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BY TELEGRAPHprn 4U»lt;r.». ~l. •■•'. -»• wr 4PfNorrendfr of L«*e and bbi Arm jr.War Hullktin.Ui?ad C/rAHTKR-H, Army of tbc» U. S, April l. iO p. m, //mi. KdwinM. Shinton, fkc y of War. Cic-ri. l*ee surrendered thearmy of Northern Virginia thin afternoon, upon the terms propoaed by myself. Theaccompanying additional correspondence will sbow^tbe condition fully.(Signed,) U.S. GRANT.OmcuL,War Dkj'aktmkmt, Waiuinoton,^pol 0 P. m . Mat. (Jen. Ihx. New York.This department bat* received the official report of t ha surrender this day, of Gen. \*m and bin army to Lt. Gen. Grant, on the term* pr jpoaed by lt;*en. Grant.E. M. HTANfON, Secy of War.April 1865- neutral: I rM^ired your note of thin morning on the picket lin^, wbtth^r I bad come to meet you, and uncertain definitely what term* were embraced in your pro|osition of yesterday, with reference to tbe surrender of this army. 1 now request an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your* of yesterday for t tint pu rtsose.Very respectfully your *»l#'t serv't.H. £. Lee.To Lieut. Gen. Grant,Comd g U. S. Armies,April.0, 18G5.— General R. K. Lee, com mandlng Confederate States Armies: Your note of this date is but this moment, (11:50a. if.,) received,in consequence©! my having psssed from the Richmond Lynch-burgh road to the Farmerville A l.yi.ch-burgh rosd. I am at this writing about four miles west of Walter’s Church and will push forward to the front tor the purpose of meeting you. Notice sent to me on this road w here you ish the interview to takeplace will meet me.Very respectfully your ol/t serv’t,I . S. Grant, Lt. Gen’l.AproMAiTox, C. II., April 9.—General R. K. Lee, commanding C. S.—In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th inst. 1 propose to receive the surrender of the 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 designated by m£, the other to be retained by such ol1ilt;-ers an you may designate. The officers to give*their individual paroles not to tako arms against the Government of the United States untilproperly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole tor the men of their commands.The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, anil turned over to t he oll'icers appointed by me to receive them. This w ill not embrace the side arms of the officers, nor their private horses orbaggage.'ibis done each officer and man will boallowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by the United States authority hw long as they observe their parole ami the laws in force where they may ro-e. Very respectfuliy,U. S. Grant, Lieut. Gen. Headers Army of Northern Virginia, April 9.—Lieut. Gen. U. H. Grant,commanding U. S. A.—General: 1 have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8lh inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper otheers to carry the stipulations into effect.Very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, General.The following is the pievious correspondence between Lieut. Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee referred to in the foregc-ing telegram to the Secretary of War :Clifton House, Va., April 9, 18t5—To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary ot War:— The following correspondence has laken place between Gen. Lee and myself. There has been uo relaxation in the pursuit during its pendency.U.S. Grant, Lieut-Genl.aaApril 7, ltsla.—To Gen. R. K. Lee, Commanding C. S. Army— General: The result of the last week must convince you of thehopelessness of further resistance on thepart 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 anv further ellusion of blood, by asking ot you the surrender ot that poriiou of the Confederate States Army known as the Army of Northern Vir-
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