Sunday, August 3, 2014

Brigadier-General Martin L. Smith to Commander Samuel P. Lee, May 18, 1862

HEADQUARTERS,
Vicksburg, May 18, 1862.
PHILLIPS LEE, U.S. N.,
Commanding Advance of Naval Division:

SIR: Your communication of this date, addressed to the authorities of Vicksburg, demanding the surrender of the city and its defenses, has been received. In regard to the surrender of the defenses, I have to reply that, having been ordered here to hold these defenses, my intention is to do so as long as it is in my power.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. L. SMITH,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 15 (Serial No. 21), p. 7

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