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.
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. 161
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