 | 1911 - 994 стор.
...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... | |
 | 1873 - 420 стор.
...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... | |
 | 1889 - 894 стор.
...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... | |
 | James Longstreet - 1895 - 852 стор.
...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.... | |
 | William Conant Church - 1897 - 586 стор.
...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,... | |
 | Helen Dortch Longstreet - 1904 - 400 стор.
...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,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1904 - 692 стор.
...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... | |
 | John William Jones - 1906 - 504 стор.
...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... | |
 | John Richard Deering - 1907 - 198 стор.
...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... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Page - 1912 - 468 стор.
...fought his troops "to a frazzle," and could do nothing more unless heavily supported by Longstreet's Corps. "Then," said Lee, "there is nothing left for...who was still at Curdsville, wrote, and forwarded * "Ord left Petersburg with 20,000 troops, all arms; Fifth Corps, 15,973 (report of March 31, 1865);... | |
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There is nothing left me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths. 
