Letter
Ulysses S. Grant to Simon B. Buckner, February 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE FIELD,
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,
U. S. GRANT,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
General S. B. BUCKNER,
Confederate Army.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
General S. B. BUCKNER,
Confederate Army.
[Inclosure No. 4.]
i HEADQUARTERS,
Dover, Tenn., February 16, 1862.
i HEADQUARTERS,
Dover, Tenn., February 16, 1862.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Camp near Fort Donelson. Summary: Ulysses S. Grant rejects Confederate General Buckner's proposal for armistice and demands unconditional and immediate surrender at Fort Donelson during the Civil War.
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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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