Ulysses S. Grant to S. B. Buckner, February 16, 1862

Camp near Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862.

SIR:

Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. I am, sir,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Brigadier- General, Commanding.
General S. B. BUCKNER,
Confederate Army.
[Inclosure No. 4.]
i HEADQUARTERS,
Dover, Tenn., February 16, 1862.
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