GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT.
“April 9, 1865.
“General—I received your note of this morning on the picket line, whither I had come to meet you and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposition of yesterday with reference to the surrender of this army.
“I now request an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.
“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
“R. E. LEE, General.
“To Lieutenant-General Grant, commanding United States armies.”