Title	1865, January 30, From Stephens et al. to US Grant, official copy
Creator	Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883; Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889; Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887
LC Subject Headings	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889 Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 Hampton Roads Peace Conference (1865: Hampton Roads, Va.) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
EOA Categories	History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Government & Politics -- Military
Description	This document is an official copy of the letter written by Confederate commissioners Alexander Stephens, John Campbell, and Robert Hunter, to Ulysses Grant. In this letter, the Confederate commissioners ask for safe conduct to Washington DC in order to meet with President Lincoln and discuss the termination of hostilities between the Union and Confederacy. The Hampton Roads Peace Conference of February 3, 1865 was held to discuss terms for ending the American Civil War. At the conference, President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War William H. Seward represented the Union, and Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, Senator Robert M.T. Hunter, and Assistant Secretary of War John A. Campbell represented the Confederacy.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Date	1865-01-30
Original Format	1 page, 25 x 20 cm
Type	text
Format	JPEG2000
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Language	eng
File Name	002_1865, January 30, From Stephens et al to US Grant, official copy
Collection	Hampton Roads Collection
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives
Submitted by	Schmidt, Gregory
Transcript	Petersburg, Va January 30th 1865 Lieut. Gen. U.S. Grant Sir! We desire to pass your lines under safe conduct and to proceed to Washington to hold a conference with President Lincoln, upon the subject of the existing War, and with a view of ascertaining upon what terms it may be terminated, in pursuance of the course indicated by him in his letter to Mr. F.P. Blair of 18th Jan’y 1865. of which we presume you have a copy; and if not we wish to see you in person, in convenient, and to confer with you upon the subject. Yours Very Respectfully Alexander H. Stephens J.A. Campbell R.M.T Hunter Official Copy T.S. Bowers Asst. Adjt. Gen’l