HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT
OF THE TENNESSEE,
In the Field, near
Vicksburg, Miss., July 3, 1863.
Lieut. Gen. J. C. PEMBERTON,
Commanding Confederate Forces, &c.:
GENERAL: Your note of this date is just received, proposing
an armistice for several hours, for the purpose of arranging terms of capitulation
through commissioners to be appointed, &c.
The useless effusion of blood you propose stopping by this
course can be ended at any time you may choose, by an unconditional surrender
of the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as
those now in Vicksburg will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I
can assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war.
I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners
to arrange terms of capitulation, because I have no terms other than those
indicated above.
I am, general, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT,
Major-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
24, Part 1 (Serial No. 36), p. 60
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