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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 472 144 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 358 8 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 215 21 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 186 2 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 124 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 108 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 103 5 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 97 15 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 92 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 83 1 Browse Search
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The New York Herald represents that Lincoln, at Fortress Monroe, presented "to the rebel States the open door of the Union; with all its constitutional guaranties, as their only way of escape from their sufferings and disasters under this terrible war." This in face of the fact that the United States Congress had formally abolished slavery; that the President of the United States announced to our commissioners that there could be no peace except upon the condition of laying down our arms and absolute submission to laws confiscating our property, according the death penalty to our citizens, and such legislation regulating the relations between the two races in the South as the Yankee Congress should adopt! We were to go into the Union without representation in the making of laws, for Mr. Lincoln told Mr. Hunter that while we could send representatives to the Yankee Congress, yet it rested with that Congress to say whether they would receive them or not! And this the Herald cal
quests it, pass them through our lines to Fortress Monroe by such route and under such military preary of State: You will proceed to Fort Monroe, Virginia, there to meet and informally confer wt that the Secretary of State would be at Fortress Monroe, and to put them in communication, the foGrant, City Point, Virginia: Call at Fortress Monroe and put yourself under direction of Mr. Scretary of State and Major Eckert: Fort Monroe, Virginia, February 1, 1865, 11:30 P. M. The ebruary 2, 1865. Hon. William H. Seward, Fortress Monroe, Virginia: Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can come. A. Lincoln. (Sent in ciphn. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Fortress Monroe, (copy to Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretar we say that we are willing to proceed to Fortress Monroe, and there to have an informal conferencemal conference. The Secretary arrived at Fortress Monroe in the night of the 1st day of February. [7 more...]