POSTED AS HISTORICAL ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE GENERAL LEE DISCUSSES TERMS OF SURRENDER APRIL EIGHTH IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY-FIVE The bottle neck which the Army of Northern Virginia faces on the 8th of April is a disheartening one to say the least. They had spent the last four years defeating and outman- euvering the northerners on many battlefields. Now it was time to lay down their arms for good. On the 8th of April Union General Grant wrote Lee that his one condition of surrender was that his troops and officers be permanently disqualified from taking up arms against the government of the United States of America. It will be a matter of discussion among his staff that was disputed. Many of his officers hoped the military would be a lifelong career, and his decision would affect thousands of them. Late in the eving of the 8th of April, Confederate General Lee would turn down the idea of surrender for the moment. He still believed that they had a chance to break through the federal lines. He was waiting on up to the minute data and reconnaissance from his trusted scouts and officers. THIS IS POSTED IN A HOPE FOR LIST DISCUSSIONS PLEASE SEND REPLIES TO YOUR RESPECTIVE LISTS THIS IS A DATE WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER! glenn