...the current business may be transacted here."61 On Friday, Grant sent a message to Lee saying, "The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia."62 Lee received Grant's message but continued his drive toward Appomattox Court House. He...

...General, I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, & therefore, before considering your...

...Army of Northern Virginia. Lee responded that, " 'though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia (General Lee's army), I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore,...

..."GENERAL: — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of bUxxl, and therefore, before considering your...

...hopeless, I addressed him the following communication from Farmville; "April!, 1865. "GENERAL;— The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. 1 feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further...

...wrote to Grant: "I have reed your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of N. Va.— I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, & therefore before considering...

...passed, Grant went inside and wrote a formal letter to General Lee suggesring he surrender. "The results of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Vitginia in this struggle," wrote Grant. "I feel it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself...

...GENERAL, — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining 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 the useless effusion of blood, and therefore before considering...

...Northern Virginia.6Lee had replied that evening that: "Though not entertaining 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 asked Grant's terms.61 Further correspondence...

...thingbe pressed." On this day Grant opened a correspondence with the embattled Confederate chief. 'The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness...further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Va. in this struggle," declared Grant. "I feel that it is so and regard it as my duty to shift from...