...support and protect them?' So the decision had to be made. And he made it. ' Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.' His officers protested passionately. 'O General, what will history say of the surrender of the army...

...Longstreet's Corps.' When I " bore this message back to General Lee, he " said : ' Then there is nothing left me but to go "'and see General Grant ; and I would rather " ' die a thousand deaths.' Convulsed with ' ' passionate grief, many were the wild words " which we spoke, as we stood around...

...applied." There being no remedy Appomattox came, where General Lee said : " Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousands deaths." AT LEE'S TOMB. REV. DR. FIELD ON THE CHARACTER OF LEE. I A Splendid Tribute to the...

...Longstreet's corps.' ' ' When I bore the message back to General Lee, he said, 'Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.' " Convulsed with passionate grief, many were the wild words which we spoke as we stood around him....

...back to General Lee," reports General Venable, of his staff, " he said, ' Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.' ' General Grant was on his way to join Sheridan at Appomattox when he received the following from Lee,...

...further resistance seemed useless, he quoted General Lee as saying,— " Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." Many were the wild words of passionate grief spoken by the officers around him. Said one, "Oh, General,...

...After receiving the message from Gordon, Lee was convinced and said : " Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths." 2 He ordered the white flag to be displayed, requested by letter a suspension of hostilities and an...

...Longstreet's corps." When I bore this message back to General Lee, he said : "Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." Convulsed with passionate grief, many were the wild words which we spoke, as we stood around him. Said...

...of infantry beyond. When Gordon's reply was borne back to Lee, he said, "Then there is nothing left me but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." A heart-broken subaltern standing near cried, "O General, what will History say of the surrender of...

...H. Carter, a gallant and efficient soldier and Lee's near kinsman. abundant troops to bar the way.1 And Gordon sent Lee word that he had fought his troops...who was still at Curdsville, wrote, and forwarded through General Humphreys, his third letter to General Lee. It is a noble letter: April 9, 1865. General:...