Per your quote from Grant which is exact, he felt that the war was nearly over and that was it. The rest gave up soon after and Sherman got into it with the scum in DC who demanded he rewrite his conditions to Johnston.
Sherman retorted to. I believe it was Stanton, that he had better watch it because some rash person might do something to him. Grant was sent to Sherman with orders to relieve him, but Grant simply gave Sherman the new terms he was to propose to Johnston. This he did in secrete.
Grant, Sherman, Lee and Johnston saved this nation in those few days. I really believe that if the scum in DC persisted in their determination of hanging Lee and others, that Grant would have led a coup and ordered the arrest of those trying to do the deed.
Grant felt it was OVER and that was that.
Great man.
Yes, great men ended the war. It took greedy, self-important little men to start the war. I always thought it would be nice for the veterans to round up 50 or 100 politicians from each side and hang them from street lights in DC and leave them there until the bodies had thoroughly desiccated.