Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner, February 16, 1862

HEADQUARTERS,

Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862.

Major Cosby will take or send by an officer to the nearest picket of the enemy the accompanying communication to General Grant, and request information of the point where future communications will reach him. Also inform him that my headquarters will be for the present in Dover.

 S. B. BUCKNER,

 Brigadier-General.

Have the white flag hoisted on Fort Donelson, not on the batteries.

 S. B. BUCKNER,

 Brigadier-General.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 7 (Serial No. 7), p. 160-1