Afterwards the following dispatch was received from General Grant:
OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH,
_War Department_.
The following telegram received at Washington 2.30 p.m. February 1,
1865, from City Point, Va., February 1, 12.30 p.m., 1865:
"His Excellency A. LINCOLN,
"_President United States_:
"Your dispatch received. There will be no armistice in consequence of
the presence of Mr. Stephens and others within our lines. The troops
are kept in readiness to move at the shortest notice if occasion
should justify it.
"U.S. GRANT, _Lieutenant-General."_
To notify Major Eckert that the Secretary of State would be at Fortress
Monroe, and to put them in communication, the following dispatch was
sent:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
_Washington, D.C., February 1, 1865_.
Major T.T. ECKERT,
_Care of General Grant, City Point, Va._:
Call at Fortress Monroe and put yourself under direction of Mr. S.,
whom you will find there.