America,
I am deeply confused at this moment. I was enjoying this wonderful play at Ford’s Theater. It was during the third act when everything went black…
Do not mourn for me.
America will live on, through “the universal liberty of mankind.”
~The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln by Benjamin P. Thomas pg 546, 547, 549
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Surrender at Appomattox: the War is over!
My fellow countrymen,
The Confederates have surrenderd!
Earlier I received a message from General Grant talking about Lee's position: "If the thing is pressed, I think that Lee will surrender."
I sent a message back: "Let the thing be pressed."
I went back to the White House to find Secretary Seward. Poor man fell from his carriage. He said to me, "You are back from Richmond."
I said "Yes, and I think we are near the end at last."
General Grant had captured Petersburg and Richmond from General Robert E. Lee. After a series of messages I will not disclose at this moment were transacted between Grant and Lee, talks of surrender were inevitable. Lee agreed to meet Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia April 9th, 1865.
I have received a telegram from General Grant: "General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia this morning on terms proposed by myself. The accompanying additional correspondence will show the conditions full."
Before I depart, I will like to express some words to the south. Secession should no longer be an issue. I ask that all people forgive and reconcile their differences and come back as one; although, in a sense, I can say the Union has always been intact.
~Honest Abe
The Civil War Battlefield Guide pg 282-285
Abraham Lincoln by Thomas, Benjamin P. pg 540 & 542
The Confederates have surrenderd!
Earlier I received a message from General Grant talking about Lee's position: "If the thing is pressed, I think that Lee will surrender."
I sent a message back: "Let the thing be pressed."
I went back to the White House to find Secretary Seward. Poor man fell from his carriage. He said to me, "You are back from Richmond."
I said "Yes, and I think we are near the end at last."
General Grant had captured Petersburg and Richmond from General Robert E. Lee. After a series of messages I will not disclose at this moment were transacted between Grant and Lee, talks of surrender were inevitable. Lee agreed to meet Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia April 9th, 1865.
I have received a telegram from General Grant: "General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia this morning on terms proposed by myself. The accompanying additional correspondence will show the conditions full."
Before I depart, I will like to express some words to the south. Secession should no longer be an issue. I ask that all people forgive and reconcile their differences and come back as one; although, in a sense, I can say the Union has always been intact.
~Honest Abe
The Civil War Battlefield Guide pg 282-285
Abraham Lincoln by Thomas, Benjamin P. pg 540 & 542
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