From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America
CHAPTER XL.
TALK OF PEACE.
Second Federal Move against Fort Fisher and Wilmington Harbor-- Confederate Disaffection--Act of Congress appointing a Supreme Commander of the Armies--Montgomery Blair's Peace Conference-- Longstreet has a Meeting with General Ord, Commander of the Army of the James--Military Convention proposed--Correspondence between General Grant and General Lee--Longstreet's Suggestions for Measures in the Critical Juncture near the Close of the War 582