[Indorsement.]
June 7, 1864.
Referred to General G. G. Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac.
I will notify General Lee that hostilities will cease from 6 to 8 for the purposes mentioned. You may send the officers and men referred to as you deem best. Please return this.
U. S. Grant,
Lieutenant-General.
Cold Harbor, Va., June 7, 1864—5.30 p. m.
General R. E. Lee,
Commanding Army of Northern Virginia:
Your note of this date just received. It will be impossible for me to communicate the fact of the truce by the hour named by you (6 p. m.), but I will avail myself of your offer at the earliest possible moment, which I hope will not be much after that hour. The officers and men taken last evening are the same mentioned in your note and will be returned.
U. S. Grant,
Lieutenant-General.
Source: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Vol. 36, Part 3, p. 667.
Transcribed by Colin Woodward, 2016 June 7
