NEAR VICKSBURG, July 3, 1863.
Admiral PORTER:
The enemy have asked
armistice to arrange terms of capitulation. Will you please cease firing until
notified, or hear our batteries open? I shall fire a national salute into the
city at daylight if they do not surrender.
U. S. GRANT.
SOURCE: The
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 24, Part 3 (Serial No. 38), p. 459
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