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" Having defended this position as long as I deem my duty requires, I am willing to surrender to you, and will appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by yourself, at 9 o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing... "
The Third Massachusetts Cavalry in the War for the Union - Page 327
by James Kendall Ewer - 1903 - 452 pages
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The Rebellion Record: June '63-Nov. '63

Frank Moore - 1864 - 868 pages
...will appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by yourself at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing upon and drawing up the tenns of the surrender, and for that purpose I ask for a cessation of hostilities. AVill you please...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of War

United States. War Department - 1863 - 528 pages
...appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by yourself, at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing...hostilities. Will you please designate a point outside my breastworks where the meeting shall be held for this purpose? . I am, general, very respectfully,...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 6

Frank Moore - 1864 - 870 pages
...will appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by yourself at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing upon and drawing up the terms of the surrender, and for that purpose I ask for a cessation of hostilities. Will you please designate...
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The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...

1864 - 878 pages
...yon will appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by me, at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing upon and drawing up the terms of the surrender. In replr, I have the honor to state that I have designated brig. -Gen. Charles P. Stone,...
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THE AMERICAN ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA

1864 - 878 pages
...you will appoint a commission of three officer* to meet a similar commission appointed by me, at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing upon and drawing up the terms of the surrender. In reply, I have the honor to state that I have designated Brig.-Gen. Charl* P. Stone,...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 30

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1865 - 834 pages
...prolonging the contest. General Gardner accordingly sent back a reply coached in the following term! : "Having defended this position as long as I deem my...that purpose I ask for a cessation of hostilities." The commissioners immediately met, and the articles of capitulation were signed, by which the fortress...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 30

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1865 - 836 pages
...prolonging the contest. General Gardner accordingly sent back a reply couched in the following terms : "Having defended this position as long as I deem my...agreeing upon and drawing up the terms of surrender, find for that purpose I ask for a cessation of hostilities." The commissioners immediately met, and...
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The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States. With ...

William Jewett Tenney - 1865 - 886 pages
...you wilt appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by me, at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing upon and drawing up the terms of the surrender. In reply, I hare the honor to state that I have designated Briz.-Gen. Charles P. Stone,...
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The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States. With ...

William Jewett Tenney - 1865 - 884 pages
...you will appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similar commission appointed by me, at nine o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing upon and drawing up the terms of the surrender. In reply, I bare the honor to state that I have designated Brig.-Gen. Charles P. Stone,...
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The Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, from His Boyhood to the ...

Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 794 pages
...appoint a commission of three officers to meet a similiar commission appointed by yourself, at nino o'clock this morning, for the purpose of agreeing...the terms of surrender, and for that purpose I ask a cessation of hostilities. Will you please designate a place outside of my breastworks where the meeting...
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