Letter
Simon B. Buckner to Commander Of Intrenchments, February 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS, Dover, Tenn.
HEADQUARTERS, Dover, Tenn., February 16, 1862.
General B. R. JOHNSON, or COMMANDER OF INTRENCHMENTS, Near Dover, Tenn. :
SIR: The command of the forces. in this vicinity has devolved upon me by the order of General Floyd. I have sent a flag to General Grant, and during the correspondence and until further orders refrain from any hostile demonstrations. With a view to preventing a like movement on the enemy’s part you will endeavor to send a flag to the enemy’s posts in front of your position, notifying them of the fact that I have sent a communication to General Grant from the right of our position and desire to know his present headquarters.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. B. BUCKNER,
Brigadier-General, C. S. Army.
P. S.— Your command will include that of General Pillow.
: Se. Bs
Brigadier-General, C. S. Army.
P. S.— Your command will include that of General Pillow.
: Se. Bs
Having dismissed the brigades of my command to allow them to
return to their camps, I was cognizant of no act connected with the
surrender of the Confederate forces at Fort Donelson and know not the
terms of capitulation, but was informed in answer to queries that the
return to their camps, I was cognizant of no act connected with the
surrender of the Confederate forces at Fort Donelson and know not the
terms of capitulation, but was informed in answer to queries that the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: HEADQUARTERS, Dover, Tenn.. Summary: Brigadier General S. B. Buckner informs the Commander of Intrenchments near Dover, Tennessee, of his new command, orders a ceasefire during correspondence with General Grant, and requests notification of the enemy's headquarters.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7
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