your obedient servant, 

 R. E. LEE, General Confederate States Armies. 



GEN. GRANT TO GEN. LEE. 



April 9. 

 Gen. R. E. Lee, Comma* g Confederate States Armies ; 



GENERAL : Your note of yesterday is received. 

 As I have no authority to treat on the subject of 

 peace, the meeting proposed for 10 A. M. to-day, 

 could lead to no good. I will state, however, Gen- 

 eral, that I am equally anxious for peace with your- 

 self; and the whole North entertain the same feeling. 

 The terms upon which peace can be had are well un- 

 derstood. By the South laying down their arms 

 they will hasten that most desirable event, save 

 thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions 

 of property not yet destroyed. 



Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be 

 settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe 

 myself, Very respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 

 U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-Gen. U. S. A. 



GEN. LEE TO GEN. GRANT. 



April 9, 1865. 



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 proposition 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. 

 To Lieut.-Gen. Grant, Commanding U. S. Armies. 



GEN. GRANT TO GEN. LEE. 



April 9. 



Gen. R. E. Lee, Comma* g Confederate States Armies .' 

 Your note of this date is but this moment (11:50 

 A. M.) received. In consequence of my having 

 passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg road to 

 the Farmville and Lynchburg road, I am at this 

 writing about four miles west of Walter's Church, 

 and wul push forward to the front for the purpose 

 of meeting you. 



Notice sent to me on this road where you wish the 

 interview to take place will meet me. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



. U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-Gen. 



THE TEEMS 



APPOMATTOX COTIBT HOUSE, April 9. 

 Gen. R. E. Lee, Comma* g Confederate States Armies ; 



In accordance with the substance of my letter to you 

 of the 8th instant, I propose to receive the surrender 

 of tne Army of Northern Virginia on the following 

 terms, to wit: 



Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in 

 duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer desig- 

 nated by me, the other to be retained by such offi- 

 cers as you may designate. . 



The officers to give their individual paroles not to 

 take arms against the United States until properly 

 exchanged, and each company or regimental com- 

 mander sign a like parole for the men of their com- 

 mands. 



The arms, artillery, and public property to be 

 packed and stacked, and turned over to the officers 

 appointed by me to receive them. This will not em- 

 brace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private 

 horses or baggage. 



