Thursday, August 7, 2014

General John Bell Hood to Colonel Clark R. Weaver, October 12, 1864


HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSEE,
In the Field, October 12, 1864.
To the Officer Commanding at Resaca, Ga.:

SIR: I demand an immediate and unconditional surrender of the post and garrison under your command, and should this be acceded to, all white officers and soldiers will be paroled within a few days. If the place is carried by assault no prisoners will be taken.

Most respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. B. HOOD,
General

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 39, Part 1 (Serial No. 77), p. 753; Burton Dunham Ingersoll, Iowa and the Rebellion, p. 305

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