The terms of surrender general grant offered to general lee were designed to

The terms of surrender general grant offered to general lee were designed to Have a fast and steady end to the war, without further suffering to the south.

Grants terms were:

1. All officers and men were to be pardoned.

2. They would be sent home with their private property.

3. Officers would keep their side arms.

4. Lee's starving men would be given Union rations.