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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