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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