 | L. T. Remlap - Voyages and travels - 1885 - 374 pages
...follows: HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE FIELD, CAMP NEAR DONELSON, Feb. 16, 1862. To General SB BUCKNER, Confederate Army: Yours of this date, proposing an...of capitulation, is just received. No terms other tl an an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon... | |
 | L. T. Remlap - Presidents - 1885 - 800 pages
...follows: HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE FIELD, CAMP NEAR DONELSON, Feb. 16, 1862. To General SB BUCKNER, Confederate Army: Yours of this date, proposing an...of capitulation, is just received. No terms other tl.an an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted, I propose to move immediately upon... | |
 | Richard L. Kiper - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 420 pages
...o'clock to-day." Grant's reply left no doubt as to his view of terms and an armistice: "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." Grant had notified McClernand, Wallace, and Smith to be prepared to renew the assault. It would not... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 708 pages
...Simon B. Buckner's request to negotiate terms for the surrender of Fort Donelson: "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately on your works." Not an excess word here; the three adjectives and single adverb strengthen and clarify... | |
 | Andre Bernard, Clifton Fadiman - Reference - 2000 - 808 pages
...commander of the besieging Northern forces, suggesting an armistice. Grant replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." This message became famous and won Grant the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender Grant." 4 Shortly... | |
 | Russell Frank Weigley - History - 2000 - 662 pages
...discussion of surrender terms, to which Grant gave the famous reply: "Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of commissioners to settle...terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your... | |
 | Mark A. Plummer - Governors - 2001 - 278 pages
...Buckner, Grant's old army friend, asked for terms, he was shocked at the response: "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." There was no choice but to accept. Nathan Forrest refused, however, and led his cavalry through icy... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 785 pages
...dispatches in the history of warfare. When he finished he read it aloud. Sir: Yours of this date proposing Armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of Capitulation is just received. No terms except complete and unconditional surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your... | |
 | Duane P. Schultz - History - 2002 - 486 pages
...reprinted in newspapers throughout the Union, made his a household name: Sir: Yours of this date proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon... | |
 | Robert J. Scarry - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 440 pages
...Although putting up a stubborn resistance they asked for terms. Grant's famous reply was, "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works."3' Thereafter, "Unconditional Surrender" became his nickname. Both Forts Henry and Donelson... | |
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Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. 
