About
midnight
He looked and saw the same form as heretofore mentioned , which spoke in these words : `` ` Laws will not surrender if possible to escape with any portion of his force . Do not let your army rest until he is surrounded completely . ' `` Silent returned to the porch , and did not retire that night . About midnight he received Laws 's reply , saying he did not feel as Gen. Silent thought on the subject of surrender , and during the night again moved out in order to escape . `` On the morning of the 8th our forces moved at once . Slight contests only occurred during the day . At night the head of our cavalry column reached Appomattox Station .